March 18

Dancing shoes!

It's March and it's time to put on our dancing shoes. Please join us over at Fanfare for our annual March Madness bracket building and trash talking.

March 12

Posts for Donations?

Is anybody out there up for the old "you donate money to Metafilter, I'll make a post for you" thing? I have a topic I'd really like to see posted, but I don't have the time to do it myself. I'd donate $25 to our Bean Plate Overlords if someone would do this for me. (I feel like someone was doing this project in the past but I don't remember who.) [more inside]

March 11

[RSS PSA] Reminder to update your MetaFilter RSS feeds

Last month, an apparent error in Feedburner caused several of MeFi's legacy RSS feeds to not update for up to a week (at least in my popular feed reader, Feedly). The problem has been fixed -- for now. But it's an important reminder that the Feedburner platform is increasingly unreliable -- if it were ever shut down by Google, the thousands of readers who rely on those feeds to keep up with the site may lose contact without even realizing it. The good news is that the site has a new set of self-hosted feeds that should remain active no matter what Google does. So, if you read the site using an RSS reader, please take a moment to update your reader to the new feeds -- and check the related posts on MetaFilter and Ask MetaFilter for a list of posts you might have missed during the outage.

Interim Board Seeks Atty., Other Help

The group working to form the MeFi nonprofit is looking for help in a few specific areas. [more inside]

February 28

MeFi Nonprofit Update 2/28/2024

The board forming the nonprofit for Metafilter met Feb. 15. [more inside]

February 27

Add request for followup to AskMeFi

Would we like a feature to request that an original poster, asking for recommendations, follow up with a comment about what they did, or if some place, restaurant, or service was recommended whether it worked out and why or why not? [more inside]

February 26

How do we feel in 2024 about single-link FPP food/recipe posts?

What is your opinion about FPPs about recipes? Is a single-link FPP where the single link is a recipe too thin? (Discussion of the same question in February 2013.) Does the much-lamented rise of the "recipe" that's actually a 1,000-2,000 word essay wrapped around a recipe change the calculus for you? [more inside]

February 23

We need more IRL events

There's been practically no activity on the IRL MetaFilter page lately. There was a time when it was full of events. This post is to encourage you to create more IRL events and go to them. You'll meet new people, see old friends and make new friends. You'll get to match user names with real names and faces. (To get local IRL alerts, in your MeFi user profile set you location and in preferences make sure "Receive IRL alerts? " is checked) [more inside]

Global BIPOC Board Meeting #21 Minutes

Mefi Global BIPOC Advisory Board Meeting 21 Minutes on Oct 24, 2023, 7AM PST - 8:30 AM (PST) 90 mins. [more inside]

February 21

[MeFi Site Update] February 21st

Hi there, MetaFilter!

Welcome to your second Site Update of the year! You can find the last Site Update here.

Reminder: I will be the only mod actively monitoring this thread so please be patient. I’ll reply to your feedback and questions at least twice a week. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions! [more inside]

February 20

Global BIPOC Board Meeting #19 Minutes

Mefi Global BIPOC Advisory BoardMeeting 19 Minutes Aug 22, 2023 7AM PST - 9:00 AM (PST) 120 mins. [more inside]

Global BIPOC Board Meeting #20 Minutes

Mefi Global BIPOC Advisory Board Meeting 20 Minutes on Sep 26, 2023, 7AM PST - 9:00 AM (PST) 120 mins. [more inside]

February 19

MeFi Nonprofit Update 2/19/2024

The board forming the nonprofit for Metafilter met Feb. 1. [more inside]

February 18

Please help me find this post

I'm looking for a MeFi post about people setting up a co-op in San Francisco. The core people involved treated it as a startup, almost, and a few others would cycle in and out of the house. There was an interview process to join the co-op. I just can't seem to find it; thanks for any pointers.

February 14

Who sent me this postcard?

Dear person who sent me a postcard that mentioned playing a show in my hometown, hmu in my MeMail! I want to talk to you but I couldn't make out your signature!

February 9

Welcome Kirkaracha: Our New Web Development Team Member

Hello MetaFilter!

We are thrilled to announce the latest addition to our team, a hire that has been highly anticipated - Kirkaracha!
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February 2

It's award season

Are there works that mefites have published/created in 2023 that are eligible for awards? Hugo nominations should open soon and I'm sure there are other awards I don't know about. Please share your work here.

January 31

MeFite Book Birthday Announcement!

Hi Everyone! One of the locals, albeit more quiet these days, just had a second book birthday! Depending on whether you order from the publisher, or from online retailers, CoyoteattheDogShow's history of a turn of a century gang of confidence men in the Midwest Men of No Reputation is now out in the world! [more inside]

January 30

MeFi Nonprofit Update 1/30/2024

The board forming the nonprofit for Metafilter met Jan. 18. [more inside]

January 26

Idea: Require including TFA's author(s)/creator(s) in MeFi posts

Currently the posting guidelines don't mention including the author/creator in the FPP. This is not currently in the posting guidelines, but I think this could be really helpful for users make good decisions about which threads to participate in for a variety of reasons. Thoughts? [more inside]

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