Is Newsfilter down?

January 4, 2006 3:20 PM

WTFilter - Is anything wrong with the NewsFilter? Ariel Sharon had a massive stroke over 1.5 hours ago, and there's nothing in the blue? [more inside]
posted by nevercalm to MetaFilter-Related at 3:20 PM (46 comments total)

Just kidding. Seriously, though, could all the MeTa NeFi wars be having some sort of effect? Or is everyone terrified of the dios/parisparamus effect?
posted by nevercalm at 3:21 PM on January 4, 2006

Is this a preemptive Metatalk callout?
posted by geoff. at 3:22 PM on January 4, 2006

"NeFi"?
posted by docgonzo at 3:25 PM on January 4, 2006

Meanwhile, the Crips guard Mr. Sharon...


posted by xmutex at 3:27 PM on January 4, 2006

Someone has already asked MeFi about it, though.
posted by TedW at 3:29 PM on January 4, 2006

"NeFi"?

I think he means Nehi.

WTFilter indeed.
posted by kosem at 3:29 PM on January 4, 2006

No, no pre-emption or callouts. More just an expression of total amazement. I figured that after all the NewsFilter (NeFi...ha? HA? No? Fine then....) back-and-forth and huzzabah, maybe it was actually having an effect. Especially that this would be a prime opportunity for more venom and vituperation that tends to be thrown around in those threads.

On preview - I am not, and never have been, Radar O'Reilly...
posted by nevercalm at 3:34 PM on January 4, 2006

This post confuses me.
posted by killdevil at 3:38 PM on January 4, 2006

Hahaha! I was just wondering the same thing.

Should we though? CNN Int'l has had the ominous red bar at the top of the screen for over an hour now, which in my book usually means that it's going to happen anyway.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:39 PM on January 4, 2006

Ah, of course. NewsFilter. Duh.
posted by docgonzo at 3:40 PM on January 4, 2006

I assume it will get posted eventually, Arafat's death got covered here, we demand equal time!
posted by delmoi at 3:49 PM on January 4, 2006

I hear cleardawn's working up a sensitive, nuanced post on the subject.
posted by docgonzo at 3:50 PM on January 4, 2006

It's here...
posted by TedW at 3:56 PM on January 4, 2006

Wow, a trifecta.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 3:58 PM on January 4, 2006

Alas, the death of another dream...the non-newsfiltered world event.
posted by nevercalm at 4:18 PM on January 4, 2006

Since we spent so much time waiting for it, maybe we could have put together a little better of a post?
posted by cyphill at 4:20 PM on January 4, 2006

I was thinking the exact same thing...drag in a little Chomsky, a little Said, a little whoever-is-the-Palestinian-flogger-of-the-moment, you know, make it spicy. But it's already started to degenerate into the expected parisparamus shitstorm, so all's not totally lost.
posted by nevercalm at 4:29 PM on January 4, 2006

Say what you will about Sharon, but he moved from being very much a hardline3r on the right to taking a middle position and recognizing the need for trying to reach an accord with the Palestinians. He was disliked by those on the Right in Israel; he was disliked by the Lefties in Israel. But seems to have found much favor with the majority in between.
posted by Postroad at 4:35 PM on January 4, 2006

HOLY SHIT! POSTROAD DISCOVERED METATALK!

MAJOR EVENT
posted by interrobang at 4:40 PM on January 4, 2006

member since: November 20, 2000
Postroad has posted 499 links and 3376 comments to MetaFilter
and no threads and 1 comment to MetaTalk
and no questions and no answers to Ask MetaFilter
posted by puke & cry at 5:01 PM on January 4, 2006

*pops cork*
posted by interrobang at 5:06 PM on January 4, 2006

I claim this thread and its riches for the glory of Postroad and his descendants.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:16 PM on January 4, 2006

*pops cherry*

And no, Postroad, this doesn't mean we're dating. I'll call you, promise.
posted by fenriq at 5:18 PM on January 4, 2006

*pops cork*

Cork, eh?
posted by Aknaton at 5:29 PM on January 4, 2006

Wow. Welcome, Postroad. Some people actually say it's nicer in here.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:31 PM on January 4, 2006

Don't tell him there's a site where people can ask questions.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 5:47 PM on January 4, 2006

Death threads of controversial figures rarely bring out the best in this place. I'm gonna sit this one out.
posted by jonmc at 5:52 PM on January 4, 2006

Postroad's not dead, he's more alive than ever!
posted by puke & cry at 6:01 PM on January 4, 2006

well, I'd wait for the lab work, p&c, but no harm I guess.
posted by jonmc at 6:03 PM on January 4, 2006

I wonder what would happen if I called him an opportunistic bastard?
posted by loquax at 7:16 PM on January 4, 2006

You know that Monty Python skit with clinic, with the room for abuse, the room for argument, etc? THAT'S METAFILTER.
posted by ParisParamus at 7:42 PM on January 4, 2006

Lemmie guess, you're "Snarky Abuse".. Right?
posted by Balisong at 7:52 PM on January 4, 2006

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
POSTROAD?
posted by Kwantsar at 8:24 PM on January 4, 2006

loquax, I believe the right expression is "opportunistic bitch".
posted by nkyad at 8:27 PM on January 4, 2006

"opportunistic bitch"
posted by amberglow at 9:07 PM on January 4, 2006

My meficratic rite to articulate myself through imagery has been revoked!

Now I'm going to have to write shit.

Fuck.
posted by strawberryviagra at 9:17 PM on January 4, 2006

I believe matt is just playing it safe for the week, straw. Come next Wednesday, Microsoft issues a patch and all goes back to normal.
posted by nkyad at 9:32 PM on January 4, 2006

gotch-ya.
posted by strawberryviagra at 9:34 PM on January 4, 2006

Now I'm going to have to write shit.

Welcome to Metafilter. We like words here.

And no, goddamn it, Matt has changed nothing. Apparently he trusts his userbase, still. You can still post all the images you want, and shit up threads to your heart's freaking content. Look further down in the same thread and you will see quonsar merrily taking an image-dump.

But many servers have safeguards in place so that inconsiderate people like strawberryviagra (and 'inconsiderate' is a lot milder than the adjectives many reserve for the practice) cannot hotlink images and embed them in other places. If the referrer does not match the site, it sends a 'Sorry, fucko!' replacement, like the one you see.

It's common courtesy not to embed others' images. If you absolutely must, save the image locally, and then upload to one of the myriad free image hosts like imageshack. End the madness! Think of the children!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:47 PM on January 4, 2006

You mean you can get called a fucking cunt for linking images on other peep's shitty sites?

Jesus.

Well you learn something everyday trying to spread the love.

I'll whack them up on my own $10 server in future.
posted by strawberryviagra at 5:29 AM on January 5, 2006

That would be a nice solution to it, yes. You fucking cunt.
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:03 AM on January 5, 2006

I've always found gentle humour to be the best.
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:04 AM on January 5, 2006

strawberry, go here.
posted by Ryvar at 8:04 AM on January 5, 2006

You know that Monty Python skit with clinic, with the room for abuse, the room for argument, etc? THAT'S METAFILTER.

posted by ParisParamus at 7:42 PM PST on January 4

No, it's not.
posted by carter at 8:48 AM on January 5, 2006

Shut your gob, you festering tit.
posted by Ryvar at 8:50 AM on January 5, 2006

Whilst Postroad is in MeTa let me take this opportunity to congratulate him on his choices of titty over the years.

Good work, me old.
posted by longbaugh at 11:20 AM on January 5, 2006