Flatterers

February 20, 2007 8:22 AM

Someone else is muscling in on ask's turf. Worse, they've got green, blue and gray all on one page. We're doooooomed.
posted by boo_radley to MetaFilter-Related at 8:22 AM (22 comments total)

I wouldn't panic just yet.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:32 AM on February 20, 2007

It's Web 2.0 conforming, I see. Ugh.
posted by mkb at 8:42 AM on February 20, 2007

Look and feel cobbled together, Burroughs cut-up style, from a dozen neglected default WordPress installs.
posted by cortex at 8:46 AM on February 20, 2007

Which web 2.0 style manual calls for tiny, grey, hard-to-read text, anyway?
posted by Space Coyote at 9:04 AM on February 20, 2007

That's actually web 0.2, I think.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 9:07 AM on February 20, 2007

"What should I say?" also happens to be a somewhat silly name. What if you're asking about masturbation techniques, or how to trim your dog, or some such? Those aren't things you'd need to "say" anything about; just simple questions.
posted by koeselitz at 9:20 AM on February 20, 2007

Ah, yes. First question that loaded for me was something like, "What should I do when my girlfriend and I get in an argument?" and the answer was, "Hit her."
posted by Zosia Blue at 9:27 AM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

Me too.
posted by brundlefly at 9:29 AM on February 20, 2007

lol, hit her.
posted by thirteenkiller at 9:36 AM on February 20, 2007

I heard they only have 1 week waiting between questions.....
posted by jouke at 9:44 AM on February 20, 2007

They don't get angry, they get smacky.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:46 AM on February 20, 2007

Uhg, it's got the threaded system like /. only worse (people can comment on answers- viewing them brings you to another page altogether. I hate message forums like that).
posted by jmd82 at 10:41 AM on February 20, 2007

Here is another AskMe ripoff.
posted by mattbucher at 12:19 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

If it gets people answers they want, I'm all for it. The internet is more than big enough for more than one successful Q&A site, one would have thought.

While I personally think "Web 2.0" is a collosal joke, I think in this instance the idea of allowing people to comment on answers in a tree view that distinguishes them from the answers themselves is actually a pretty good idea.
Those not interested in the noise of the comments on answers can easily skim past them, but they are still readily viewable for those interested.
posted by modernnomad at 12:39 PM on February 20, 2007

The internet is more than big enough for more than one successful Q&A site, one would have thought.

Agreed, I'm not sure why there's a zero-sum obsession over Q&A sites. It's not like AskMe is hurting for questions...
posted by mkultra at 2:18 PM on February 20, 2007

There's also some bad synergy going on.
posted by boo_radley at 2:55 PM on February 20, 2007

Some of us just really enjoy the random juxtapositions that filterless surfing provide. Fortuity before cleanliness! Serendipity, not sterility!
posted by cortex at 3:41 PM on February 20, 2007

May the MeFi collective never sink to those design lows. Eesh.
posted by lilithim at 4:26 PM on February 20, 2007

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
posted by Dave Faris at 4:40 PM on February 20, 2007

I misread that as "Irritation is the highest form of flattery," which didn't make much sense. Glad to see that wasn't what you were saying.

If it was - Vagisil?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:01 PM on February 20, 2007

What should I say looks like an even more juvenile version of Answerbag; I can't see MeFi's popularity waning as a result.
posted by No Mutant Enemy at 12:16 AM on February 21, 2007

Seems like a good opportunity to again mention the MetaChat Thread of Controversial AskMe Questions.
HINT HINT NUDGE NUDGE KITTENS AND PYTHONS.
posted by carsonb at 9:40 AM on February 21, 2007