MetaTalk

your regularly scheduled update on the ongoing work to rebuild MetaFilter.com. see details and references inside. [more inside]
posted by Kybard at 11:54 AM - 16 comments

introducing myself properly in the role, providing some context, setting some expectations. [more inside]
posted by Kybard at 10:59 AM - 44 comments

An obscure question about why a comment from 2016 with lots of favorites suddenly got a lot more favorites in 2018. [more inside]
posted by Joan Rivers of Babylon at 3:10 PM - 48 comments

I'm new to Zwift and was thinking about how to find people to follow. It occurred to me that there are MeFites on Zwift! [more inside]
posted by hilaryjade at 7:21 AM - 6 comments

Last week's April fool's post got me thinking... [more inside]
posted by loup at 11:28 AM - 14 comments

Update on the beta version of the new site. See notes inside.

QUICK UPDATE (April 5, 1:05pm ET): As of right now, the staging site still throws a password error when you try to sign up, so it's not possible to test logged-in behaviors. We're aware, but kirk is out of town and unavailable to fix. Feel free to check other parts of the staging site in the meantime. [more inside]
posted by Kybard at 9:17 AM - 23 comments

Since my post on the Kilauea volcano erupting, it calmed down, but it's starting back up today. Camera 1 | Camera 2
posted by NoMich at 6:04 AM - 4 comments

As everyone knows, the hallmark of any big-time website these days is the seamless integration of VC slop cutting-edge AI solutions into every facet of their operation. After witnessing the undeniable success of this approach across the web, we knew it was high time for MetaFilter to join the bandwagon or risk becoming even more charmingly anachronistic than we already are. So, after a quarter century of maintaining our community's distinctly human-powered approach, we're excited to announce that MetaFilter is finally embracing The Future: starting today, every page on MeFi will support Socky the Sockpuppet, your personal AI assistant ready to enhance your browsing experience with randomly generated commentary and deep-cut references that may or may not be relevant to whatever you're doing.

[Click here to activate Socky!] / or / [Click here to cast Socky into the digital abyss] [more inside]
posted by Rhaomi at 12:01 AM - 124 comments

Hello and welcome to this month’s site update! Thanks for your patience, we are and were waiting on some information, details are inside. Last month’s update can be found here. [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:58 AM - 107 comments

User Cranberry has passed away after a long life. She was driven, I think, more by intellectual curiosity than any other factor and when I encouraged her to sign up for Metafilter, she was able to overcome her dislike of "potty mouth" language to sign up and become a regular user and answerer of AskMe. She was very proud to be a "$5 noob," and she greatly enjoyed reading the posts of her favorite users, especially gnfti and taz. She has gone on to join other family members in the afterlife and her obit is here.
posted by Lynsey at 10:00 AM - 79 comments