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I'll take "SEO spammer" for $5, Alex.
So you think you know Metafilter? [more inside]
What online fora molded you?
This might be too chat-filter-y, but I get the impression that a lot of people on mefi put in serious time in other internet fora before settling here. Just kind of curious if there's a lot of common denominators (Compuserve, The Well, etc?), and if they influenced what you expect from a 'good' online community and that's why you ended up here. [more inside]
Bringin' it old-school.
Birthday thoughts from an old-timer. [more inside]
How to scan a cat and other subjects
A nice piece on Metafilter, including an audio interview with Mathowie, from the Toronto Globe and Mail.
Play me off
Did I hallucinate a Metafilter comment? I remember reading the line "Play him hither, Lute Cat" on Metafilter recently and though it was so hilarious I needed to illustrate it. I wanted to give credit to the original commenter, but I can't for the life of me find the comment. All my styles of google-fu have failed me. Did this comment actually exist?
No other information
If an FPP about a member (even if they happen to be famous) is posted, but it doesn't provide any fruitful information for others to right a situation where they feel they have been overcharged, then why is it allowed?
Some guy: How 'bout that Citi Field? Me: You mean the green?
I wore my brand spankin' new Mets-style MetaFilter t-shirt out in the streets of New York yesterday. Hilarity ensued. [more inside]
The only gift you'll ever get back and love even more.
Because I spent June 15 compressed at the bulkhead at the end of two Adventists reading: He: "The (New, Illustrated) Great Controversy" and She: "Creation Illustrated: The Christian Alternative to National Geographic" I forgot to mention the most important thing you can do all day! [more inside]
ya digg?
I've noticed a particularly pronounced uptick in the number of favorites comments are getting.
Has Metafilter become funnier, or more salient?
Or, you know.
When the Blue's About the Blue
The direction of the teen modeling post went really Meta and callout-y really fast ... do we have informal standards to apply here? [more inside]
Celebrate 10 Years of Metafilter and Make a Difference
The Metafilter Team on Kiva.com has gotten started and two weeks later we have 16 members and have lent just shy of $1,000 to small businesses and collectives in developing countries. Our team is now launching a new campaign to celebrate Metafilter's wonderful users and help individuals, families, and communities around the world. Join us to find out more... [more inside]
He was in his armchair, watching a John Wayne movie. It could have been so much worse.
Another "Best of Metafilter" request.
So, my grandfather died today (as I anticipated a few months ago), and one of my first reactions is to look to Metafilter for comfort and guidance. I've found a few relevant threads on my own (just taking a cursory glance at ColdChef's posting history helps put death in perspective), but I'd appreciate other mefites' help: what are the most helpful, or comforting, or grounding threads you've read on the site that have to do with death and grieving? [more inside]
There's a meetup near you
There's quite a few 10th anniversary meetups with only a solitary attendee, in places where there are plenty of MeFites... [more inside]
Monkeys and Typewriters
How big (in bytes) is Metafilter? [more inside]
It actually is kind of serious business.
I, too, am trying to find a comment I'm almost certain I read on the Blue. It was a refutation of the glib, "The internets is serious business!"-style dismissal of people who would deign to take anything said online to heart. The tone of the comment was something to the effect of, "Sure, it's no big deal, it has only connected much of the world's population in ways only dreamed of," or something. I'm not doing it justice, nor am I trying to.
The commenter might have been quoting someone else. Many thanks to anyone who can locate this!
Award for Mefite Genius?
How about if the Metafilter Scholarship be used as an award for a project by a Mefite they can present publicly at the big 10th anniversary event? The winner could be chosen by how many times their presentation is favorited as a live event being posted on Metatalk because it's related. [more inside]
Big Southeast Asian 10th anniversary meetup
Are there enough MeFites in Southeast Asia for a satellite meetup for MetaFilter's 10th anniversary? [more inside]
How does it feel to know you're a lab rat?
Exploring the dynamics of blog communities: the case of MetaFilter. Leiser Silva, Lakshmi Goel, Elham Mousavidin. Information Systems Journal. vol 19 no. 1 pp 55-81. 2009.
MetaMobile
Whatever you're doing with Metafilter's mobile access, keep it up. [more inside]
April Fool's Day Moratorium
Important site announcement re: April Fool's Day. [more inside]
Metafilter Music Podcast?
Has anyone thought about doing a periodic podcast of tunes exclusively from music.metafilter? Would Metafilter or any of the artists have an issue with someone doing this? Would anyone want to host it or help in other ways? Would anyone listen to it?
What was the story with that threatened Scientology lawsuit?
For Those Of You Joining Us Late-filter: What was the story with that threatened Scientology lawsuit? [more inside]
Smile/Tilt Head/Favorite/Move On/Come Back/Smile Again
Has anyone ever mark favorite on a post in an AskMe thread in hopes that will light the way for the OP to mark it as Best Answer? [more inside]
Sooo, doing anything Bastille Day?
What's the plan for Metafilter's 10-year anniversary? [more inside]
Metafilter Stats: March 2009
By request, I updated my Metafilter Stats for the first time in two years. User growth, Top 20 lists, and daily stats are all current, as of last week. [more inside]
metafilter data analysis
Has anyone done any interesting analysis of metafilter data? I'd like to see average posts/day, average comments/post over time, for starters. But I bet there are many more interesting/pointless questions to be answered beyond that.
If I had the force, I would choke the shit out of you.
Can I put this in my metafilter URL? [more inside]
riding instructions
I don't want a new pony! I just want to know how to ride the one I have. [more inside]
What is with all people on MetaFilter marrying/dating people that don't bath?
What is with all people on MetaFilter marrying/dating people that don't bath? [1] [2] [3] [4] [more inside]
Best of the Web
Metafilter is one of Time's top blogs of 2009.
What does the metafilter server look like?
Tanks for the new server. Can we see a picture of it? [more inside]
It's that new server smell everyone loves so much
The new server: you're soaking in it! We're on the new boxes now, post any bugs or weirdness you find here and we'll work on it as fast as we can.
Movin' on up...
Preparations are in order for the big move. [more inside]
5 years ago today in Metafilter.
6 years ago today in Metafilter. [more inside]
Metafilter Chili Cookoff
I say put money in thy purse
Guys, I love MetaFilter.
Guys, I love MetaFilter. [more inside]
MetaFilter in the media
MetaFilter gets a mention in M Magazine (the magazine that comes with The Age in Melbourne). Slightly odd reference, not an internet sort of article. [more inside]
From the email I sent to nickyskye this morning:
Should've known better... I presume you didn't meant to post this to the front page, dude. -- cortex [more inside]
This dude is a troll.
After 8 years of lurking, Gamien Boffenburg crawls out of the woodwork to ... defend the use of the swastika, compare Israel to Nazi Germany, and joke about sexually assaulting a Zionist. And that's it. That's all he brings to the table. Gamien Boffenburg, I hereby invite you to crawl back under whichever rock you came from.
Thanks. :)
Wow. I'm so impressed with the healthy, interesting, and totally civil (from what I've read) discussion in this post . I just wanted to say THANK YOU. :) [more inside]
Self indulgence, selfish or self-link?
Just how "Self"-ish does the self-link ban cover? [more inside]
Today is what Metafilter is all about.
Yet another shoutout for a MeFite going above and beyond the call of duty in real life: HopperFan. [more inside]
Unwanted Duplicates
Why doesn't the Metafilter search also look through deletedthread to find duplicates?
It Comes Full Circle
Paper Dolls and too cool. [more inside]
Son of MetaFilter Mini Meet Up Now With Live Vintage Blues at the Marco Polo in Georgetown
Son of MetaFilter Mini Meet Up... at the Marco Polo in Georgetown
Good music, stimulating company and conversation were hallmarks of last month's affair and now the stars align again at 8 PM on Saturday, November 22nd, in the Marco Polo once more. [more inside]
PTSD TKC OMG
Radical collective book lost in Metafilter
Can you help me track down a radical book mentioned on some part of Metafilter? My search skills are weak, apparently. I would really appreciate it. [more inside]
Who's broken? Metafilter or me?
Why is it that sometimes Metafilter shows the correct number of posts and comments since my last visit and other times it's as if I hadn't ever clicked a thread? [more inside]