Metafilter on BBC Click

April 23, 2009 12:59 PM

Metafilter was featured on the >Webscape segment of BBC's Click. The latest episode is not up on their site yet.
posted by hariya to MetaFilter-Related at 12:59 PM (32 comments total)

The latest episode is not up on their site yet.

[Coos to Hallowed Old School News Organizations still in the New Media Crib]

"C'mon...attaboy...you can do it! Yes you can. YES YOU CAN!"
posted by cowbellemoo at 1:23 PM on April 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Why couldn't this post wait until it was up? It's not a race.
posted by potch at 2:08 PM on April 23, 2009

i think everyone likes to hear about good news as soon as possible.
plus, all journalism is a race in america.
posted by the aloha at 2:20 PM on April 23, 2009

Not a race I agree but it was a pleasant surprise for me as I was surfing the web with the TV on before going to bed.

Besides that, it is not on the blue, the Click website is at least 2 weeks behind schedule, and the link I posted will be relevant when they put it up.

maybe someone can post it on the blue when it is up.
posted by hariya at 2:24 PM on April 23, 2009

Metafilter: the link I posted will be relevant when they put it up.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 2:27 PM on April 23, 2009 [3 favorites]

While waiting, you can watch this news segment.
posted by ODiV at 2:47 PM on April 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

Metafilter was featured on the cover of TIME.

It hasn't happened, but keep checking back.
posted by fire&wings at 3:19 PM on April 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

There's going to be an entry on Whatever Happened To? for Metafilter. Just wait. It'll be there.
posted by eyeballkid at 3:35 PM on April 23, 2009

maybe someone can post it on the blue when it is up.

No one should in fact do this. You correctly intuited that this was Metafilter-related and so belonged on the gray. This will still be the case when, Lord willing and the creek don't rise, it actually appears on the site that you linked to.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:02 PM on April 23, 2009

maybe someone can post it on the blue when it is up.

Nah, posts about the site rightly belong here, not on the front page.

What was the segment about, exactly? I don't know Click so I'm not really clear on what we're looking forward to. Was this a five second mention in passing or something meatier?
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:03 PM on April 23, 2009

If this is the way we're going to do things, then I am going to post a callout on MeTa... THAT HASN'T EVEN HAPPENED YET.
posted by ORthey at 4:47 PM on April 23, 2009

You should call me out now for saying something dickish next Tuesday. It will be relevant when I say it.

And I'll probably say it.
posted by dersins at 4:53 PM on April 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Future events like these will happen in the future.
posted by The Whelk at 5:02 PM on April 23, 2009

Man, I love the way favorites work now. They finally make sense.
posted by fleacircus at 5:05 PM on April 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

BBC One! BBC Two! BBC Three! BBC Four! BBC Five! BBC Six! BBC Seven!

BBC Heaven!
posted by steef at 6:54 PM on April 23, 2009

In 2001, there were 12 BBC channels. Or will be. Wait, now I'm confused.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:39 AM on April 24, 2009

Is this the future?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:40 AM on April 24, 2009

The future is fun!
The future is fair!
You may have already won!
You may already be there!
posted by Spatch at 8:26 AM on April 24, 2009

I WILL BE OUTRAGED AT SOMETHING!
posted by JeffK at 8:30 AM on April 24, 2009

Everyone needs a pug.
posted by y2karl at 8:41 AM on April 24, 2009

Dang, I just picked up something really dickish on my Tuesdayometer. Better mark my calendar for the epic call/flame-out.
posted by not_on_display at 9:34 AM on April 24, 2009

Was this a five second mention in passing or something meatier?

Well, there are guys with iPhones....
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:43 AM on April 24, 2009

Is this the future?

Not yet.
posted by Pollomacho at 9:51 AM on April 24, 2009

Now that I've reached that second million, I occasionally find myself thinking back to those Mefi days and wondering what happened to all the little people I left behind.
posted by misha at 9:51 AM on April 24, 2009

I loved her on The Office.
posted by found missing at 1:53 PM on April 24, 2009

Is this the future?

Well, it was.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:55 PM on April 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

Listen, if you can't remember if this is the future, you probably weren't there.
posted by found missing at 3:41 PM on April 24, 2009

You may already be there!

I am. *enjoys Saturday afternoon*
posted by shelleycat at 6:15 PM on April 24, 2009

This is the present. Just saw metafilter.com on BBC World; it was quite a meaty mention talking about the Blue, music and... I can't remember, honestly, I had already googled this thread out and am posting it here now.

Seriously, it was an awesome shout-out. You guys ought to be proud. :-)
posted by the cydonian at 8:59 AM on April 27, 2009

It's been posted. The first sentence made me expect the worst: "If you use the internet a lot you've probably heard people talking about weblogs." But it turned out to be a nice little featurette, focusing even on Music.
posted by Kattullus at 9:09 PM on April 27, 2009

That was a pretty good spot!

Any noticeable traffic increase because of it?
posted by ODiV at 4:04 PM on April 28, 2009

"... you'll be lost in it for hours." Make that years.

Hello to any new BBC people!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 11:02 AM on April 30, 2009