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I am reliably informed that FPPs get modified with no notice to either the poster, or the rest of the sites' users, if they are deemed too lengthy for the Blue. How long is too long? [more inside]
posted by birdsquared on Feb 9, 2016 - 214 comments

Sometimes bad framing can make a discussion instantly go pear shaped. I would ask other users to pause and try to give links at least a cursory read-through before responding to solely what is written on the front page. Especially when your response is overridingly negative. Even a post with bad framing can have content that will generate quality discussion. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Feb 17, 2015 - 53 comments

what it says on the tin. [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Apr 3, 2013 - 98 comments

This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty thin for a notoriously hot-button issue; there might be a way to do this, but as a stand-alone – not so much. -- taz [more inside]
posted by troll on Nov 6, 2011 - 327 comments

Pony Request: It would great to have a thread hiatus switch oriented along temporal vectors. [more inside]
posted by rudster on Sep 13, 2011 - 102 comments

I was afraid from the start that this post would get out of hand. Unfortunately it seems I was right. If we have to rage, let's do it here instead. And while we're at it, maybe we can discuss whether & how a different framing could have prevented or minimized the train wreck we see before us.
posted by scalefree on Mar 4, 2011 - 111 comments