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The MetaFilter Steering Committee is excited to bring you the first Steering Committee Check-In! Inside we have some updates on what we’ve done in the past month, what we’re working on this month, and a request for input from the community.
posted by lazaruslong on Oct 3 at 12:40 PM - 65 comments

I don't know about you, but I'm starving. Please tell me what's for breakfast?
posted by taz on Oct 1 at 1:50 AM - 99 comments

Should I include links to machine generated translations when I link to content in languages other than English in a comment? These days, usually a pretty decent machine translation is available by right-click or offered automatically by your browser when loading the page. I used to add a link to Google Translate every time, but recently stopped, as it started to feel a bit redundant. But what do people think?
posted by Harald74 on Sep 30 at 6:54 AM - 8 comments

I was reading the moving stories of grief from Mefites in the comments on this thread and saw the little "+" to click to favorite them. The + seemed so inadequate. I don't want to favorite, I want to give a virtual hug. The symbol for that would be maybe "()"
posted by storybored on Oct 2 at 6:46 PM - 16 comments

So ... just based on your innate skills, talents, interests, and preferences, and other odd little clues and coincidences that have popped up along the way this trip around, you are pretty sure that in a previous life, you must have been _______.
posted by taz on Sep 24 at 2:50 AM - 73 comments

Hi there, Metafilter! You’ll find some updates regarding the site below. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions.
posted by loup on Sep 28 at 3:46 PM - 8 comments

I often see people on Metafilter use the acronym TFA (the fucking article) to refer to the linked article in the OP post. It's not always clear to me from the context if that acronym is meant to come across as angry or irritated, or whether people also use it in a more neutral way?
posted by Zumbador on Sep 23 at 7:39 AM - 47 comments

Something like 20% of Florida was under evacuation orders prior to Ian, many are now displaced with no pathway home (like us) or far worse, no home to go to. On top of that early reports are for catastrophic loss of life. Just putting this thread up as an opportunity to check in and let others know you're alright, and perhaps to post resources. Here is an initial resource FEMA is authorized to issues grants for repair and also possibly for domicile if you don't have a place to go: A link to a news article about FEMA process
posted by chasles on Sep 29 at 4:56 PM - 3 comments

I'm wondering if we could have a short discussion about Ask Metafilter answers. Yes, people respond there out of the goodness of their own hearts, but it does feel as if there's less attention being paid to questions' parameters, resulting in less-good answers and thus a less-good Ask Metafilter.
posted by MollyRealized on Sep 12 at 11:28 AM - 153 comments

Happy weekend, friends! Today's Metatalktail hour topic is simply, "favorite sandwich?" What is it and how do you make it? Bonus points for weird!
posted by taz on Sep 17 at 2:05 AM - 121 comments

Hi there, Metafilter! It’s great to be back! Apologies for the delay getting an update together. Now that we have a Steering Committee we will go back to the biweekly cadence we had before. You’ll find some updates regarding the site below. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions.
posted by loup on Sep 14 at 2:35 PM - 20 comments

Hi y’all, we have the final results for the inaugural Metafilter Steering Committee, so without further ado, here they are, in alphabetical order:
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Aug 29 at 9:09 AM - 197 comments

Happy Saturday, everyone, welcome to your well-earned Metatalktail! This week, I'm thinking ... Let's say we get to create a Mefi version of the Olympics. What games of skill, grace, and virtuosity should we compete in? Something like this? Or this? Or?
posted by taz on Sep 10 at 7:49 AM - 39 comments

After three years, the Gift Swap needs a new organizer (or three)!
posted by curious nu on Sep 2 at 12:26 PM - 16 comments

User 292 speaks with user 15348 on the podcast Reimagining The Internet about the past, present, and future of MetaFilter.
posted by terrapin on Sep 7 at 10:22 AM - 29 comments

Welcome to the weekend, Talktail friends. This week, it would cheer me immensely to hear of your happy place (or places). Maybe it's a literal location, small or large, or maybe it's an activity, or an event, a season or holiday, being with a person or group, or just some harmonious synchronicity of conditions that create a perfect moment. Where or what is it that warms the cockles of your heart?
posted by taz on Aug 20 at 6:59 AM - 74 comments

Belated podcast for August, American summer is just like that. No idea what we talked about, but I know we had a good time.
posted by jessamyn on Aug 30 at 8:50 AM - 23 comments

For this week's metatalktail hour topic, brainwane would like to know, "what is the artwork that gave you the most dissonance between what you expected based on the title and what you actually got?"
posted by taz on Sep 3 at 2:01 AM - 73 comments

Happy Saturday wayfarers! For today's talktail hour, I'd like to ask: If you could escape into a novel — actually be transported into that world — which book would it be, and why?
posted by taz on Aug 27 at 2:07 AM - 66 comments

I've noticed that people don't really use emojis that much here on Metafilter.
posted by Zumbador on Aug 23 at 6:59 AM - 154 comments