MetaTalk

Is there any way for MeFites to download/export our own posts? I'm pretty sure the Comments download only gets comments, not posts. If this feature doesn't yet exist, could it go on the list of nice-to-have features? [more inside]
posted by kristi on Dec 21, 2021 - 4 comments

Back in 2006, the cover was lifted on the version of Metafilter Music we all know and love! I wanted to wish it happy birthday, and post a torrent for the songs from 2013! [more inside]
posted by Pronoiac on Jun 29, 2014 - 23 comments

There is so much music here. Here's the annual torrent of all the songs from Metafilter Music, gathering everything from 2012. There were 558 songs, taking up 3.1 gigabytes. Massive, massive props to all the musicians who shared their music! Check it out, and remember, the song threads never close, so if you find a song you love, please drop by and let the artists know! [more inside]
posted by Pronoiac on Jan 21, 2013 - 23 comments

In October 2010, we posted a torrent of all of Metafilter Music. Here's an update, a torrent of Mefi Music songs from 2011 - 648 songs, 3.5 gigabytes. Share & enjoy, everybody! [more inside]
posted by Pronoiac on Feb 6, 2012 - 28 comments

On linking to copyright-infringing downloads. [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Oct 28, 2010 - 285 comments

As a followup to not_on_display's requesting a way to download all of the Metafilter Music songs last month: a torrent is now available. [more inside]
posted by Pronoiac on Oct 11, 2010 - 74 comments

A while back, I tried to set my Flashgot Firefox plug-in to download all of the files with the address music.metafilter.com/​music/​*.mp3, only to find that FlashGot doesn't like wildcards, only ranges (i.e. [a-z], [1...1000], etc.). But I really would like to have a quick easy way to suck all of this music onto my iPod. Dear AskMeTa, [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Sep 8, 2010 - 34 comments

Maybe there's a memo I missed, but what happened to the mefi music download links? I just get the flash player now.
posted by jaduncan on Nov 12, 2009 - 36 comments

Can I download askmefi questions and answers? [more inside]
posted by btkuhn on Jun 14, 2009 - 15 comments

I noticed that the download icon in Mefi Music vanished when I logged out. Is this intentional (to cut down bandwidth demands)?

The dl links go to a straightforward .mp3 files, though, so I'm assuming that you could link to one of those (on your blog, say) and a non-member could download a song by clicking on the link. But would that be wrong?
posted by nanojath on Jul 4, 2006 - 10 comments

Etiquette question. I posted this AM about a small software application. After posting it occurred to me that the link was directly to the download site version tracker and not to the software author site. I felt this may have been bad etiquette on my part and I followed up with a comment redirecting to the author site.

My question, Is it bad etiquette to post an interest link to a download site (such as version tracker)? Presumably because many Metafiler viewers will click through to the download site just to "look" or follow the link and thus adding unnecessary traffic to this site.

On a side note, it would be useful to edit a post after posting it , any plans to implement this functionality?
posted by xtian on Jan 23, 2004 - 6 comments

Netscape 6.1 bug: using the browser's back button from inside a thread gives you a popup window asking if you want to download a file of type called "text/html, text/html from http://www.metafilter.com". You have to use the "home" button to get back to the front page, and then scroll down to get back to where you were.
posted by biscotti on May 21, 2002 - 10 comments