MeTa post: I wish there was a web form that would allow a...

i'm using a very simple private messaging thing on my site, because by default i don't display anyone's email addresses at all.

it seems the abuse generally happens in the comments on posts, and private messaging is most often used for patting each other on the back for posting good links. i've yet to see it need any moderation at all, even though the discussions on SE can get a fair bit nastier than anything that goes on on metafilter.

granted... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by titboy at 4:23 AM on April 13, 2002

MeTa post: is there any good way to encourage people to post...

is it possible for you people to be social without moaning incessantly?

he posted a link with a description that fitted, but had no words, *GET THE FUCK OVER IT!*

there are children dying in uganda, or somewhere. this issue is pure piffle.

today, i'm embarrassed to have a metafilter account.
posted to MetaTalk by titboy at 8:14 PM on August 31, 2001

gd779: i would feel valid in using the term "moan-arse", if within 25 minutes of posting a link, somebody had already started a metatalk thread complaining about it.
posted to MetaTalk by titboy at 9:46 PM on August 31, 2001

you think this metatalk raises the level of intelligent discourse?
posted to MetaTalk by titboy at 9:55 PM on August 31, 2001

rcade: you're just loving my nick aren't ya ;)

just like it was fun to hassle the guy at school called randy. didn't matter whether he was making a valid point or not, his name was randy!
posted to MetaTalk by titboy at 10:09 PM on August 31, 2001

nortondc: do you think that would operate like godwin's law?
posted to MetaTalk by titboy at 10:35 PM on August 31, 2001