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So, even outside of election years browser crushing 3000+ post megathreads are now a not uncommon thing - should we be looking at pagination at the 2000 comment mark? And if not pagination what else could be done to make them less of a browser crushing experience, especially on mobile?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:23 PM on April 18, 2013
(93 comments)
Sometimes a big block of text with multiple links is appropriate for a post, sometimes some short descriptive text and a link and sometimes really all that is required is a single link. However it seems that in recent Meta posts the later gets short shrift, so with that in mind: Single link posters of Mefi, keep up the good work!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 4:19 PM on March 16, 2013
(32 comments)
The
Sarah Palin thread has been surpassed.
this is now Metafilter's longest thread. Happy Election Season everyone!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 9:29 PM on October 16, 2012
(152 comments)
Metafilter's own Charles Stross:
Ask him anything (Previously on the blue, seems like it might be a better fit here)
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 8:08 AM on July 2, 2012
(99 comments)
So, apparently the term
"showrunner" is new to Metafilter and Metafilter is offended by that. Shall we discuss it over here?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:35 PM on May 19, 2012
(205 comments)
Folks, you know where MeTa is. Leave the needling of other users out of this thread, please? - Well, this appears to be about me, judging by some of the disappeared comments, but would you mind explaining what aspect of the conversation is verboten?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 9:35 AM on January 27, 2012
(573 comments)
Reddit will be
blacked out for 12 hours on January 18th in protest against SOPA. Will Metafilter be doing similar?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 4:17 PM on January 10, 2012
(352 comments)
I seem to post a lot of FPPs that revolve around podcast or other audio content these days, and It's gotten me curious... how often do you stop and listen to the content in links of that kind? Is it more or less likely than the chances you would watch a video?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 2:38 PM on December 17, 2011
(101 comments)
Welcome MeFi's own
Jeff Vandermeer, who says he's just popping his head in on Scattercat's
post on The Weird, but it would be lovely if we could entice him to stay.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 3:14 PM on November 1, 2011
(47 comments)
So the
Amanda Knox thread has been pretty successfully trolled in the exact same way twice now, the first time apparently by a user operating under a secondary account. So, hey, are nerkul and fraac the same people? and could they knock it off?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 9:47 AM on October 5, 2011
(106 comments)
Hi, just a quick reminder that Doctor Who is now being shown on BBC America one week behind the UK, not same day as it was previously, and that though general Metafilter policy is pretty hands-off regarding spoilers it would be great if you could avoid posting any them in any open who Threads that are not directly about current episodes, as not everyone is torrenting it, cheers.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 8:10 AM on May 30, 2011
(388 comments)
In the light of
this FPP I would like to propose that today be declared RTFA day, in order to promote awareness of Reading The Fucking Article before posting comments.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:03 AM on May 6, 2011
(285 comments)
Could we not do the HOW DARE YOU BE INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT OF THIS THREAD WHEN CHILDREN ARE STARVING WHEREVER IT IS THAT THEY ARE STARVING!!! thing, as per
this thread? Cheers.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:31 AM on February 25, 2011
(146 comments)
"1 New Comment, Show" -Argh! What the hell? Metafilter is haunted! Or is that pop up message a new feature that's been there for a while? Actually a fairly nice feature, come to think of it.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 8:54 PM on February 3, 2011
(3 comments)
Ouch.
Harsh. Could you not have just
fixed the link?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 2:36 PM on December 7, 2010
(49 comments)
This post was sadly deleted before we could determine the correct solution to an age old conundrum - what is the best way for Mefites to make tea? Clearly such matters must be thrashed out in depth!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 2:06 PM on October 25, 2010
(262 comments)
Update to
this post on Tim Langdell, Mobigames and the Edge trademark:
EA Victorious as Court Denies Injunction Against Publisher for 'Edge' Trademark The court has denied Edge Games’ motion for injunction, citing that it believes that Langdell made fraudulent statements to the US Patent and Trademark Office and strongly believes that Langdell is “suspect,” and has been “trolling” the game industry for licensing opportunities. His actions could possibly warrant “criminal penalties.”
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 2:13 PM on October 5, 2010
(4 comments)
Could we get a copyedit on
this G20 related FPP, per the numerous comments?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 1:32 PM on June 30, 2010
(4 comments)
While not disagreeing that it was esentially a stunt, I thought
this post by orthogonality was rather good, with the lack of context, the reaction to the material out of context and discovery of that context being features rather than bugs.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:05 AM on June 20, 2010
(231 comments)
Hi MeFites on Twitter! Other MeFites on Twitter would like to meet you! If you want to follow Twittering MeFites read this thread! If you want to be followed by Twittering MeFites post your username to this thread!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 1:51 PM on May 4, 2010
(308 comments)
I just noticed that a few early comments of the "This will surely be deleted" kind have been deleted from threads. I just wanted to say to whatever mod responsible: Good on you. And please continue to exterminate them with extreme prejudice.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 8:58 AM on March 26, 2010
(158 comments)
Metafilters own cstross
has a roleplaying game in the works. Congrats!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:39 AM on March 10, 2010
(25 comments)
If anyone signed up for the Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity ransom as a result of
this post you might be wondering where the book is.
Here's an update. (Also if anyone was wondering about the
fundable closure it shouldn't be affected by that)
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 4:22 PM on March 1, 2010
(2 comments)
People apparently can't stop talking about TNH and Boing Boing! And here's a place to do it. Thank you.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:53 AM on February 22, 2010
(179 comments)
Blazecock Pileon's relentless browbeating of anyone who is not a cheerleader for Apple and general bad behaviour whenever Microsoft is mentioned in the
iPad thread and others is becoming increasingly tiresome.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:25 AM on January 29, 2010
(173 comments)
Any Mefites going to
MIX 10 or just hanging out in Las Vegas in March? How about meeting for drinks on either the 15th or the 16th somewhere in the area of Mandalay Bay?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:48 AM on January 19, 2010
(1 comment)
Pony Request: So, it's been
discussed before, but could we have some support for discussing spoilers in threads such as
this one? Like maybe a tag for rendering text invisible until selection, or built in ROT 13 support or somesuch?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 4:00 PM on December 25, 2009
(102 comments)
Copyright... we've all followed the various debates, and we know theres all kinds of morally ambiguity and grey areas and stuff involved. But where there isn’t much grey area at all are sites that are explicitly for the
warezing of mass quantities of digital media. Could we not link to them or offer them our breathless support on the front page or use the site for the swapping of invites for them? Plenty of other places for that. Thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 12:17 AM on December 13, 2009
(541 comments)
I'd just like to take a moment to misuse MetaTalk and draw your attention to this lame gawker list type post revealing the origin of MetaFilters own
Astro Zombie.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 3:24 PM on October 12, 2009
(52 comments)
Did we really need to delete
this FPP just because various defenders of MeFis indie street cred shat in this thread and presumably flagged it a lot? That's kind of a shame, because other people were enjoying it.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 9:30 AM on September 14, 2009
(340 comments)
Sadly not from the Onion, but actually from the Sunday Express, whose story appears to be an extreme misrepresentation of the truth, and various blogs who’ve taken that untruth further via internet Chinese whispers. Can we ditch this from the blue or at least add a note to the effect that it is in fact bollocks?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:28 AM on August 3, 2009
(91 comments)
Any comics mefites going to the
NY Comic Con? Odds are that I'm going to be able to make it this year - should we set up a meeting or at the minimum some identification procedures so we'll know if we run into each other?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 12:08 PM on January 19, 2009
(10 comments)
Pony request: I seem to be eternally replying to something in Recent Activity, only to find I've actually responded to the wrong thread. I'm not sure I'm entirely alone in this...
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:01 AM on January 12, 2009
(39 comments)
So come on, what did you get?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:45 AM on December 26, 2008
(262 comments)
Attention MeFi posters!
Madonna is not on the approved cool celebrity list.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:01 AM on October 15, 2008
(125 comments)
Is MeFi getting less international? This is entirely based on subjective impressions but it seems like we’re seeing a lot less posts outside of regular US waking hours. Is this just something that happens every 4 years because of all the election posts?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 10:45 AM on September 23, 2008
(130 comments)
I just noticed in the
bitone post that the
björk tag breaks, getting a 403 error (The
bjork tag is fine). IIRC theres already some handling for special characters, possibly it should also replace accented characters?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 3:13 PM on September 14, 2008
(10 comments)
Congratulations to
jscalzi on his
Hugo.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 8:56 PM on August 10, 2008
(98 comments)
Hmm. I thought the
WWII Post/Obama post was interesting and don't see the excessiveness GYOBness. What's that all about?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 12:22 PM on May 29, 2008
(141 comments)
Is there a way of viewing the tags a user has used on posts that's a little more in depth than the Top 10 Tags on the Profile page?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 9:55 PM on May 20, 2008
(6 comments)
LOLMICROSOFT
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 2:02 PM on May 13, 2008
(244 comments)
I'd like to ask for a reconsideration on
this on teh grounds that, well, I was finding bits of the discussion interestign, and though I disagree with the premise of the post (as do a lot of people discussing it) deleting it seems pretty harsh.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 12:55 PM on April 10, 2008
(68 comments)
Pony request - auto ban for cracked.com posts
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:45 AM on March 25, 2008
(115 comments)
Should we FPP the Obama speech?
Some debate here.
On the one hand it seems like it would be doomed to deletion as we have two open Obama related threads.
On the other hand it's a really big deal, and (IMHO) rises above NewsFilter into Best Of The Web because it's such an incredibly good speech. Also those other threads are way below the fold.
Thoughts?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 11:39 AM on March 18, 2008
(419 comments)
Update on
IE 8 standard support - IE will now render in
standards mode by default, without any silly meta tag.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 7:56 PM on March 3, 2008
(20 comments)
MeFi wiki: Some help needed with
Batshitinsane.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 3:31 PM on February 4, 2008
(40 comments)
I'm not a big fan of call-outs, but
this thread, on alzheimers research that happens to involve dorky looking headgear, seems to have gone really wrong. It's pretty much entirely devoted to the false premise that the helmet would be worn at all times, and the humour derived from said dorkyness of helmet, which seems completely the wrong tone for the discussion of a serious disease and what seems to be some legit research.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw
at 9:30 AM on January 25, 2008
(18 comments)
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