MetaTalk

Blogger's new announcement: just a blogspot change. Rather clever, actually. I might even buy one myself.. anyone else?
posted by insomnyuk to General Weblog-Related at 9:54 PM - 5 comments

How do you know when you're a star on the Internet?

Google attempts to correct the spelling of your name.
posted by willnot to MetaFilter-Related at 9:29 PM - 18 comments

I liked the little thingie that told how many users are on
MeFi at a time. What happened to it?
posted by Lynsey to Feature Requests at 4:07 PM - 7 comments

almost a year since archy died. (more inside)
posted by clavdivs to MetaFilter-Related at 12:24 PM - 12 comments

If you search for Bernard Shifman on Google, the number one result is the “Bernard Shifman is a moron spammer” page that was all over the web yesterday. His “official” web page (in an online directory) is now seventh or eighth on the list. Joseph Crosby (GM of the Houston Doubletree) has a similar problem.

If you accept the premise that many people will check out Google before hiring/dating/whatever someone, then these guys are in trouble for the foreseeable future. (more inside….)

posted by jpbutler to General Weblog-Related at 12:21 PM - 16 comments

Erk. How do I undo a mistake? I think I just posted a comment three times. It's not showing up on the thread, but when I click to "comments made by this user," in my profile, it does show up. Can I erase it, somehow?
posted by Badmichelle to Bugs at 11:46 AM - 9 comments

Has any thought been given before to selecting posts which can be considered "timeless" or "very important", and keeping them highlighted and visible (maybe in the sidebar) for a week+ so comments can keep going on ? Perhaps 2 or 3 "Link and Think" type posts always present and alive at the top of the sidebar ? (recognizing that the process of determining what should go in there might make this a non-starter)
posted by Voyageman to Feature Requests at 9:26 AM - 16 comments

When I try AOL Keyword Mefi, nothing happens. (more inside).


posted by ParisParamus to Bugs at 6:34 AM - 13 comments

how about a textarea on the post-a-thread page to allow you to optionally post the first comment on the thread? reading rich's comment on how not everyone wants to write up such a comment with word or notepad beforehand, it seems like this feature could be useful. no one jokes about where's the "more inside" text, and the ease of use in posting that first, explanatory comment may help in keeping FPPs from getting too large.
posted by moz to Feature Requests at 11:53 AM - 3 comments

Ha: "Matt Haughey whips scripts and pushes pixels at Pyra Labs. When he's not being cheeky on his personal site, he's corralling the kittens on his community one.

Also by Matt:
free web host
using includes

posted by elvissinatra to General Weblog-Related at 11:34 AM - 2 comments

Is there a picture of the actual physical embodiment of the MetaFilter Server? I'd like to be able to visualize where all the comments go.
posted by machaus to MetaFilter-Related at 10:08 AM - 36 comments

The Chilling Effect of Self-Policing. Step inside, won't you? (more)
posted by solistrato to MetaFilter-Related at 7:56 PM - 33 comments

I really hesitated about bringing this up because I seem to have remembered it being discussed before. How can meaningful discussion derive from this? Let me say up front that for me at least it's not a political thing, it could have been Gore or Nader and I still would have brought this up. (more inside)
posted by geoff. to Etiquette/Policy at 2:04 PM - 46 comments

I thought this post would be more appropriate in MetaTalk, and I mentioned that in comments, twice. Both comments are gone now. Was it something that I said?
posted by insomnyuk to Etiquette/Policy at 11:17 AM - 8 comments

Is this the first time where front page double post is getting equal attention as the original, and no one has asked for the double post deletion? Is this because Dave Thomas was a popular guy or what?
posted by Rastafari to MetaFilter-Related at 8:43 AM - 11 comments

Sorry allpaws. I didn't catch it in the "preview" phase, but it appears a post of mine was attributed to user name "allpaws". allpaws and I do not share a computer and I was logged in as G_Ask. clues? Has this happened before?
posted by G_Ask to Bugs at 6:41 PM - 43 comments

Must I continually check my spelling through Word? Has there been any headway on a spellchecker replacement?
posted by hotdoughnutsnow to Feature Requests at 3:09 PM - 7 comments

why is it that everytime someone makes a post that mentions veganism or vegetarianism, a dozen or so folks stand up at once and make little jokes about how they eat meat?
posted by mcsweetie to MetaFilter-Related at 1:55 PM - 131 comments

What's worse, an irrational Microsoft basher or an irrational Apple doubter?
posted by alana to Etiquette/Policy at 12:10 PM - 9 comments

Considering the exponential growth of online community sites like Mefi and Blogger, do you think that one day Metafilter will be (or should be) cloned as localized versions of the site? nyc.metafilter.com, etc.
posted by kv to MetaFilter-Related at 12:18 AM - 34 comments