MetaTalk

So, SXSW 2002. Who's going? Maybe it would be a good time for a MetaFilter gathering?
posted by mrbula to MetaFilter-Related at 4:22 PM - 24 comments

It's not the petty insults, it's the rank, disrespectful and pretentious sarcasm that's ruining discussions on MeFi. This thread is only the latest example. As discussions go, its useless. The topic, however, merits a reasoned dialogue. I could cite a few examples in which I've crossed the line. I feel comfortable that I've held my worst instincts in check most often; others have not.

It gets worse all the time. It's now customary among the hawkish set to lead off every comment with a sarcastic jibe, instead of an honest reaction. > >
posted by rschram to Etiquette/Policy at 1:42 PM - 41 comments

This thread is for the discussion of the suggested MetaFilter World Trade Center Design Contest (I'm not even going to attempt an acronym for that one)

Please comment and criticize away. Particulars that need discussion include: how to enter? how to judge? etc.
posted by Ptrin to MetaFilter-Related at 12:03 PM - 13 comments

Metafilter DNS change?

I can no longer reach the site using http://metafilter.com, I have to add the 'www'.
posted by o2b to Bugs at 9:19 AM - 7 comments

Not that don't like the look of MetaFilter, but I think it would be nice if the Customize page had a textarea field for specifying custom stylesheet rules. More inside...
posted by bschoate to Feature Requests at 8:32 AM - 19 comments

*This is Mrs. thatwhichfalls posting, I am responsible for all my own comments*

Regardles of the merits of the FPP, shouldn't a new user go ahead and sign up, post a few comments, get a feel for the place, and earn the right to post to FP?
posted by gimli to Bugs at 7:21 AM - 30 comments

Make a simple suggestion and not get flak? No way." (more inside)
posted by cyniczny to Etiquette/Policy at 4:59 AM - 8 comments

Metaquette: What do you do if you know a piece of wonderfully juicy news (and substantiated with the appropriate sources), but the news is yet to break world-wide (say, two/three days away) and there is no link? Can you make a FPP? Should you be linking news at all? Huh? HUH?
posted by Neale to Etiquette/Policy at 2:25 AM - 25 comments

While the Ben & Jerry's thread ended up fine, it was one of the most extreme examples of a poster playing "talk-show host" I've ever seen. If jonmc didn't want a discussion of a band's merit, then why bash them in his original post?
posted by arielmeadow to Etiquette/Policy at 8:21 PM - 37 comments

I'm working on some metafilter t-shirt designs, bascially just a slogan of some sort on the front, and the logo on the back. let me know what you think of these...
posted by mathowie (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 5:15 PM - 121 comments

Girl power, grrrl, riot girl, f*** me . . . just some of the new words included in the Oxford English Dictionary online.
posted by bottledbliss to General Weblog-Related at 11:30 PM - 5 comments

jesus christ. Are people ever going to mellow out on the double post callouts? A couple times in the past week, I've met someone that knows about the site, and their first comment to me is "everyone there loves to bitch about a double post, I never post there because of it"
posted by mathowie (staff) to Etiquette/Policy at 6:43 PM - 55 comments

I know I missed the boat but when did Salon start requiring a WELL account to use Table Talk? And why would anyone join the most prominent online community so they could post to Salon? Does that make sense to anyone?
posted by Brilliantcrank to General Weblog-Related at 2:37 PM - 3 comments

The New York Times' Online Diary (scroll down to "I'm Paul!"): Online personality tests are a long-running Web "meme," or viral idea. No mention of MeFi, or how agonizing tests are, or ways to cure people's obsession with the danged things, but you can't have everything, I guess. [Login: metafi/metafi; pony not included.]
posted by mattpfeff to General Weblog-Related at 10:01 PM - 14 comments

Clicking on this link: http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=489715&in_review_text_id=447099shuts down my browser (IE5)...sad part of it was that it happened about five times before I figured out what was going on. Since folks are commenting, I presume it's not happening to everyone? Just tried it three more times, same thing. You know, I saw a white van with some strange antennas on it driving around here earlier...
posted by Mack Twain to Bugs at 9:34 PM - 3 comments

Why was tpoh's post re Terry Jones' bit about grammar and war deleted? Or is it only sleeping? Off pining for the fjords?
posted by obiwanwasabi to MetaFilter-Related at 6:58 PM - 21 comments

Here is the latest example of something that's been bugging me. It seems that personal attacks are on the rise, at the expense of debate that focuses on the thread topic or rational criticism of poor posts. More inside.
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posted by sennoma to Etiquette/Policy at 6:35 PM - 27 comments

Oh this ageless double post!
[original May 2001 thread here.]
posted by MiguelCardoso to MetaFilter-Related at 5:09 PM - 1 comment

I got an email from someone saying they heard about metafilter "on the stern show." Does anyone know of any online archives of it? I can't seem to find any at howardstern.com, koam.com, or any of his affiliate sites.
posted by mathowie (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 4:51 PM - 14 comments

I'm really intrigued here. A perfectly good thread (well maybe not great) about censorship of the Olympics, derailed by general revulsion towards a religion. Some tried to get back to the point, but the damage was done. Are all posts voicing concern over how the 2002 Winter games are run doomed to the same fate?
posted by Wulfgar! to Etiquette/Policy at 2:24 PM - 35 comments