MetaTalk

I want to suggest that we consider decoupling bookmarks from favorites. I very frequently want to favorite a comment to show my support or agreement, but I have stopped using favorites because I do not want to bookmark hundreds of comments that I appreciated but do not need to revisit.
posted by Neely O'Hara on Mar 12 at 10:28 AM - 104 comments

Update on the beta version of the new site. See notes inside.
posted by kirkaracha on Mar 10 at 6:14 PM - 37 comments

In these turbulent times, we literate few (who voluntarily inhabit a non-threaded text-only 20-year-old website that doesn’t use algorithms) cry out for the solid comforts of Fine Poetry to unify us and soothe our collective fevered brow. In short, fellow Mefites, we need a Poet Laureate (Pro Tempore*). +++This is the Poet Laureate (Pro Tempore) Election Thread+++
posted by Vatnesine on Mar 4 at 8:03 PM - 74 comments

Just had a thought - how about adding a new type of activity to the IRL tab, alerting people to different local political activism opportunities (rallies, demonstrations, postcard-writing campaigns, etc.)?
posted by EmpressCallipygos on Mar 14 at 6:46 AM - 10 comments

this is a meta to discuss the practice of mods deleting comments that don't break guidelines, but receive pushback after the fact, solely due to the original commenter coming back and saying "please delete my comment."
posted by sagc on Mar 11 at 4:18 PM - 112 comments

Hello and welcome to this month’s site update! Last month’s update can be found here
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Feb 20 at 4:16 PM - 251 comments

Although many tariffs are again delayed, the political landscape has been shifted by Donald Trump and Canadians and Americans uneasily find themselves on opposite sides of a border that is, economically at the least and potentially existentially under threat. If this week’s tariff thread is any indication, this fracture can lead to differences in opinion and sentiment – new and old – flaring up on the site. This post is from a Canadian perspective – one, because there are many of course. Hoping it may help to express a minority (8% of all traffic) perspective and also have some discourse. This is NOT a policy or mod ask. All opinions my own.
posted by warriorqueen on Mar 7 at 1:00 PM - 130 comments

Currently, if somebody deletes their account, their Fanfare posts are also deleted. We have no idea how many books, movies, etc. had fanfare posts that have now disappeared. What if, in the new site, when you wanted to make a Fanfare post, the post itself was associated with a dedicated user (maybe "The Opener"), populated with some standard description from some API when possible, and your own thoughts went in your own comment?
posted by one for the books on Mar 5 at 2:33 PM - 43 comments

Just because your reply has a lot of characters, that doesn't mean you have character, am I right. Okay.
posted by kittens for breakfast on Feb 25 at 5:46 AM - 149 comments

When will elections for permanent board members for the MetaFilter Community Foundation take place?
posted by ssg on Mar 1 at 12:28 PM - 151 comments

The beta version of the new site is ready for testing. See lots of notes inside.
posted by kirkaracha on Mar 3 at 2:46 PM - 141 comments

Are the only problems with this comment the ones described in this mod note? Would it be better if it said "women"? The community deserves clarity in rules, not to wonder if mods are worried users are thinking of "immoral actions" (what?). Why wasn't this just deleted for being objectifying, rather than left standing with a mod note that doesn't seem to align with the existing guidelines?
posted by sagc on Feb 22 at 12:23 PM - 101 comments

In the recent post about removing the MeTa queue, Violet Blue made a comment that they had submitted a post about creating a Moderator Code of Conduct that had been refused at the time with a suggestion to try again later. We're officially a non-profit, responsibilities for site management are transitioning to the board and the Moderation Oversight Committee is working to form. I think "later" is now.
posted by phunniemee on Feb 13 at 9:57 AM - 23 comments

Come join our annual Valentine Card Exchange. Let’s spread a little love, share some smiles, and brighten each other’s day in a fun, friendly way!
posted by SunPower on Jan 6 at 7:36 AM - 27 comments

As per Brandon's suggestion, consider this a discussion space for whether or not ChatGP/LLM/generative AI posts, comments and (perhaps most importantly) AskMe answers should continue to be allowed.
posted by fight or flight on Feb 15 at 11:49 AM - 187 comments

The new site should have a moderation log from day one.
posted by Diskeater on Feb 28 at 7:56 AM - 112 comments

The "social sharing" option on posts (the single little icon off to the right if you haven't turned them off in your preferences) was first added in 2011, with Twitter and Facebook. Twitter was removed in September 2023. I think, given everything, we should also remove the Facebook option. And in general I'd prefer to have zero than one, no matter what the "one" site is. I don't have a strong opinion about what sites, if any, should be there. But perhaps we could come up with a consensus on two or three new options. (I've had some small discussions with the admins about this and they suggested a MeTa post to discuss.)
posted by skynxnex on Feb 20 at 8:22 AM - 36 comments

Ten years, eight months and 12 days ago, the MetaTalk queue was turned on. The reason for doing so was a reduction in the availability of moderators at any given time and the high workload MeTa threads created relative to other parts of the site. However, it has continued to be a contentious issue for members from time to time, much more so recently, where the queue is seen to have become much more of a filter than a queue, with perceptions that some people are now actually being Silenced All Their Life.
posted by dg on Feb 11 at 4:35 PM - 311 comments

Obituary. He was member Servo5678 here, and also on everything2, which is where I first met him. I mean online, I never met him in person. For more, see inside.
posted by JHarris on Feb 23 at 2:09 AM - 54 comments