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Backstabbing is not conducive to intellectual discourse
Malor - your arguments have to stand on their own merits without bringing other people's names up. [more inside]
Spelunking for doubles
One is feets, the other is boots?
How local is too local for the Metafilter front page? [more inside]
How to recall conversations with other users
Is there any way to identify threads that contain comments by me and another user? I'm picturing a world where I could click on someone else's profile, and there would be a link "conversations you've had with this user." I suspect I am missing something, but I can't find it.
Meh.
In Our Lifetime
Not sure if (justifiable) politicsfilter objections trump history in the making, but I don't know whether this merits an FPP or not. Hence it seems legit for MetaTalk, even if only to get a moderator to rule on whether we can have what I think will be an FPP comment thread for the ages.
But dammit, Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan immigrant and a Kansas farm girl, is about to be the nominee of the Democratic party for president of the US of Doggone A, and it is a moment worthy of of being marked and reflected upon for many in this community, I am sure, regardless of our political commitments.
Make that in triplicate!
Religious issues aside, do we really need three separate posts covering slight variations of the same thing?
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Please, for the love of all that's holy
Gawker stealing from the blue?
MehCain.
"Your comment appears to be blank, go back and try again."
I'm trying to post in this thread... I can preview, but when I try to post I just get "Your comment appears to be blank, go back and try again."... and I'm pretty sure my comment is not blank...
why does MeFi work, in 500 words or less?
Looking for analysis of what works on MeFi, probably a couple of years old, written IIRC by mathowie. [more inside]
[This is meh]
So a murderer walks into a bar...
The filesystem jokes in this Reiser trial thread struck me as being in particularly bad taste. [more inside]
Best deleted reason this week
Best "deleted for the following reason" of the week
Creepy Dutch TV Host + Paedophilia Thread.
The 'Creepy Dutch TV Host' thread is fast becoming a train-wreck, for various reasons. Context seems to be one issue; possible acts of paedophilia seems to be the other. [more inside]
I need crack.
At some point today, lost in the webs of metafilter, I came across a link to a page where a guy described seeing two men share a crack pipe then have sex with each other. There were photos too. I, ah, need to find it again. It's for a friend, I swear.
Seriously?
Not funny.
This post on breast ironing has turned into a nightmare of inappropriate comments, jokes, and general trolling. [more inside]
Seeking clarity on mod communication
In this thread, languagehat has spouted several lies concerning myself, communications by email, and the mods' involvement therein. [more inside]
Looking for a post about new laws for liquor production
Please hope me find a post! It had to do with licensing liquor production on a small scale, home brew beer and micro breweries. I'm particularly interested in the new/ish laws. My search is FAIL. Thank you.
I tried. I failed. Why?
My first ever MeFi post failed miserably. Where'd I go wrong? [more inside]
Suffer the complainers in MeTa.
Will all those who think the YFZ Ranch FPP is a "yawn" or "not the best of the web" please complain about it in this thread rather than in the blue. Thank you.
from a comfortable turret
You're a junior in a liberal arts program and you think you've got a career?
35 years after having had a vasectomy, you want children? Have you picked up a new trophy wife, or something, HuronBob?
Wow, someone's got his panties in a knot over this. I guess we hit some sort of nerve.
Maybe, but maybe you could be a little nicer Hildegarde
Huffington Post, Lifehacker, Metafilter
Metafilter is ranked #3 (is it a ranking?) on Time Magazine's first annual blog index. The full list on one page (via Valleywag).
Ordinary People
Unfortunately, I can't post it to the original thread because it's more that 30 days old, but Paul Schmeltzer just posted my contribution to his Signifier-Signed project to the blog. Heh. [more inside]
We want the airwaves...
I heard this DJ singing the praises of MetaFilter on Atlanta radio this afternoon. She was talking up the site in general, and the alphabetical song lyric post specifically. Who says there's never anything good on the radio?
Learning to resist the dismiss
It's not OK to dismiss an entire country because you couldn't resist making a lame joke. [more inside]
MetaFilter History
Is there interesting MetaFilter history that newcomers wouldn't know about, but might find interesting? [more inside]
Or you could just not say anything.
If you feel the need to call the OP a douchebag, attack his phrasing, or lecture him for "body image baggage," please do it in this MeTa instead of shitting in the question.
Seeking an old post
Can anyone guide me to a post about USian education in which it was described how the POTUS met with business leaders to determine the course of public education in the U.S.? I think they were events that happened during or just after the industrial revolution.
NIG make you think of anything?
argh I just finished a fascinating, wholly up to date summary of the evidence about subliminal perception and whether it can change people's behavior (as in the controversial Clinton ad) when the THREAD GOT DELETED!!!!
Meh, suffer in your ignorance.
What is MetaFilter?
What is MetaFilter? (No, this isn't some crappy philosophical question.) [more inside]
I read the news today, oh boy
The founder explains why he allows great freedom to the members. HerfDerfGuardianReader
Can't tell who said what
What happened to put quotes in italics?
Of making many books
I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books. [more inside]
Can I post this to the blue or not?
Is it "legal" to post something to the blue that includes a link to a site I work for? [more inside]
"Lindsay HO-han, amirite?!!?!!!?"
Are some more worthy of respect than others?
Well, I have been onsite five or ten minutes and already flagged two posts...can I say I am sick and tired of seeing gratuitous and profane rants against God and Christianity in general-especially since I know for a fact that kind of speech is not tolerated for other groups here? [more inside]
Mods vs White Lobster
MONO MONO! ... D'oh!
I'm starting to think that this thread on the Detroit monorail is weird joke/hoax, and it best is just a poor FPP since it's mostly just a collection of wikipedia links with no actually recent news stories or government/corporate press releases. Can it please go away before the Detroiters get home from work and go into a tizzy?
The evolution of online communities?
I'm looking for a post I read here — at least I think I did — concerning the natural evolution of online communities. The conclusion talked about population growth leading to divisive groups that clash with each other leading to the decline of the community... or something along those lines. [more inside]
Raising the level?
Can we work harder at having mature and respectful discussions? Do we need to do so? [more inside]
To Post or Not to Post
I'd like to make a semi-newsworthy FPP, but worry it might be a tricky subject. [more inside]
MeFi Baracks the vote.
This just in: Metafilter endorses Obama. [more inside]
Tags, You're It!
One-link, one-or-two-word MeFi posts bugging you? We've had a few lately. Maybe it would help to display the tags on the front page. [more inside]
Policestate Filter is not Best of the Web
... and never bet on tax, apparently
FPPs posts that are conclusive should be based on evidence.
This post is emotive, shrill and conclusive in tone. Considering it deals with emotionally charged topics, its sure to get a lot of attention. I can take emotive and shrill if the topic had been approached from an interrogative viewpoint, rather than conclusive. [more inside]
Godwin!
I'd like to take issue with this comment (the "I was a neocon Nazi" comment) being up on the sidebar. [more inside]