August 2011 Archives (all archives)
August 31
Not so fast, Louie.
Are AskMe questions containing an imperative "Quick!" annoying to you?
Click here to DTMFA
Can we put Miko's Breakup Guidelines somewhere as a permanent link at the top of AskMeFi or like in the New Question page guidelines? [more inside]
Who are MeFites?
I have sent a query to admin, but to help me get a better idea of what the MeFi community (overall) thinks, and the perspective they come from, I'm looking for feedback and discussion about why my FPP was deleted. I'm looking for reasons why, not simple statements of objection. I'm not looking to respond or debate with anyone. Unless a technical question is asked of me, I probably won't respond. I would sincerely just like to read and take or leave what I find. Thank you. [more inside]
August 30
can't click - no time - want mouseover
Pony request: mouseover that shows who favorited a favorited comment. As opposed to having to click through to a list.
MeFits unite!
It's time for another game of Health Month! Buster has come up with new features for September that give players better control over rules. [more inside]
August 29
Graeber makes an appearance
August 28
"Bitch" is an ugly word to throw around so casually.
It's disheartening to read a bunch of users, particularly women, repeatedly refer to another woman as a "bitch". [more inside]
August 26
BART Thread Derail (groan)
Arguing the validity of BART shutting down its comm bridge? Fine. Implying I'm a thug and calling me a combative fuckwad because I supposedly support police violence? Come on!
It's kind of like D&D, except it makes you healthier, and might get a tan.
Are there any other MeFites on Fitocracy? Join the Metafilter group, and come get fit and level-up with us! We can be virtual running buddies. [more inside]
August 25
Finding the articles only
I read metafilter for the articles and would love a way of filtering posts which contain mainly articles. Maybe a tag is the answer. There is a great 'givemesomethingtoread' site hidden in metafilter. Any suggestions on the easiest way to get at it.
Hurricane Irene
This might seem a little early but Hurricane Irene is looking set to be a potentially very damaging storm. All folks on the east coast who may be affected need to pay attention to the forecasts and advisories, and plan accordingly. Please don't leave things until the last minute. [more inside]
my recent favorite activity
I wish there was a way to remove a post from "Activity on My Favorites"...without actually removing it from my favorites. [more inside]
You know, he's gonna see this thread, and will potentially comment on it... posted by
Speaking of 10 years ago, Wil Wheaton remembers about the beginnings of his blog that "MetaFilter declared that it was 'lame'". But if he'd read all 91 comments on the thread, he'd know he was called "cool" several times and "at least he isn't Corin Nemec". And just recently we credited him for inventing the "Sci-Five". [more inside]
August 24
Tell us about the old days, Papa Cortex.
Today I idly clicked on the 10 years ago today link on the front page and was revelling in the innocence of the fledgling metafilter from back in the era when a busy day saw a dozen FPPs and a really active thread might get nearly a hundred comments. I was startled to see a thread with 1729 comments. (By comparison, the initial 'Plane crashed into the World Trade Center' FPP three weeks later did not even break 500.) Alas, the link to the metafilter parody in the FPP is dead. Does anyone have it archived anywhere?
OK to post link to conference video I produced?
A video pertinent to a MeFi post came from a conference I run. Can I post it? [more inside]
August 23
Accessibility vs. access
Nieman Lab mentions MeFi in an an article about the importance of content curation.
Earthquake!
5.8 earthquake on the east coast, everyone okay? The whole building was shaking here (a few miles from the epicenter).
August 22
NOT-JAMESTAYLORIST
Hey! We weren't done hating on James Taylor! [more inside]
To us privacy is binary: an app is either completely private or not. Glassboard is totally private.
Here is where I ask if Glassboard can be added to the list of social apps, and the mods say "No, because it doesn't have web-facing profile page", and then you tell me your email address and I invite you to my Mefite board. [more inside]
Other-Linking
Is it kosher to repost someone else's self-link? [more inside]
Favourite Tags
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to mark certain tags as favourites to be able to follow certain ones? [more inside]
August 21
MeFiNomic III
Mystery Meat Links
August 20
Fat-fingering iPad favorites
Please space out the favorites/flagging buttons. It is far too easy to fat-finger the [+] on an iPad. [more inside]
Is There Wife Beyond MetaFilter? Oops, I Meant Life
Not an ask me. My wife just described herself as a MetaFilter widow. Please help!
anonymous gift of mefi membership?
Is there a way to gift a membership anonymously, or at least without the gift linking to my username? [more inside]
August 19
Could MetaFilter die?
How futureproof is MetaFilter? [more inside]
Flag, you're it.
Is there a way to see which comments have been flagged by other people? [more inside]
Single Comment URL's
Single Comment URL's [more inside]
August 18
Spam!
What, there's a MeMail?
MeMail interface? [more inside]
I also seek an AskMe
I am looking for a conversation on the site that was at least partly about how smart/smart-aleck kids deal with teachers' mistakes in school. [more inside]
Help me find this AskMe
Can someone direct me to the AskMe described here?
metafilter search fail
I am unable to find some design goodness previously posted. [more inside]
Searching for user x bar.
Of all the data that is collected on MetaFilter users, what does it average out to? Who is the everymefite?
Just ask the question, don't be clever!
I've noticed lately that askers on Ask Metafilter often post something they think is clever but which gives you no clue to what the question actually is until you click through. Like this. [more inside]
Over 10,000!
Good morning, MetaFilter. At some point in the last twelve hours, I received my 10,000th favorite. [more inside]
You know that you use mefi too much when ...
You know that you use mefi too much when ... [more inside]
August 17
This plate of beans, it vibrates?
In a recent thread about Metafilter memes, I used the phrase "Beanplate Insane" to describe my own sense of frustration with certain over-indulged inside jokes on the site.
It occurred to me that it would only be appropriate to have an exclusive inside phrase to go along with those exclusive inside jokes, so I submitted "Beanplate Insane" to the editors of the Urban Dictionary, who officially approved the listing a couple days ago and have now posted the term with my Metafilter-specific definition.
F*** It All
It may be one of the most interesting words in the English language but is it really appropriate ... [more inside]
Drive Me To Distraction!
Seeking your favorite "all-consuming, seriously-fascinating, makes-me-forget-the-outside-world-exists" FPPs to read when I need to distract myself. [more inside]
> Play all
"As Seen on: MetaFilter." If you're paying attention to youtube videos you click through to from MeFi, you may have noticed this little link. The past 24 hours of MeFi-t00b, all in one place! [more inside]
August 16
Fuck You Apple's Safari 5.1
I would just like here and now to say a big "FUCK YOU" to Apple's "Lion Ready" Safari 5.1, which just ate nearly an hour's worth of work on an FPP for the sake of having to randomly and nonsensically "reload all windows and tabs" due to a single non-responsive web page. [more inside]
The Dark Fortnight of the Soul
August 15
Troy Goodfellow
Troy Goodfellow, of the strategy gaming blog Flash of Steel, joined MeFi this morning and commented briefly on Kattullus' fpp on his National Characters series.
Who coddles the coddlers?
Trying to locate a comment on "settling" in relationships.
Looking for ask.metafilter comment about settling in relationships. [more inside]
August 14
Another academic study of online communities
For those interested in academic studies of online communities, here's a new one: “Don’t feed the troll”: Shutting down debate about community expectations on Reddit.com. [more inside]
Threats of political violence are not OK
August 13
How can I access popular comments on the non-mobile interface?
How can I access popular comments on the non-mobile interface?
Can I Post This?
The Usual Suspects
Why do other Metafilter users, who I've never emailed with, show up as potential contacts on Google+ ? [more inside]
64: Unsticking a dead mouse
Podcast episode 64 features Josh and Jeremy talking over the last month of things on the site while I've been off on vacation. Enjoy! [more inside]
August 12
ass from the past
Does anybody have that comic fandango_matt made with the boy scouts and the anthropomorphic animals explaining metafilter? All the references/links to it lead to 404s and dead ends. [more inside]
The sport of kings
This week on Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, hosts Josh Levin and Mike Pesca debate what is and isn't a sport.
Pesca: If you wanted to have a thumb-wrestling league, and you wanted to have real criteria, and you wanted to rank people on the internet, then it could be a sport tomorrow.
Levin (laughing): Anything that you rank people on the internet is a sport.
Pesca: Metafilter is a sport.
(Relevant portion at the 29-minute mark.)
Pesca: If you wanted to have a thumb-wrestling league, and you wanted to have real criteria, and you wanted to rank people on the internet, then it could be a sport tomorrow.
Levin (laughing): Anything that you rank people on the internet is a sport.
Pesca: Metafilter is a sport.
(Relevant portion at the 29-minute mark.)
WHY ARE YOU ON METAFILTER IF YOU HATE IT SO MUCH?
Typical MetaFilter... [more inside]
August 11
WeEndure?
What happened to WeEndure? [more inside]
August 10
Password ruleset?
What exactly are the password limitations/parameters here? [more inside]
If you really want the help of parents, maybe don't start by insulting them?
If you really want the help of parents, maybe don't start by insulting them? Lots of deletions, lots of parenting/breastfeeding flame-war brushfires being put out in this thread. [more inside]
How to be an AskMe champion
Why are some people so good at answering human relations AskMe's? How do you do it? And why do you do it? [more inside]
Who sent up the bat signal?
Randall Monroe, of xkcd fame, time travels four and a half years into the past to sign up for a MetaFilter account just so he can answer a recent question in Ask.
August 9
Enter all your responses into your copy of the Problem Book
Meta Filter, [1973-75] is an interactive console, two participants sit on either side and look at a series of neutral images of people, people as individuals or people in relationship to others on the small screen in front of them. [more inside]
What happens when someone appears on the FPP and doesn't like it?
What happens when a link appears on the FPP and the content owner doesn't like it? [more inside]
What is the minimum standard for posting a single link on the blue?
What's the etiquette for posting a link on the blue when your only real justification for it is "Wow, there are some amazing pics on this blog"? [more inside]
Metafilter Yemen post contains link to malicious site
Meta Filter post links to malicious download site. [more inside]
Has "worst answer" ever been considered?
Has "worst answer" ever been considered as a clickable response?
August 8
Fantasy Hockey, anyone?
Fabulous Edible Spam Creations
I was wondering if the powers that be had given any thought recently to perhaps raising the admission price for Projects. (You know, now that Metafilter rules Google and all...) [more inside]
We all know Deezil has an awesome profile.. who else?
What are some really cool mefite profiles? [more inside]
August 7
Hut, hut, hike!
Anyone up for some Me-Fi fantasy football? [more inside]
newsfiltering
newsfilter. don't we have an unspoken rule in these cases to let a couple days pass until a full FPP can be created?
Nope, looks like that rule is not only unspoken, but unenforced and generally unthought of. One might even describe it as non-existent.
I would like clarification on this aspect please. The first sentence is mine. [more inside]
New Time-Delayed Action!
Is there something broken with comments? When I hit "post", the page reloads, but my comment doesn't appear for a good 30-60 seconds, and then I have to either reload the page again or hit the Load New Comments button before my comment appears in the thread. This is decidedly not the functionality I'm used to on this website.
August 5
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.
[This thread needs to not become Ironmouth v. Everyone. Thanks. ] [more inside]
PNG logo for MetaFliter sites?
Has anyone made/can someone make higher-resolution logos for MetaFilter and related sites? [more inside]
Your post, "Gorbachev sings tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!" has been deleted....
mccarty.tim's latest project: Worst Post Ever is a "home version of the deleted post game." Bonus: See the red box of deletion in action! (Via Projects.) [more inside]
Come chill out with MeFi Mag#5
New month, new MeFi Mag! Read on for more about this and upcoming issues and deadlines. [more inside]
Unhappy baby faces
Anyone remember an FPP about an artist who made realistic baby head masks? There was a youtube video with a family of three people walking around (maybe NYC)? The heads were mucho creepy. Googling has failed me. Thanks!
August 4
Moving about in the text boxes in an iphone4
I can't move around inside the text boxes on any of the sites.
I'm on an iphone4 that has whatever version if Safari that Apple blessed me with. [more inside]
I don't think our vegetarian friends would care for MeatFilter
Eat.MeFi.Pony [more inside]
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion
I'd never seen a deletion actually happen before. [more inside]
You can lead a ponyto water, but don't be surprised if I spend my time talking about ponies on the beach.
"Please refrain from bicyclist vs. driver discussion here. This post is about recovering from a serious injury."
Sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that... as such, I'll flag this comment and stay out of the thread. [more inside]
Desperately Mouthing "Help Meeeeee"
This is too dumb but here goes - I can't post on the mobile site. I can't find the "New Post" links on blue, grey or green. Where are they? (FWIW I can comment just fine, just not post from my phone.)
August 3
Browser/OS stats
Question (and I may have missed where this is): Metafilter is a geeky place - out of a certain curiosity, is there somewhere to get an OS/browser/whatnot stats breakdown for visitors? If not, that would be cool (even if merely in the form of a one-off FPP).
August 1
My God, it's full of nothing.
My personal distaste with the FSM milieu aside, why is this post still up?