Where to put Askme Followups

February 3, 2005 7:41 AM

Matt, should we use MetaTalk to follow-up our AskMe questions? Or should we use AskMe? Or neither?
posted by Pretty_Generic to Etiquette/Policy at 7:41 AM (19 comments total)

Aside: I strongly urge those who convinced Matt to take down the SG ads to pony up a little cash for him.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 7:43 AM on February 3, 2005

Bside: I strongly urge the use of email for messages addressed/meant for only one person. :P
posted by nthdegx at 7:46 AM on February 3, 2005

It wasn't really, I just meant to bring it to his attention.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 7:47 AM on February 3, 2005

I'm with ya ;)
posted by nthdegx at 7:52 AM on February 3, 2005

Cside: Laying on the beach sipping one of those girly drinks with a tiny umbrella.
posted by mischief at 7:53 AM on February 3, 2005

Dside: Where the hell did I put my bourbon?!?
posted by theatrical matriarch at 8:02 AM on February 3, 2005

Eside: Represent!
posted by shawnj at 8:03 AM on February 3, 2005

Yes. And you better have some good stories for us, P_G.
posted by driveler at 8:06 AM on February 3, 2005

F*** side; censored for the kiddies.

Good luck with the "project" P_G
posted by NinjaPirate at 8:08 AM on February 3, 2005

P_G looks a bit like the face I made when I followed the link.
posted by nthdegx at 8:12 AM on February 3, 2005

Post it in FollowupFilter.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 8:33 AM on February 3, 2005

IANM, but if the update is going to be in regard to the thread just mentioned, can't it just go in that thread? It will still be open for commentation.
posted by sciurus at 8:35 AM on February 3, 2005

Post it in the original thread, unless it's closed, in which case there's been some precedent for MeTa, but not much.
posted by jessamyn at 8:47 AM on February 3, 2005

If a thread is still open, post it there.

I need to think of a way to do followups in a separate system for ask mefi eventually.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:49 AM on February 3, 2005

Monkeyfilter's most recent posts and comments sidebar is great for dealing with this problem. Threads stay alive with out taking up real estate.
posted by TimeFactor at 9:02 AM on February 3, 2005

with + out = without
posted by TimeFactor at 9:03 AM on February 3, 2005

This would be valuable, as I tried the answers in my last question and none of them worked. I don't want to post the question again and I know that asking in that thread will get zero responses now that it's a few days old.
posted by knave at 10:06 AM on February 3, 2005

mathowie: I need to think of a way to do followups in a separate system for ask mefi eventually.

Matt how about letting the original poster close the question and when they do it gets bumped? Wouldn't seem to be much of a risk of abuse in AskMe. Maybe make a format change on the page so those who aren't interested can scroll by. Or instead of bumping have a side bar that shows recently closed questions?

Knave don't despair, I can't be the only one who reads the recent archives. Take a browse in the archives and you'll see quite a few answers made a week later.
posted by Mitheral at 10:46 AM on February 3, 2005

How about an AskMe option to "sort by last post" so you can check out recently updated questions, no matter how old, if you're interested?
posted by agropyron at 1:23 PM on February 3, 2005