MetaTalk

About a week ago I was reading FPP 'X', and it made me think about a specific user whose input I would have appreciated, and whose comments in the past had helped shape, for the better, how I understand the world. The user in question died a couple years ago though, so that was that, but it put me on a path of thinking about them and - not to be morbid but, well - death.
posted by From Bklyn on Mar 16 at 10:14 AM - 50 comments

PSA: This week is the last call for user nominations to the second Steering Committee, which will be setting policy and overseeing the budget for the year ahead. Do you want to help chart a course for this community (or know someone who would make a great pick)? Send in your nominations today! Or check inside for more details and questions answered.
posted by Rhaomi on Mar 22 at 1:00 PM - 52 comments

Hello, everyone, happy weekend! And speaking of weekends (graceful segue), reading a recent paper NYT Style Magazine (international edition), I ran into the jauntily confident statement, "The 1970s were, of course, a golden age of lounging." Which I did not know. Not only did I not know there was a golden age of lounging, I don't even know what hallmarks would signify a golden age of lounging. I wonder what other golden ages I might be missing? Or just generally, apparently obvious things.
posted by taz on Mar 25 at 3:18 AM - 59 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

It’s been a while! I’m happy to be back. The last Site Update was December 2nd. For now we are thinking about resuming regular site updates on a monthly basis.

You’ll find some updates regarding the site below. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions.

Reminder: I will be the only mod monitoring this thread so please be patient as I reply to your feedback and questions.
posted by loup on Mar 22 at 7:00 PM - 8 comments

I'm looking for a post about a woman who designed historical costumes. She designed and made a beautiful dress to her own measures and blogged about it. Then she found the dress for sale WITH A PICTURE OF HER WEARING THE DRESS. She ordered the dress and they sent her a piece of crap. I believe there youtube videos.
posted by If only I had a penguin... on Mar 18 at 5:42 PM - 5 comments

I love learning cool new stuff. I find all sorts of cool stuff on Youtube, spotify, Nebula, and podcasts that I'd like to share. And, it's hard to find, and I wish you all shared more cool audio and video content as well. I thought we could talk about how cool it is to post more cool content. Along with this is a question about the place for subscription-based or paywall audio/video content as well.
posted by rebent on Mar 22 at 8:59 AM - 23 comments

What's the policy/consensus on answering Ask Metafilter questions with ChatGPT-generated answers? We now have at least one user doing it.
posted by EndsOfInvention on Mar 2 at 4:18 PM - 105 comments

Happy weekend everyone, I hope you are well! For this metalktail hour topic, I'd like to ask what you are reading, or what you last read, or what you are looking forward to reading ... and also, actually, um, are you reading? Or has the combination of the always-on instant news cycle, ballooning world crises, and overbearing social media interrupted, slowed, or stymied your flow? Or intensified it?
posted by taz on Mar 11 at 2:17 AM - 76 comments

As surely most MeFites know by now, Dilbert guy Scott Adams self-immolated via racist screed, and Elon Musk leapt to his defense tweeting, among other things, that "the media is racist against whites." My question for the Twitter users among us: has this made you leave Twitter, or at least consider doing so for good?
posted by kensington314 on Mar 6 at 10:12 AM - 221 comments

Happy weekend, friends. This week I'm dreaming and remembering about ... sleeping. Dreaming of this berth and this pull down blind, rocking away in a sleeping car, or in a cabin on the sea, rolled by the swell of waves and the water's lullaby. So for today's metatalktails, we have this bottle of German wine to drink and I have to ask you: Better sleeping on a train, or sleeping on a ship / boat?
posted by taz on Mar 18 at 3:23 AM - 29 comments

After an initial six-month period marked by a successful fundraiser, volunteer projects, and the start of a long process of establishing important tools and processes for the operation of the site, the MetaFilter Steering Committee (SC) is launching a second round of elections to replace departing members and help us continue our efforts to improve MeFi. Can you build on the progress made addressing the site's urgent needs, partner with diverse stakeholders from the membership, admin, and others, and coordinate with a committed group of volunteers to set MetaFilter's direction? Do you have relevant expertise, a desire to give back to this community, and the time and capacity to put its ideas into action? If so, we want you! Self-nominations will be open from March 1st through midnight Pacific Time on the 15th, with a voting period to follow. Check inside for details!
posted by Rhaomi on Mar 1 at 5:23 PM - 165 comments

A nerdy debate about the relative term "this week" and "last week" and that mystery week in between them. We got together on March 4th and tried not to talk about the weather too much. Runs about 105 minutes.
posted by jessamyn on Mar 5 at 9:20 AM - 32 comments

Hello, everyone, and happy weekend! Today I'm going to need you to tell me about the cookies. Not the tracking ones, the girl scouts / girl guides ones. It's that season, and in the US, a new flavor will be released this week. It's called Raspberry Rally, it will only be available online (why?), and apparently it was inspired by Thin Mints. I'm so curious! Early tasters must report back!
posted by taz on Feb 25 at 2:19 AM - 94 comments

Hello, happy weekend, and happy March Forth day – a day you are supposed to use to work towards achieving your goals.
posted by taz on Mar 4 at 2:14 AM - 49 comments

I’d like to open a discussion about the possibility of a public moderator log that would record all moderation activities on the site.
posted by Diskeater on Feb 22 at 11:28 AM - 342 comments

Let's talk video-games, board-games, mobile games, mind-games, etc. What are you playing right now? :-)
posted by Fizz on Feb 17 at 12:10 PM - 90 comments

So, there are a couple of big cases coming up before the Supreme Court in the next week or so that might lead to the overturning of Section 230 of whatever law it's part of, I think the 1996 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I'm wondering if the powers that be at MetaFilter have been looking at this and what the implications might be for our little community if this does end up getting overturned. Members of the community might have further insights.
posted by hippybear on Feb 20 at 12:13 PM - 32 comments

I'd like to present for discussion by the MetaFilter community the proposal that we establish an official ombudsperson role, to act as a non-moderator community representative when questions about specific moderation decisions arise.
posted by biogeo on Feb 16 at 8:35 AM - 82 comments

Two three things:
1. The first podcast episode was posted on February 16, 2007! Happy 16th anniversary / birthday to the podcast!
2. I just finished running the last / first episode through otter.ai for an automated transcript, so *every* episode now has a transcript! So. Many. Transcripts.
3. I joined two days after that first episode!
Just, you know. Woot!
posted by Pronoiac on Feb 17 at 12:10 PM - 12 comments

Happy weekend, friends, I hope you are warm, or cool, as the case may be, and feeling rested! This week I'd like to ask you about your beloved items that you can't do without, but which are also quite inexpensive ... and just work better than the pricier varieties.
posted by taz on Feb 18 at 2:24 AM - 56 comments