What is metafilter.net?

November 22, 2004 12:42 PM

At the bottom of every page is a link to http://www.metafilter.net, which is the same as MetaFilter.com except you can't log in. Curious.
posted by Pretty_Generic to Bugs at 12:42 PM (9 comments total)

you must be banned from metafilter.net. it's where all the cool members hang out.
posted by quonsar at 12:50 PM on November 22, 2004

Um, even I can get into Metafilter DOT NET. Whoever this Pretty_Generic guy is, he must be a huge five dollar newbie.
posted by Kleptophoria! at 12:55 PM on November 22, 2004

klep: you can go to metafilter.net, click on the login link, enter your name and password, and when you are redirected to metafilter.net, you can post comments, etc?

Because I can't and that's what PG was referring too.
posted by Stynxno at 1:11 PM on November 22, 2004

There used to be an index page to a so-called MetaFilter Network (of related sites, including Ticketstubs) at that URL. It must have gotten lost in the migration to the new servers and now redirects to MeFi. That's my guess.
posted by mcwetboy at 1:13 PM on November 22, 2004

I need to put the old metafilter network site. Thanks for the reminder.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:01 PM on November 22, 2004

It's almost certainly a cookie security issue. Site A shouldn't be able to share a cookie with Site B.
posted by o0o0o at 4:01 PM on November 22, 2004

Metafilter platinum. SHhhh.
posted by justgary at 6:42 PM on November 22, 2004

total.mefi.

It's not Mefi, it's Total Mefi.
posted by tracicle at 11:17 AM on November 23, 2004

Guys, I was just being an asshole. Really.
posted by Kleptophoria! at 11:50 AM on November 23, 2004