MetaTalk

On this exact date, one year ago, I messaged Nightrecordings via MeMail to discuss this post about Serena Williams at the US Open. One thing led to another and...we're now married. I wouldn't have the love of my life without this community. I want to thank everyone here who made that possible. Apologies for the selfishness of this MetaTalk. I love you Nightrecordings! ❤️
posted by Fizz at 8:54 AM Sep 11 2019 - 85 comments [79 favorites]

I have used
the poem
that we have all
abused so badly

and many
of the versions
that MeFites created

Forgive me
it was for a class
on text and audience
and the students seemed to like it

posted by Ghidorah at 8:16 PM Sep 10 2019 - 33 comments [38 favorites]

What are the rules on editorializing, exactly? I notice some posts with a strong poster's-own-voice getting through, and some getting deleted, and I haven't been able to figure out the rules behind the rule.
posted by clawsoon at 7:04 AM Sep 12 2019 - 61 comments [7 favorites]

I remember that somebody in the megathreads was keeping a website that compiled and organized all the little bits of information that came out in the news about Trump's collusion with Russia (and maybe also other Trump stuff), but I can't remember the name and haven't been able to search for it successfully. Does somebody have a link?
posted by coolname at 12:06 PM Sep 12 2019 - 1 comment [5 favorites]

Is there any place on FanFare for albums or music discussions?
posted by jzb at 8:14 AM Sep 14 2019 - 38 comments [5 favorites]

This thread is a place for us to explain what ableism is (explaining two models of disability and some other useful concepts), and provide a place for people affected by ableism to talk to one another in a space relatively free of pressure from people who are not impacted by that. You get to decide whether ableism affects you -- this thread is for everyone to read and for disabled people to (mostly) participate in. It is okay and highly encouraged for people to talk about themselves and their own experiences, but less so to talk about other people's imagined experiences.
posted by sciatrix at 9:07 AM Sep 1 2019 - 67 comments [38 favorites (3 in the last 7 days)]

This is a MetaTalk to discuss whether presidential debates, such as the one we had tonight, which was posted as an FPP, should instead be put in FanFare. FanFare is a space with a specific category designated for live "Special" televised events, whereas posting about the debate on the blue (as happened this evening) ends up containing the same kind of fig-leaf URLs that generate liveblogging megathreads rather than actual discussion of a cool thing which was discovered and linked on the web.
posted by Greg Nog at 8:43 PM Sep 12 2019 - 56 comments [3 favorites]

Good Saturday evening, MetaFilter! This week, I want to hear about your most regrettable youthful fashion decision! Or, heck, it could be from last week. Just whatever time you were like, "Oooooh, this is a cool trend, I want in on it ... oh, nope, nope, I was very very wrong."
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:36 PM Sep 14 2019 - 111 comments [3 favorites]

MetaFilter, that weird blue site (and, yep, we've finally turned it blue again), is 20 years old today.

It's a thrilling and boggling and remarkable and ungainly and heartening number. I've had trouble figuring out what the thing is that I want to say about the site today, and I've realized the problem is there's no one thing. MetaFilter is too complex, its history too complicated, to reduce to a tidy anecdote.

But I want to talk a little about what it means to me, and what I want it to aspire to, and to reflect a little bit on this twenty year milestone on an unsteady world wide web.
posted by cortex at 10:30 AM Jul 14 2019 - 234 comments [136 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

If you need a bit of levity today, please go read geek anachronism's story about how she washed a five-foot tall My Little Pony plushie. That is all.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:54 AM Jun 26 2014 - 125 comments [53 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

As some of you may know, former Toronto Mefite gman (Gabe) has been battling cancer for the last several months. Its been a long, hard fight, during which no stone was left unturned in the search for his cure, taking him from Ontario to the U.S., to Paris, and on to Heidelberg, Germany, then finally back home to Canada a few weeks ago. His wife and friends sent out an email this weekend, and with their permission, the message has been adapted and presented here for Mefites who knew him:
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:21 PM Jun 26 2018 - 160 comments [31 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

It's a little over a month since the State of the Site post where I talked about our current revenue shortfall, and as part of a goal of moving toward more regular financial updates I wanted to give a quick snapshot of where we are now.
posted by cortex at 9:49 AM Aug 19 2019 - 232 comments [16 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Do you remember a personal essay about a female researcher who very nearly missed the opportunity to present her work (due to a terrible combination of romantic breakup, burglary, and something else?) but prevailed, and went on to win major accolades?
posted by samthemander at 2:36 PM Sep 8 2019 - 18 comments [7 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

A new server in June, a new version of Cold Fusion in July, a new hard drive in January and it's still an ailing mefi server. What would it take to cure it?
posted by timeistight at 1:26 PM Jan 23 2003 - 105 comments [1 favorite]

Does anyone know why MeFi has almost doubled its reach during the past 2 weeks? Just curious.
posted by bru at 7:52 AM Apr 29 2006 - 33 comments [1 favorite]