MetaTalk

Have we found God yet? Not picking on this post per se, but last week we had this (142 comments, so you'd think the issue had been pretty thoroughly hashed out), and before that a bunch more that I listed here, and I'm starting to wonder what the point is. NewsFilter posts get annoying, but at least the news changes; God's either there or He/She/It ain't, and I don't think we're going to find out by arguing about it on MeFi. If everybody else enjoys the never-ending discussion, fine, I'll just skip the threads, but I thought I'd ask.
posted by languagehat to Etiquette/Policy at 12:03 PM - 23 comments

No one asked for it, but I figured what the hell: custom MetaFilter baseball t-shirts are now available.
posted by mathowie (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 4:45 PM - 100 comments

There is a minor bug with the text stylesheet. The a:hover in the head class is not declared, causing the text to disappear into the white background when moused over.
posted by xyzzy to Bugs at 10:24 AM - 18 comments

Umm, maybe I'm wrong about this, but doesn't your last link expose both you and Matt to criminal prosecution under the DMCA?

Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate it.

Crakz...pleas.
posted by Smart Dalek to Etiquette/Policy at 7:02 PM - 6 comments

Is Metafilter the place to post PSAs now?
posted by rushmc to Etiquette/Policy at 2:39 PM - 46 comments

Despite this and this, today we have this.
posted by i_cola to Etiquette/Policy at 7:55 AM - 29 comments

If you could dress up as anybody/thing for Halloween, what would it be? {more inside}
posted by clavdivs to MetaFilter Gatherings at 7:01 AM - 77 comments

MetaFilter - now serving candy along with pancakes and ponies! Thanks, Matt and Happy Halloween, everyone!
posted by Lynsey to MetaFilter-Related at 11:23 PM - 41 comments

The lovely and talented JonnyX says: MCWETBOY-------------so go play on your own blog then you dipshit. if you dont like it here then FUCK OFF.

In a word, "no".
posted by mcwetboy to Etiquette/Policy at 5:29 AM - 110 comments

Haere Mai! Haere Mai! Haere Mai!
Who's up for a Wellington Gathering?
posted by Catch to MetaFilter Gatherings at 5:09 PM - 26 comments

Am I the only one who has been experiencing a good deal of downtime, timeouts, and generally slow surfing lately on MetaFilter?

I remember reading awhile back that signups were turned off the last time because of server strain. Is that the issue here or are we (is Matt) dealing with something else?
posted by The God Complex to Uptime at 1:14 PM - 32 comments

News posts: done right and not so right [more inside]
posted by mathowie (staff) to Etiquette/Policy at 11:51 AM - 17 comments

Remember single-link posts?

A glance at the front page soon reveals they are now the exception rather than the rule. This is perhaps due to MeTa influence. You know: "Add a link or two for context/to show you care/as proof you can google". And yet great single-link posts, like this one, are probably the most appealing and difficult to get right. Not least because I suspect most users will only click on what they assume is the main link. Have multi-link posts become the norm or are they just a passing trend?
posted by MiguelCardoso to MetaFilter-Related at 11:09 PM - 24 comments

I am more than fed up of this sort of nonsense being posted to MeFi. Can we give some sort of community time-out or other shot over the bows here? [See also here.]

Kablam: were you not content with comments like this last time?
"...I'd think a site should at least have to have a shred of legitimacy to rate a front-page link here...
I find it doubtful that there is anything on this website that is not a lie...You know, being linked to by MeFi is going to make this nazi's guy's day...It's not out of line to expect some sort of warning, if the post has a link of questionable nature...Crap link=Crap Post...we don't want to give these assholes hits..."Various posters
posted by dash_slot- to Etiquette/Policy at 7:41 PM - 18 comments

Metafilter: Remixed -- a collaborative filter for MeFi. Several people have suggested in the past some sort of "[this is good]" button people could use to vote for excellent posts; I know Matt's busy, so I went ahead and made one. Let me know if you find any problems with it.
posted by webmutant to MetaFilter-Related at 9:57 PM - 132 comments

New member; first post; searched and searched; usual story. Then this comment, by furiousthought, pointing to the fact that my link had already been posted in a thread (albeit, in my defense, long before I joined and cryptically referenced). So I wonder whether the automatic URL search facility which exists when you preview a front page post could possibly be extended to include URLS mentioned in comments? At the very least, we could thank the first users to link to it. Nobody has the time to read all the threads or click on all the links in comments and searches, whether MetaFilter or Google, often fail to point to cryptically described links.

Forgive me if this is impossible to achieve, stupid or has been asked before, of course!
posted by Carlos Quevedo to Feature Requests at 12:10 PM - 15 comments

I was looking through an old thread, and found these three alternate mefi designs. Anyone know of any other not quite ready for prime time ideas that are still floating around?
posted by betaray to Bugs at 4:18 PM - 25 comments

Hi....I posted a URL the other day that was similar to metafilter, and so I thought MeFi was hacked for a minute there. When I realized the typo, I was relieved! I wondered if other people had found similar sites. But the post isn't there. I'm just wondering if that was a server glitch or just a lame post that was pulled. No worries, just curious for my own edification.
posted by Modem Ovary to Etiquette/Policy at 1:40 PM - 26 comments

After reading this article, which was linked at Plastic, I was tempted to post it here, at MeFi, but then I decided not to. Isn't Plastic a popular site among MeFi readers, and wouldn't posting this link be redundant? Is there a general rule about posting from popular sites, or does it always come down to a hunch?
posted by Beholder to Etiquette/Policy at 12:32 PM - 27 comments