Perhaps there could be a central listing (linked in the FAQ?) of known 'bugs'.

Examples:
- the "pre" issue that messes up line breaks
- mycomments page breaking due to unclosed tags in a comment

I can't think of the rest now, but there are a handful that come up over and over again.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 1:59 PM on October 26, 2006

I know it's not the poster's fault. But the fact that the mycomments page cuts off a comment at 4000 characters, means that on the my comments page some comments have unclosed tags.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 2:35 PM on October 26, 2006

All this, and languagehat is missing it?
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 2:21 PM on October 26, 2006

the poster should have tacked on "for a female friend who's writing about this sort of thing." - caddis

*shudder* That thread exactly fit the chatfilter bill: - no problem to be solved, no 'correct' answer.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:59 AM on October 25, 2006

if you haven't read the five volumes of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, you must stop everything until you do so. Much of the internet is meaningless with out an intimate knowledge of these books. - timeistight

You only think he's exaggerating.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 3:31 PM on October 25, 2006

It's been done to death in MeTa. It usually turns into a bunch of self-important assholes on either side flaming each other over a minor issue. Like so much of MeTa.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:02 AM on October 24, 2006

MetaFilter: persnickety little mopes
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 10:57 AM on October 24, 2006

Clearly, that is because MetaFilter is about the comments! - Chuckles

Game. Set. Match.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 11:59 AM on October 20, 2006

Several of us reboarded the longboat, eager to recapture lost glories. - monju_bosatsu

I missed it?!?! *cry*
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:52 AM on October 4, 2006

*shines tiara collection*
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:46 AM on October 5, 2006

Except that no one has been able to work out what it's meant to be marketing, which is a bit of a flaw in a marketing campaign. - jack_mo

Well not entirely. Some marketing campaigns try and drum up a lot of interest in the campaign itself before revealing the product. This way they already have people interested - an engaged audience with their guard down - to spring the actual message on.

A less elaborate version of this... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:35 AM on October 4, 2006

"Tacos Are Pretty Great" = "I love Tacos"?
I never would have guessed. After all the effort said poster went to in order to veil his identity, dios had to go and spoil the surprize.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 12:48 PM on September 28, 2006

What Eideteker & Alvy said. The post blithering about what you presume someone's beef with you is... that's not taking the high road.

Get over yourselves.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 3:46 PM on September 28, 2006

But this is precisely the problem with "outing" people who aren't acting badly now. - OmieWise

Exactly. Blazecock Pileon's handle made it pretty obvious that the poster had been around MeFi a bit before. But the person hasn't been causing trouble, so what's the point of trying to link it to someone that's been a pain in the ass before? If a poster is making a genuine effort and is being successful why drag in stuff from the past - so you can... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 8:34 AM on September 29, 2006

But I guess we've also seen posters here who HAVE made a genuine effort to change their ways and become less controversial and assholeish, but then they're followed around the site & baited, and bad things have been said about them in other threads that they aren't even a participant in. In that case perhaps it's the mudslingers that are the problem?

Not really sure what my point is there. I just really don't have a desire to go back to some of the personal flame... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 8:42 AM on September 29, 2006

We being pretty much the entire nation. - Mr. Gunn

Because, you know, all MeFites come from only ONE nation. *cough*
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 12:37 PM on September 28, 2006

It's almost hard to believe it's not a put-on. - Ethereal Bligh

It is all smelling a might bit performative, yes-no? - PinkStainlessTail

It could be put on. But there really are people that are in bad relationships, and that play emotional games with each other, that walk all over people, athat allow themselves to be walked over. Things much worse than what we're witnessing here. Haven't you ever watched... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:26 AM on September 27, 2006

Are we saying that if someone posted a link to G**tse, Tubgirl or Lemonparty - clevershark

hm. I've never heard of Lemonparty. When I hear mefites I like refer to some pop culture or internet meme I'm not familiar with, I often google it in order to understand. But this time, in context.. I'm probably better to not know.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:11 AM on September 22, 2006

(But knowing myself as well as I do, I fully expect that I'll try to resist, but by the time I get home from work curiosity will get the better of me, and I'll go find out later.)
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:12 AM on September 22, 2006

?
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:14 AM on September 22, 2006

That must be the longest animated gif ever.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 1:26 PM on September 22, 2006

I never used the spell check function (as my many many typos over the years will attest) but I think it's funn tht it's been replaced by a grey bit of what looks like a button, but isn't clickable next to the 3 functioning buttons. (IE 6.0)
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 10:00 AM on September 21, 2006

I'm fervently pro-choice but I do think you were being overly sensitive, miss tea.

The grieving for this couple IS different than the grieving of couples who are infertile, and it will be different than the grieving of couples who choose to terminate for other reasons, even though they share some things in common with each group. I would not have chosen the wording that The Confessor did, but he's got a point. I understand why his wording bothered you, but it's besides... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 11:25 AM on September 11, 2006

occhiblu did a good job of explaining what it was about the post that sounded like anti-choice rhetoric. But I don't think The Confessor was trying to preach about abortion in-thread. I think it was an honest attempt to answer the question.

"There is a wide gulf between a convenience abortion and one motivated by mercy or perceived necessity" can be read 2 ways.

One: "The grieving for this couple is different than the grieving of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 11:44 AM on September 11, 2006

LH, anyone who can comfortably compare abortion to rape is someone who should reconsider their affiliation with the pro-choice movement. This is not merely a matter of language. - Ethereal Bligh

He was not comparing abortion to rape. He was compaing the discussion of abortion to the discussion of rape. An important distinction. There are a lot of similarities between the way the two topics are discussed. In both cases there's a set of people who want... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 4:12 PM on September 12, 2006

Am i the only non yank left on metafilter ? - sgt.serenity

Certainly not. But as Stauf points out: there are posts all the time that focus exclusively on American domestic politics, but this one basketball post is the one that deserves a callout?

I'm just used to so much USA focused stuff here. Many members are American, they do a lot of American posts. I either read them and learn about the US, or I skip... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 10:20 AM on September 12, 2006

Connection to the material is one means by which to question the quality of a link, but does not — and should not — qualify the post as a self-link. These are two entirely disparate ideas. - Blazecock Pileon

No. They're not completely separate ideas, because "can't judge it" is part of the logic behind banning self-links in the first place - because if you or your mom or whatever wrote it, you aren't impartial enough to judge it is worthy or not.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 11:33 AM on September 11, 2006

I think LobsterMitten may be onto something with the idea that people who have been in long (10 yrs +) relationships are the minority of answer-givers on MeFi. More importantly, IMO, the saying 'dump him' requires a lot less time & energy investment on the part of the answer-giver than does a more thoughtful/substantial response. It's easy to say 'break it off', so I'd speculate that when a potential answer-giver thinks "dump him" they're more likely to fire off a few lines to that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 8:10 AM on September 11, 2006

Am I the only one who's annoyed by the phrase "this country" as though this is the United States of Metafilter? - Serial Killer Slumber Party

No.

bugbread has the best advice for how to deal with it.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:14 AM on September 11, 2006

Fantastic job. Can we have an opera next? - yeti

Taking the initiative to write the libretto will increase the chances of making your dreams come true.

When I hear somebody saying it differently from the way I say it, I wonder sometimes where they learned it, - cgc373

Because pretty much everything I know about computers and the internet (much less than many here, much more than my... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 8:47 AM on September 6, 2006

Sounds fabulous, yeti.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 2:47 PM on September 6, 2006

Doesn't this remind you of one of the improv routines on 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'? - ericb

Do you call it a 'routine' when it's improv?
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 10:32 AM on September 6, 2006

oddly enough, so was mecha... - quonsar

Okay, so that wasn't just me.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:10 AM on September 6, 2006

Because the thread is closed and it is the only remaining way to participate in its nonsensical spirit. - sourwookie

So true. I'm putting my hand over my ears and going to believe that's the reason, just because.

That "anymore" paper I linked above talks about Canadian usage, not U.S. regional usage. I suck. - cgc373

Yuck. I'm Canadian and have never heard that construction.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:05 AM on September 6, 2006

I thought this was The Brown. - ZachsMind

Depends on your monitor settings (and your eyes, I suppose). I've seen a huge variety of renderings.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 8:17 AM on September 6, 2006

Not to mention that after your time zone changes for DST

... you realize you should move to Saskatchewan where we stubbornly don't change to DST with the rest of North America?

No?
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 2:41 PM on September 1, 2006

It's hard damned work being this clever. - Civil_Disobedient

*waves palm frond, blots sweat from C_D's brow*
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 4:43 PM on September 2, 2006

I can't believe you people are fighting over time zones.
- dersins

I'm guessing you haven't lived anywhere in North America that doesn't do DST. We* fight over time zones in the local paper twice every year, while the rest of the continent switches their clocks.

At least it gives us something to talk about other than the weather.

* (and by "we" I mean not me - I've... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:42 AM on September 5, 2006

http://thanks-now-I-understand-If-there's-someone-I-don't like-I-can-just-append-some-nastiness-to-their-user-profile-that -then-shows-up-in-web-searches.metafilter.com/user/17767 - strawberryviagra

hey YOU are the one that put the tag "HugeSteamingChunkOfFecalMatter" on one of your posts and voluntarily appended THAT nastiness to your user profile. I think the subdomains you quoted at the top here are tame by comparison.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 9:48 AM on September 1, 2006

the concept of a candian superhero is hilarious - mathowie

Hey! You laughin' at me?
*cape flaps in a dashing fashion*
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 10:05 AM on August 30, 2006

Jessamyn approves too. - mathowie

When did this change? Jess used to say that only you approved them.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 4:25 PM on August 28, 2006

Well it took me about 2 seconds to realize what "IYKWIM AITYD" meant. Does that mean I'm hovering slightly above bottom?
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 1:11 PM on August 28, 2006

Were you sick over the fact that Code Baloo has only made six posts to the front page ever and that two of them won best post of the day? - jonson

Well, yes. Sick that Code Baloo hasn't made more posts since she or he is so good at it.
=P

Trying like hell to arrange my first visit back to Canada in four years and being thwarted by random circumstance at every turn, though, which is making me somewhat grumpy.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 8:36 AM on August 28, 2006

You can get a cream to fix that, hangashore.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 11:53 AM on August 26, 2006

That's not the first time Matt has said that he's working on a jobs section of the site. He was talking about that before we ever saw Music.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:37 AM on August 24, 2006

clearly, everyone was just is always looking for a target tonight on MeTa

Fixed.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:34 AM on August 24, 2006

there is intelligent life on the Internet. - davy

Really! Where? *grabs binoculars and digital camera to record historical event*
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 3:16 PM on August 23, 2006

One idea would be for someone to have to be a member for a certain period of time, and vouched for by two other members, to be able to list or buy items on Swap. - evariste

So then the barrier for entry is 15 dollars instead of 5 dollars.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 12:49 PM on August 23, 2006

It would be great to have a choice.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 12:31 PM on August 23, 2006

I was going to ask how long it took him to favorite the last doomed FPP, and I just noticed he's favorited this MeTa. Self linker or attention whore? I can't decide. - maryh

Or, ya know, someone who hasn't found the mycomments/myposts page.
posted to MetaTalk by raedyn at 7:30 AM on August 22, 2006