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With several fires raging and more possible, let’s share information and provide a place for those affected to check in. I hope everyone’s safe!
posted by GenjiandProust on Jan 8 at 4:41 AM - 45 comments

You people who post, please share your thoughts on the craft. How does the post come together? What are your criteria for success?
posted by Lemkin on Jan 9 at 9:33 PM - 54 comments

The board is forming a moderation oversight committee and you are welcome to volunteer to be on it! Some people have already! But this is the formal ask for anyone who is interested and has not contacted me yet. More details, such as they are, inside.
posted by warriorqueen on Jan 6 at 7:28 PM - 11 comments

FanFare does not get a ton of traffic, any thoughts on how to change that?
posted by ginger.beef on Jan 4 at 10:22 PM - 289 comments

The words we write on the internet have an effect, most especially, irresponsible ones like those in "Some nerdy Redditors have doubts about 2024 election integrity."
posted by Violet Blue on Jan 8 at 8:48 PM - 95 comments

Given how much this previous administration hived off a lot of users, what's the mods/owner's plan for this?
posted by Kitteh on Dec 20 at 7:42 AM - 21 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 - 9 comments

The "Export My Comments" feature, linked from the profile page, supposedly downloads "a file that includes all of your comments across all MetaFilter sites", but its definition of "all" is out of date.
posted by rory on Jan 8 at 8:10 AM - 17 comments

A place to share that your gift from the swap arrived.
posted by 15L06 on Nov 16 at 8:59 PM - 189 comments

A number of people have called for volunteer moderation at MeFi. The No. 1 question about that is, how many people are willing to be a volunteer moderator, and for how many hours a week?
posted by NotLost on Dec 20 at 6:20 AM - 138 comments

This post does not seem beloved by its countrymen.
posted by Lemkin on Jan 2 at 5:34 PM - 106 comments

Hi y'all!

With the major holidays reaching their peak this week, how are you spending them this year, what are you up to? Any special travel plans, or particular dishes you’re making this time around? What are you most looking forward to doing?
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 24 at 5:45 PM - 75 comments

What do people think about starting a tradition of an annual "State of MetaFilter" email to all members for each new year? A lot of changes happened in 2024 (for example: non-profit status, site code rewrite started), not everyone follows MetaTalk, and it would be a way to remind members who haven't participated in a while that MetaFilter is still here to encourage them to participate again.
posted by ShooBoo on Jan 2 at 5:02 AM - 24 comments

Mefi Card Club was started as an ongoing card swap in March of 2018, and still continues to this day (approaching 7 years, whew!). It's been a bit since we've had a Metatalk post about this and we could use some more participants to keep this sustainable, so I figured it was time. If you want to continue the fun of sending and receiving cards and not limit it to just the holiday season, come join us!
posted by Sparky Buttons on Dec 29 at 4:24 PM - 23 comments

Hello and welcome to this month’s Site Update! We your things are going your way as the year winds down.

You can find the last update here.

posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 20 at 5:15 AM - 457 comments

May all acquaintance etc.
posted by h00py on Dec 31 at 8:08 AM - 27 comments

Welcome to the first ever (as far as I know!) Fanfare extravaganza. I have created a place where we can share recommended books, movies, tv, music, games, podcasts we have read, watched, listened to, or played this year.
posted by CMcG on Dec 28 at 2:33 PM - 13 comments

I think a lot of the community doesn't understand how busy Mods are in their day to day shifts. It would probably be good for mod/community relationships to give a few users a chance to shadow a mod for a shift or two, so that we can get a better idea of the workload that mods are under, which would probably allow the community to take a step back and give the mods some breathing room. Is there any chance of that?
posted by bowbeacon on Dec 19 at 3:44 PM - 83 comments

With a regular season record of 11-4, Night_Owl's "Won't You Be My Naybors" defeated "Stroud Proud" (12-3) for the championship.

As promised, I donated $100 to MetaFilter in honor of Night_Owl's victory (receipts upon request), and offer this post as proof of her cunning and skill. She may brag on all of us who participated, and, frankly, all of you who didn't participate, whom she clearly also beat.
posted by klangklangston on Dec 31 at 6:21 PM - 4 comments

Hello! There were several interesting situations going on while moderating this morning, so I did another Ride Along video to talk about various mod decisions made this morning. (TikTok, YouTube, same video, 10min, has captions so you can just listen or read along)
Previous Ride Along
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 28 at 9:56 AM - 32 comments