I'd like to mention here that Achewood sucks.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 10:31 AM on November 15, 2007

Hmmm..... I may show up.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:42 PM on August 15, 2007

I like ReadMe, but I think that you can get away with doing everything under the cultural umbrella. Books/Movies/Television/Games, etc. Sort of "What I'm Consuming Now" discussion filter. The ultimate failure of most of the internet, and the success of Metafilter, is that you fucking hate talking about movies and shows on other sites. Which is unfortunate. I'd love to have a Whedonesque for you know, everything else.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 8:05 PM on July 29, 2007

I don't know what it's like to be a mod, but I'm assuming that personally dealing with every single long-winded problem via e-mail has got to be maddening. I mean, do you see how much a person writes when he's vigorously defending his point of view on Metatalk? What a freaking waste of time it would be to respond to something like that through e-mail.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:09 AM on July 29, 2007

If you're going to have guidelines, they'd better only be about a paragraph long or some quick bulleted sentences. Nobody's gonna read anything longer than that, especially the ones that should have read the guidelines.

Really, they should be as accessible as fandango_matt's safety guide.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:49 PM on July 26, 2007

I agree with fandango_matt. There's no failure in the guidelines, there's a failure in the people who blatantly ignore the community and are itching for a fight. It should be no surprise, that when a person looking to stir up shitty debate gets his thread deleted, that he stirs it up in Metatalk. We really shouldn't give these people much attention with rampant guideline change. They'll always exist.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 12:25 PM on July 27, 2007

One of the great failures of the Metatalk system, is that quite often mods and others are forced to give concrete point by point reasons why a post was "good" or "bad" or "why this stayed" or "this didn't."

There is no scientific method for constructing a post or behaving on Metafilter. I barely think the guidelines are applicable. I've mentioned this analogy before, but Metafilter is a small cafe on the corner of the internet. The... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 7:45 PM on July 26, 2007

Because there's a war going on?
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 7:55 PM on July 26, 2007

whereas a singlelink post to something that wasn't quite as amusing but was possibly inflammatory was deleted, and the apparent reason given was "bad post."

Because it was a "bad post." I don't know this for sure, but this is my theory: A lot of the deletion reasons (unless blatantly obvious) are pure chaff. The "pad your posts" thing is complete nonsense. Give more links if they're interesting. A lot of link padded posts... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 8:24 PM on July 26, 2007

It's just a website.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 10:26 AM on July 27, 2007

Man, 3.2.3 typed a lot...

But s/he and jessamyn have broken bread together. He has been seriously aggrieved! I personally liked how it was a very long and awesome letter in an intervention tone you'd write if your friend had a serious heroin problem and it was tearing the relationship apart.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 10:51 AM on July 27, 2007

Because there's a war going on?
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:09 AM on July 25, 2007

2sheets: How fucking pathetic you are.

Uhm, did a mod piss in your cornflakes this week or something?
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 10:17 AM on July 26, 2007

b) to common courtesy to realize that they shouldn't try to impose their sense of taste on the rest of us.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 8:17 PM on July 24, 2007

Dude, how long have you been here? You started in 2004? What I don't understand, is how anyone, who has been here for even a few months hasn't seen this same discussion over and over again.

Bitching about news/politics filter has been a staple of Metatalk since its inception. Now, maybe you have a different perspective, but my opinion is that before Matt gave admin duties to cortex and jessamyn, politicsfilter ran a lot more rampant than it does today because Matt... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 8:44 PM on July 24, 2007

I'm never going to try to make that point to you, because I know from experience that it's futile, and you're going to bring up some infinite counterargument that goes nowhere. Because I know deep down that you really don't give a shit. You're in it for the argument. It's that kind of shit that's so bad, because it never stops and nothing ever changes.

there's no crime in people re-hashing very old debates about things that aren't going to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:13 PM on July 24, 2007

Someone went through the effort of finding and pointing this out to me, so I feel obligated here:

Metatalk from September 7, 2002:

I say screw 'em all. I'm on a personal quest to combat the endless political threads, where the same people discuss the same thing that they said yesterday, ad infinitum. Corporations are bad. Globalism is bad. Bush is an idiot. Ashcroft is an idiot. Colin Powell is not an idiot but he works for idiots. The war on... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 10:20 PM on July 24, 2007

Oh, and bardic, here's an example randomly pulled out the Metatalk hat from April 16, 2002: Where tamim details and links to 8 posts about the middle east posted within 2 days.

I maintain, that things used to be much much worse. My efforts are only to prevent this from happening again. I believe it's a slippery slope that we've taken the last 5 years to climb out of. I think it's poisonous. Just look at the rest of that thread, we're stuck in reruns.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 10:50 PM on July 24, 2007

I said:

Now, maybe you have a different perspective, but my opinion is that before Matt gave admin duties to cortex and jessamyn, politicsfilter ran a lot more rampant than it does today because Matt didn't have the diligence.

Then you said:

You're saying that poli-filter used to poison the place, then fail to give even one example of where and when.

Then I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 11:57 PM on July 24, 2007

And JUST to be sure before I call it a night, my point (specifically to bardic, whatever spiderwire) IS... I completely understand your position that nowadays political posts are controlled and harmless. However, my personal longterm experience (Note PERSONAL), is that most of all non Day-of-9/11 political posts are poisonous viruses that spread and destroy the chill atmosphere to the detriment of the community.

For the last 8 years, there has been a battle against... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 12:28 AM on July 25, 2007

Hey! What happened to my gold star?!
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 2:45 PM on July 25, 2007

KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR GOD DAMN METAFILTER!
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 1:34 PM on July 25, 2007

Listen, if I had a gold star I'd give it to him. Go ask shadowkeeper.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 7:38 AM on July 17, 2007

Aw man Wendell, you George Lucas-CGI-updated the traditional cat-scan post! The word-for-word double post was the beesknees in the sense that it will always be the only double post on MeFi to not be deleted. Ah well, since you started the whole meme it's okay.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 12:27 AM on July 14, 2007

Ah screw it, even it gets deleted you got to keep the dumb threads going.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 12:44 AM on July 14, 2007

The last time I made the post 4 years ago there was this comment:

Holy crap, I totally forgot.

Four more years!
posted by mathowie at 5:03 PM on July 14 [+] [!]


So I felt strangely compelled.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 1:33 AM on July 14, 2007

I really don't want to think about making a cat-scan post every four years. But just in case: Hey there, Future Me in 2011 reading this thread. Congratulations on surviving World War 3! Who would have thought such a lovable child-star would turn into the next Hitler, eh? Tell Future Me in 2015 what's up.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 2:19 AM on July 14, 2007

Will there eventually be a ticketstubs functionality on TravelFi? Some way to upload and storytell would be nice. /ikidbcilove
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 5:24 PM on July 6, 2007

he just had it too often and too long and too Cardosoically to get away with it.

I have no other comment other than I like the word Cardosoically. I would like it added to the spellcheck.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 1:14 PM on July 4, 2007

The criterion of my Metafilter posting history, Cum vs. Moisturizer, received 20 comments.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:06 PM on July 3, 2007

And a post with the lead-in of "Pictures of Fat Kid eating 16 Patty In-n-Out cheeseburger." received 126 comments. In which, member y6y6y6 noted:

But it's Stan. And everyone loves him because he's so clever. So we don't mind him posting links that would get deleted if they came from anyone else.

So, it helps to be me.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:12 PM on July 3, 2007

Brief overview of topics that should not be Metafilter posts based on unspoken rules and Metatalk outcry:

1. Celebrity Culture
2. Advertisements
3. Election Year Politics
4. YouTube Phenomenon
5. Non-Hipster-Idolized Deaths

There are of course, many more. Being snooty about these topics is of course what keeps Metafilter on a respectable keel. BUT, major events within these topics happen, and are... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:27 PM on June 8, 2007

The sharing of the movie is besides the point. The bigger issue is that it's a big fucking ad. It's a blatant advertisement. Like that Pepsi Blue cliche. It's astroturfing.

You say "But mostly everybody on MeFi will agree with the content!"

Yeah no shit, that's media savvy marketing, like beer ads at football games and tampon ads on Desperate Housewives. Metafilter is a segment, and can be manipulated like everything else.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 3:15 AM on June 3, 2007

Dude, there's an Amazon.com link to the Soundtrack in the post.

I'll give the benefit that it's unintentional and you just really liked the movie, it's still an ad.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 3:51 AM on June 3, 2007

Spiderman 3v documents Peter Parker's attempt to silence one of his most darkest enemies: Himself. ... and his Mary Jane too.
IMDB: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (6.9/10)
Rotten Tomatoes: "There's oodles of sub-stories, and drama galore..." (61%)
MetaFilter: This will not end well.


Now see, if I wanted to post that to MeFi, the trick would be to dig up some vaguely BoingBoing-esque article about Spiderman, maybe something about how... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 3:57 AM on June 3, 2007

Hey! What happened to madamjujujive star?
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 1:55 PM on May 17, 2007

*spit takes*
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 4:06 PM on May 17, 2007

Holy fuck, I leave Metafilter for an entire year and this place is stuck in reruns.

Here's what I think: Metafilter has never been a democracy or a community or whatever you want to call it to give it more importance. It's a very quirky coffeehouse in a popular neighborhood called the internet. It's filled with reasonable people having good conversation. Matt and Jessamyn keep the place clean and running with a lot of pride.

Then every once in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 6:38 AM on January 17, 2007

There's never been a policy or guidelines to what makes a good post. There's never been hard IF A AND B THEN C reasons about post deletions. Sometimes things just get out of hand and they get calmed down. Sometimes things get calmed down by themselves. That's pretty much it.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 7:01 AM on January 17, 2007

That page is the big sign on the wall that says "No shirt no shoes no service" that we can point to when unreasonable people walk in.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 7:20 AM on January 17, 2007

Hot diggety! Move the HTML Writer's Guild Banner and Top 5% of the Web ribbon over to make room!
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:12 PM on January 3, 2007

On behalf of all the asians on Metafilter, I will be officially accepting all apologies for this gross discrimination. It would be best understood if it was in our native dialect, so please reply here with a "SO SOLLY" and all will be forgiven, you white fuckfaces.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 9:37 PM on January 2, 2007

Dammit, did I miss an Asian meeting? Did we annoint this guy as our new asian champion? Isn't the selection process for that still a grand Kung-Fu tournament? God, I can't believe I missed that! AmbroseChapel, you must have kicked some major ass at this year's convention at the Loma Linda Holiday Inn. Did you run into Jackie Chan while you were there? That guy's a riot. Hey fill me in on what the new Asian agenda is for this year when you have a chance. I don't think this whole playing jokes... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 2:58 AM on January 3, 2007

The legend of the gold star is basically correct, it was decommissioned as discreetly as it was given because people wouldn't shut up about it.

I'd like to think that it lies in wait for the coming ages of Metafilter. Perhaps in the future, some scraggly old man with a gaunt demeanor of a wonderchicken will tell great arthurian tales of the good old days and holy artifacts like the gold star, a time before the internet was taken over by... eh, I don't know... Mormons.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 7:58 PM on January 2, 2007

... and I just noticed that the gold stars have been given out. The Mormons have taken over already, the end times are surely near.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 8:07 PM on January 2, 2007

Heh, for a Wii I'll start posting again.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 2:55 PM on December 1, 2006

I ah... really liked the old one.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 4:28 PM on November 21, 2005

Whatever, it's the guy's opinion. Remember when Bush got re-elected and everybody here was going around saying, "What the fuck just happened?" Well, we around here ignore the fact people with these opinions exist, and in large numbers. It's a viewpoint (though not as extreme as Die Die), that I'm hearing around the hardcore conservative south about New Orleans.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 8:44 PM on September 3, 2005

Metafilter doesn't care about black people.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 3:54 PM on September 3, 2005

How does a member with a user number like 656 not realize that certain MeFi members really enjoy doing that kind of ridiculous shit? Like clockwork.
posted to MetaTalk by Stan Chin at 6:44 AM on August 31, 2005