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MeTa post:
What gives?
What gives?
USian political posts in an election year are held to a higher standard of "please make an effort if you want someone to care about and considerately discuss your content" quality which was not reached by your five word post.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 4:09 PM on May 16, 2008
I have dozens deleted without word from me, but
Twenty-one, actually. The fact that this is true also explains the brevity of my deletion message. Most people go through their entire MetaFilter arc without ever, once, having a post deleted. Your "this would make a good post for MeFi" calibrator may be off.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 6:39 PM on May 16, 2008
21, over six years.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 6:56 PM on May 16, 2008
I think we can all agree, at the very least, that white men have caused or severely exacerbated every problem currently facing us.
Stay classy.
<3 DaShiv.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:34 AM on May 17, 2008
I would like a Manicurin' candidate because this thread is giving me hangnails.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 12:32 PM on May 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Ministry of Mis-Information
That thread was a mess from the beginning. While I appreciate that the OP was just asking for a "what is the liklihood?" sort of response, it was pretty certain that was NOT what was going to happen. People also have strong felings about pregnancy, sex, unprotected sex and STDs and so people bring their own strong opinions ot bear on a thread like that. We tend to not approve the "do you think I am pregnant" AnonyMe questions for exactly the same reason, because the answer is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 7:32 AM on May 16, 2008
It seemed to be all about the dude not wanting to be a dad.
The OP was the one asking the question and it seemed fairly obvious from his presentation that her not being pregnant was what would put his mind at ease. Wondering aloud what his gf wants takes it out of the realm of "hey let's try to give you some concrete information to help you understand what is going on here" (because I really believe there are a lot of people, online and not, who... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 2:56 PM on May 16, 2008
MeTa post:
Who are the people in your contacts list?
It always said social. Sorry about your urethra.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:07 AM on May 15, 2008
I can see the highlighting okay, but I guess we could darken it up to be the same as the "best answer" color but we really wanted to make sure usernames were READBLE first with the mutualness being secondary.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:38 AM on May 15, 2008
We are slowly turning into Guessing What Portions Of The Userbase Will Hate ninjas.
I am the Grandmaster of this.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 10:00 AM on May 15, 2008
Is Grandmaster Ninja something you list directly on your resume then
Listing on your resume implies you might be open for offers form people willing to pay you to do it. Put another way "I have my finger on the pulse of what MetaFilter can't fucking stand" seems like scant qualification for anything.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 11:12 AM on May 15, 2008
I would smite yon lissome haunches
FOR
FUCK'S
SAKE!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 11:49 AM on May 15, 2008
MeTa post:
AskMe sidebar, please
The main sidebar encompasses all the subsections of the site. Feel free to flag something "fantastic" if you think it should be on the sidebar, or feel free to MeFiMail us.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 5:03 AM on May 15, 2008
MeTa post:
Why close anon AskMe questions?
It's a courtesy to the poster and something we'll do for them. While I appreciate that there was a conversation happening, AskMe really isn't for conversations it's for getting questions answered. It seems jerkish, if the OP wants the question closed, to leave it open.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 6:46 PM on May 13, 2008
If this were something we thought people would abuse, then we would definitely agree with you dg.
Generally speaking if someone wants a question closed because they just don't like their answers, we will sometimes argue to leave it open. That said, I feel very wrong basically having the power to take something off a website that is making someone else feel like they made a big huge mistake [by asking thw question or just by staring at themselves in the mirror, or by... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 7:24 PM on May 13, 2008
Also, and I don't mean to turn this into a MetaCallout but if the OP wanted to close their question part of the idea was presumably to have it get a little less attention which is the opposite of what calling it out in MeTa does for it. Goes with the territory I guess but just worth pointing out.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:59 AM on May 14, 2008
Good, yes, sorry I'll do that.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 6:37 PM on May 14, 2008
MeTa post:
M$ SuXx0rs!
And this is why your favorite breaking newsfilter posts tend to go badly here. Oddly that thread was hardly flagged at all. Yet.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 2:06 PM on May 13, 2008
this is how it looks to me.
misdirection
hipsterection
plantarflexion
heat convection
love connection
meat injection
brain infection
botched election
vivisection
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 2:27 PM on May 13, 2008
I can't believe it's just cortex and I bringing the love for BeOS. Actually, sure I can.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 6:28 PM on May 13, 2008
MeTa post:
MehCain.
Ryvar yes.
Otherwise yeah please try harder. PoliticsFilter posts are a shitstorm here with even the best-crafted posts, stuff like this just creates low-hanging fruit and easy casual LOLBLANK nonsense and no real discussion unless it's the dumb fighty kind.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 12:46 PM on May 13, 2008
Why does everyone say Hillary is ugly? I'd hit that ass.
textbook classic.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 1:41 PM on May 13, 2008
I think a little over two weeks is the closest.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 1:57 PM on May 13, 2008
MeTa post:
Self-link/Spam fighting
Yeah I sort of feel that with very few exceptions, we ferret these out and jump on them almost instantly. I could see maybe a "hold for mod aproval" thing if someone was posting this crap in the middle of the night but at the end of the day even though these things are annoying, I don't think they're harmful. Until we can find a way to sort of do the "head on pitchfork" sort of deterrent work (and that goes badly here because people get too gleeful and then the same people... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 4:05 PM on May 12, 2008
One reason is that people who have already established themselves to be kind of weak on the Taking The High Road front aren't the best people to wind up if we want to spend our evenings relaxing instead of fielding pissed off legal threats or settling spiteful paypal complaint resolutions, etc.
This is very important.
The number of banned jackasses that try to take up our time either fighting about their $5 or the minutia of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 7:28 PM on May 12, 2008
West coasters can pick from buying beer for mathowie, pb, cortex or klang. East coasters (including Canada) have to buy ME a beer. I like this plan.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 9:10 AM on May 13, 2008
MeTa post:
AskMe Broke as a joke
It'll get fixed once those lazy-ass Americans get out of bed.
My ass is not lazy but some mornings there are better things to do than get out of bed. I am genuinely sorry to my comrades in the UK and elsewhere who had to endure broken HTML.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 12:02 PM on May 10, 2008
had me thinking AskMe was borked two nights in a row.
It was just my prayers being answered, finally.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 12:30 PM on May 11, 2008
MeTa post:
GAME OVER
I think that hugs are important, and I'm glad we have them.
Yes.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 7:57 AM on May 9, 2008
KOESELITZ. I have missed you.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 2:29 PM on May 9, 2008
Sorry to be late, I have been in the snug as a bug in a rug booth. It's nice there.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 12:12 PM on May 10, 2008
MeTa post:
Congrats Jessamyn
I got a really nice note from the school project I funded through Donors Choose with my winnings.
Dear Jessamyn,
I cannot even begin to express the thanks that I have, as well as my students, in hearing that our project was funded. Although we are surrounded by some of the most beautiful woodlands, it is not so easy to find food chains and food webs in action at this time of the year. Your funding will keep the love of science alive in both the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 2:06 PM on May 9, 2008
you pasted that to me!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 7:25 PM on May 9, 2008
MeTa post:
Don't Fix Me, Bro
This fixes more problems than it creates. What problem does it create, besides that you don't like it?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 5:08 PM on May 8, 2008
