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I am curious about which posts on the blue have gotten the most comments (not counting things such as U.S. politics megathreads), or which questions on Ask have gotten the most answers. How feasible is that to find out? It would be cool if those were set off, as another way to see what has had a lot of engagement.
posted by NotLost on May 22 at 8:13 AM - 10 comments

This has been asked before, in Nov 2022, when the site owner called it a "really good idea" and a then-current tech person said it seemed "uncontroversial and positive, so I'll put that on the pile of things to do." Is this still something the community thinks is worth doing? If so, any chance it could be implemented? It might increase engagement in an area of the site that could use it. I know I'd find it useful, anyway.
posted by mediareport on May 4 at 8:06 AM - 55 comments

I'm looking for a FPP for an article about a Reality TV show. It was about a woman, maybe LGBTQ+, who went to live on a ranch or a house, and the producers had lied to the participants about her identity, or her circumstances, etc. I can't remember if they said she wasn't LGBTQ+ and then it came out she was, or something like that. I think there was something in it where the other participants treated her poorly, but overall she wasn't as upset as you might expect.
posted by Gorgik on May 16 at 9:07 AM - 6 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

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posted by loup on Apr 17 at 11:34 AM - 24 comments

A couple of months ago, I was poking around on AskMetafilter for productivity things. I found my way, via a comment on an oldish-post, to an organization system for computer files that I got excited about, started to implement without even reading the whole thing, and have found very helpful. Now I'd like to read more about the system and I can't find the link again.
posted by Well I never on May 3 at 10:50 PM - 3 comments

Let's make a mixtape! (I'm never sure how appropriate it is to do something light and fun on MeTa so apologies if there's another corner of the site that I haven't considered that would be better for this.)
posted by kensington314 on Apr 5 at 9:43 AM - 112 comments

Whether it's the name of a person, a drug or medical treatment, a non-governmental organization (NGO), a less-common internet term, or something specific to your field of interest, please spell it out and only then use the acronym.
posted by Well I never on Mar 28 at 12:36 PM - 104 comments

This is a public thank you to chariot pulled by cassowaries for their frequent posts of good news from the natural world. It brightens my day to read about plants and animals recovering adversity, and people being not-terrible in helping them. Cheers to you.
posted by seanmpuckett on Apr 6 at 1:54 AM - 45 comments

Greetings, all. I'm posting to inform you of the death of ricochet biscuit. He passed away last night after a short illness. Michael (or Warren as he was known to some) will be sorely missed. His wife, Wendy, asked me to say a few words and "do him justice." I'm not sure I can, because I don't think words are sufficient. A brilliant man, in both his natural intelligence and his encyclopedic knowledge of, well, just about everything, Michael could always be counted on for an interesting conversation. A polyglot, multi-instrumentalist, D&D (and GURPS!) master gamer, funny, passionate, ethical, and reliable; you couldn't ask for a better friend. Joining in 2008, Michael really loved the metafilter community and often told me how much he enjoyed the lively discussions found here. Funeral and other information to follow.
posted by LoRichTimes on Mar 19 at 4:55 PM - 189 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

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posted by loup on Mar 20 at 9:36 AM - 11 comments

I was meandering among the tags on one of my past front page posts, and noticed that "inspirational" said:

Users that often use this tag: brainwane

Other MeFites who make front page posts: are you ever surprised to notice a theme emerging among your posts? Like, "Oh, huh, I guess I do post a lot about that"? I'm curious!
posted by brainwane on Mar 22 at 6:49 AM - 28 comments

The board forming the MetaFilter nonprofit met Feb. 29.
posted by NotLost on Mar 26 at 8:52 AM - 10 comments

The group working to form the MeFi nonprofit is looking for help in a few specific areas.
posted by NotLost on Mar 11 at 7:14 AM - 7 comments

Is anybody out there up for the old "you donate money to Metafilter, I'll make a post for you" thing? I have a topic I'd really like to see posted, but I don't have the time to do it myself. I'd donate $25 to our Bean Plate Overlords if someone would do this for me. (I feel like someone was doing this project in the past but I don't remember who.)
posted by BlahLaLa on Mar 12 at 2:03 PM - 7 comments

Last month, an apparent error in Feedburner caused several of MeFi's legacy RSS feeds to not update for up to a week (at least in my popular feed reader, Feedly). The problem has been fixed -- for now. But it's an important reminder that the Feedburner platform is increasingly unreliable -- if it were ever shut down by Google, the thousands of readers who rely on those feeds to keep up with the site may lose contact without even realizing it. The good news is that the site has a new set of self-hosted feeds that should remain active no matter what Google does. So, if you read the site using an RSS reader, please take a moment to update your reader to the new feeds -- and check the related posts on MetaFilter and Ask MetaFilter for a list of posts you might have missed during the outage.
posted by Rhaomi on Mar 11 at 9:59 AM - 2 comments

Would we like a feature to request that an original poster, asking for recommendations, follow up with a comment about what they did, or if some place, restaurant, or service was recommended whether it worked out and why or why not?
posted by TimHare on Feb 27 at 11:12 AM - 30 comments

Dear person who sent me a postcard that mentioned playing a show in my hometown, hmu in my MeMail! I want to talk to you but I couldn't make out your signature!
posted by HotToddy on Feb 14 at 10:10 AM - 23 comments

The board forming the nonprofit for Metafilter met Feb. 15.
posted by apartment dweller on Feb 28 at 1:53 PM - 15 comments

There's been practically no activity on the IRL MetaFilter page lately. There was a time when it was full of events. This post is to encourage you to create more IRL events and go to them. You'll meet new people, see old friends and make new friends. You'll get to match user names with real names and faces. (To get local IRL alerts, in your MeFi user profile set you location and in preferences make sure "Receive IRL alerts? " is checked)
posted by ShooBoo on Feb 23 at 11:47 AM - 46 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

Welcome to your second Site Update of the year! You can find the last Site Update here.

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posted by loup on Feb 21 at 10:23 AM - 23 comments