Happy BasTeal day*, MetaFilter!

July 10, 2013 10:07 AM

On July 14, 1999, Stan Chin stormed the internet with the first ever post on MeFi. It was about... cats. (Unrelated: later that same day, a Lampson Transi heavylift crane nicknamed Big Blue crashed through the walls of Miller baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)

* Oui, it's a few days too early for an anniversary post, but I'm traveling this weekend.

From the Boston bombings to Betty Draper backlash, your top ten most commented upon MeFi stories in the last year:

10. No one's ever on your side, Betty. 2,429 comments
9. It's Time For Another Woman Moderator for the U.S. Presidential Debate! 3,076 comments
8. Thrilla or Vanilla? 3,094 comments
7. Many dead in Connecticut primary school shooting 3,220 comments
6. Hurricane Sandy 4,151 comments
5. Obama and Romney battle it out, rap style 4,489 comments
4. Explosions at Boston Marathon Finish Line 4,559 comments
3. Boston in lockdown as hunt for marathon bombers unfolds 5,008 comments
2. my job is is not to worry about those people 5,935 comments
1. we choose to have an election thread and and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard 8,218 comments

And the most favorited:
10. Terror has a new game... 220 favorites
9. OK. 3, 2, 1. Let's Jam! 221 favorites
8. "Distribution is the core of the problem we face." 230 favorites
7. I ♥ DULUTH, The Story of the Maria Bamford Show 255 favorites
6. two Erics summarize SCIENCE! for life improvement & greater understanding 258 favorites
5. Basically every classic game and system in your browser 259 favorites
4. jeans (mostly women's fit and such) 267 favorites
3. privilege-checking and call-out culture 285 favorites
2. aggregating an aggregator: Peggy Wang (all killer no filler!) 351 favorites
1. High Weirdness By Mail 430 favorites

And the most favorited comments: (How meta!)
10. 332 favorites of Slap*Happy's comment on Many dead in Connecticut primary school shooting
9. 335 favorites of Blasdelb's comment on Many dead in Connecticut primary school shooting
8. 348 favorites of DrMew's comment on Consent is Sexy
7. 385 favorites of LarryC's comment on On Why Star Trek is Great
6. 397 favorites of fraula's comment on Happiness Happens
5. 408 favorites of 0xFCAF's comment on my job is not to worry about those people
4. 481 favorites of Eyebrows McGee's comment on The other death sentence
3. 554 favorites of Admiral Haddock's comment on As you wish!
2. 600 favorites of Slarty Bartfast's comment on Honestly, you guys, these are *supposed* to be pretty rare...
1. 636 favorites of kyrademon's comment on Obama and Romney battle it out, rap style

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