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Last month, an apparent error in Feedburner caused several of MeFi's legacy RSS feeds to not update for up to a week (at least in my popular feed reader, Feedly). The problem has been fixed -- for now. But it's an important reminder that the Feedburner platform is increasingly unreliable -- if it were ever shut down by Google, the thousands of readers who rely on those feeds to keep up with the site may lose contact without even realizing it. The good news is that the site has a new set of self-hosted feeds that should remain active no matter what Google does. So, if you read the site using an RSS reader, please take a moment to update your reader to the new feeds -- and check the related posts on MetaFilter and Ask MetaFilter for a list of posts you might have missed during the outage.
posted by Rhaomi at 9:59 AM - 2 comments

The group working to form the MeFi nonprofit is looking for help in a few specific areas. [more inside]
posted by NotLost at 7:14 AM - 7 comments

The board forming the nonprofit for Metafilter met Feb. 15. [more inside]
posted by apartment dweller at 1:53 PM - 15 comments

There's been practically no activity on the IRL MetaFilter page lately. There was a time when it was full of events. This post is to encourage you to create more IRL events and go to them. You'll meet new people, see old friends and make new friends. You'll get to match user names with real names and faces. (To get local IRL alerts, in your MeFi user profile set you location and in preferences make sure "Receive IRL alerts? " is checked) [more inside]
posted by ShooBoo at 11:47 AM - 52 comments

Mefi Global BIPOC Advisory Board Meeting 21 Minutes on Oct 24, 2023, 7AM PST - 8:30 AM (PST) 90 mins. [more inside]
posted by travelingthyme at 8:59 AM - 0 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

Welcome to your second Site Update of the year! You can find the last Site Update here.

Reminder: I will be the only mod actively monitoring this thread so please be patient. I’ll reply to your feedback and questions at least twice a week. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions! [more inside]
posted by loup at 10:23 AM - 23 comments

Mefi Global BIPOC Advisory BoardMeeting 19 Minutes Aug 22, 2023 7AM PST - 9:00 AM (PST) 120 mins. [more inside]
posted by travelingthyme at 10:04 AM - 0 comments

Mefi Global BIPOC Advisory Board Meeting 20 Minutes on Sep 26, 2023, 7AM PST - 9:00 AM (PST) 120 mins. [more inside]
posted by travelingthyme at 10:04 AM - 0 comments

The board forming the nonprofit for Metafilter met Feb. 1. [more inside]
posted by NotLost at 8:57 AM - 20 comments

I'm looking for a MeFi post about people setting up a co-op in San Francisco. The core people involved treated it as a startup, almost, and a few others would cycle in and out of the house. There was an interview process to join the co-op. I just can't seem to find it; thanks for any pointers.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:43 PM - 5 comments