February 8, 2002

5:05 AM

Limp Bizkit Steal Music.Well there's a surprise. Whilst crossing the country supposedly auditioning replacements for Monkey Boy, the world's most forgettable band, headed by Interscope VP Fred Durst, are taking the opportunity to steal licks from stacks of no-hoper guitarists for their own use without credit or recompense.
posted by GrahamVM (34 comments total)

as discussed a few days ago...
posted by sawks at 5:10 AM on February 8, 2002

what? 150 items ago? Sorry I missed it. there's an awful lot of newsy crap on here these days.
posted by GrahamVM at 5:14 AM on February 8, 2002

something here.
posted by owillis at 5:17 AM on February 8, 2002

Sorry. I feel so sick and nauseous about posting a duplicate link that I have to pray at the porcelain altar to atone for my sins.
posted by GrahamVM at 5:26 AM on February 8, 2002

Considering how most double posts go, GrahamVM, you got off easy. If we have to fake politeness, you should be willing to fake contrition.
posted by rcade at 5:35 AM on February 8, 2002

Plus, with lines like this: the world's most forgettable band, you cripple discussion right from the beginning. All of a sudden, this thread is a "they suck" "no, they ROOL" circle jerk.
posted by ColdChef at 5:50 AM on February 8, 2002

rcade: The MeFi Police were never the same after the famous Metatalk 1996th thread decision.
posted by DaRiLo at 5:57 AM on February 8, 2002

Yeah, you've got a point there with the pejorative adjective thing.

As for the dupe-posting thing, (which seems to get blown out of proportion, considering that the people who call out duplicates seem to have an unholy mix of the prefect and "first post" mentalities.) how hard would it be to actually check the url against already posted links during the submission procedure? Instead of relying on the poster to do the search, as i neglected to do. It would at least kill the "welcome back kottke" posts, perhaps.
posted by GrahamVM at 6:01 AM on February 8, 2002

Matt's to busy coding other ponys
posted by Mick at 6:14 AM on February 8, 2002

The MeFi post engine does check links against the database for repeats. In many cases, however, GrahamVM (such as this one), the story's common enough that there were different links for the same information.

People who post to the front page have the responsibility to try to help MeFi and not hinder it. This is accomplished a number of ways - by finding good links, by writing good posts, by not trolling in the post itself, by ensuring it's not a double-post. You're a better member if you do your homework (which in this case would have been easy) prior to making a post. Who are you doing this for, anyway? Yourself, or the community?

Sawks was perfectly civil. Owillis even gave a link illustrating how you could prevent such things happening again. And yet, you find yourself compelled to get defensive and jerky, GrahamVM. Grow up, or find yourself another online community.
posted by Marquis at 6:22 AM on February 8, 2002

how hard would it be to actually check the url against already posted links during the submission procedure?

I blame society.

Good post, Marquis.
posted by rodii at 6:28 AM on February 8, 2002

I posted it because I thought it would be interesting. Got that? Good. Now take your holier-than-thou attitude and bugger off.
posted by GrahamVM at 6:41 AM on February 8, 2002

I blame society.

Right, we'll be charging them, too.
posted by UnReality at 6:50 AM on February 8, 2002

You tell them Graham.

Stupid double post police.
posted by a3matrix at 7:04 AM on February 8, 2002

They suck.
posted by Ty Webb at 7:09 AM on February 8, 2002

Wow, you guys are mean. It isn't as if he was intentionally attempting to destroy our precious online community with snarky rejoinders and such; he was attempting to contribute, which I would say is A Good Thing. As for the style of his post, most of us don't profess to be journalists and make no claim to objectivity. His opinion, while trite, is not misplaced, although it would have been more suited to an inside post so as to avoid coloring the discussion. So just lighten up. Yeah.
posted by donkeymon at 7:19 AM on February 8, 2002

Ahh, another Quality MeFi Discussion.

Brought to you by the same people who suck ass for a living.

16 comments and nearly nary a one having to do with the post's content (because, gee, it was already discussed 150 posts ago!).

Yeah, MeFi hasn't gone downhill. It has fallen off a freakin' cliff and died and everybody's standing around saying, "Yeah, but is this news worthy of a MeFi front page posting?"
posted by yarf at 7:25 AM on February 8, 2002

people, people, the front page is too big. we all feel that. it wasn't posted that long ago. i remember it. i know that we are in a way upsetting people by saying this is a double post, but metafilter is in part going down hill because there are too many posts on the front page.
posted by goneill at 7:54 AM on February 8, 2002

because, gee, it was already discussed 150 posts ago

Do you not realize that this means less than a week ago, ie, the reason the post is eliciting no discussion is that the content has already been discussed?
posted by Marquis at 7:55 AM on February 8, 2002

Wow, you guys are mean.

Oh, grow up. Who here is being "mean"? Seriously. Point to the comment that's "mean". We're all adults here (I assume). No one is piling on. We all need to grow thicker skin.
posted by jpoulos at 8:05 AM on February 8, 2002

I'll be happy when this thread goes away. Too much anger for a Friday. Loosen up, people. Mardi Gras is near...
posted by ColdChef at 8:06 AM on February 8, 2002

I hate it when I go to a party and start a conversation, and then some hall monitor type tells me, "I'm sorry, we had that conversation a week ago. We can't talk about it again."
posted by troybob at 9:23 AM on February 8, 2002

I hate it when I go to a party and I ask someone what this is that I'm eating, and they go "if I told you, you wouldn't be eating it."
posted by dong_resin at 10:27 AM on February 8, 2002

Marquis: GrahamVM. Grow up, or find yourself another online community.

I would call that mean. And I will proudly defy you and avoid growing a thicker skin for as long as possible.



Admittedly, GrahamVM's snotty attitude about it does nothing short of beg for this kind of reaction. One might even call it trolling, as this double-post thing is apparently something everyone is very sensitive about.
posted by donkeymon at 11:17 AM on February 8, 2002

24 posts and nobody's mentioned pancakes?

MeFi really is dying.
posted by dhartung at 12:29 PM on February 8, 2002

DAMMIT! I was gonna ask for pancakes! dhartung, you fun killer!
posted by Jeremy at 1:08 PM on February 8, 2002

Does this mean I can post another link about the same topic in a couple of days? Let's just do away with the search function and post links that rehash all the topics from the week before. No one reads the FP anymore anyway.
posted by mikhail at 1:08 PM on February 8, 2002

Can I have some pancakes?
posted by delmoi at 2:34 PM on February 8, 2002

Perhaps part of the reason there are so many double-posts is that this place has become so useless that people don't bother reading it religiously and so miss what's been posted already.

Mind you, I am amazed no-one's posted the Tubcat link to the front page yet, so it's not quite bottom of the barrel yet. Since I'm pariah du jour, want me to do it? :)
posted by GrahamVM at 3:48 PM on February 8, 2002

this place has become so useless that people don't bother

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
posted by owillis at 3:54 PM on February 8, 2002

hey, are you guys bickering about this one over on metatalk too? i hope so!
posted by chrisege at 2:30 AM on February 9, 2002

Your cutesy wisecracks cannot harm me! Up yours, matey!
posted by GrahamVM at 4:49 AM on February 9, 2002

GIVE YOUR LOVED ONES A HUG. YOUVE BEEN SPENDING 3 HOURS BICKERING ABOUT NOTHING. THEY LOVE YOU. END.
posted by Satapher at 9:36 AM on February 10, 2002

In all the confusion over the multiple linking and posting wars I made a mistake!

"It's just one of those days...

Give me something to break

Give me something to break

Give me something to break

And thats your f****** face..."

Can we say fuck on here?
posted by oh posey at 11:06 AM on February 10, 2002