You wouldn't want to ruin all the fun, would you?

One day, I hope to be the number one "enemy of fun".

In all seriousness, if a post is going to be deleted as a double post, I don't see the harm in letting the author delete it. Perhaps if the author and "x" number of non authors flag it as a double post, then it could be deleted automatically.

In the end, the post will be deleted.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 10:32 AM on April 6, 2005

casu marzu - The previous post you linked about users deleting their own posts was before the flagging function. My thought is to relieve some of the work needed to review and delete posts, that's why I think that if a post is flagged by both the author and some threshold of readers, it should just be deleted.

Double posts are automatic deletions, there really isn't judgement involved, even if there is good discussion in the second post. I wouldn't... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:47 AM on April 6, 2005

Someone can flag their own post as a double, even if it's not.

But if it was required that both the author and a minimum number of non-authors flagged it as a double post, it would be a fairly good indicator.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 2:26 PM on April 6, 2005

Well, to sum up this discussion:

- Most people agree that a poster should not be able to delete their own double post by themselves

- Some people agree that a group of MeFi members, including the double post author should be able to delete a double post.

- Some people agree that users should not be able to delete a double post because there is a tradition of having fun in the comments of the double post.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 7:08 PM on April 6, 2005

what about this - [ ! ] , with an added space before and after the "!".
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 8:29 PM on March 2, 2005

Why didn't you just leave a comment in that thread? It's still open for comments.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 6:22 PM on February 19, 2005

I like WestCoaster's idea, I'm not sure if it could bring in enough to actually make a living off of.

I think that askMeFi is a potential money maker, I'll do some brainstorming on it. Everyone I point there gets hooked quick and I think that both questioners and answerers get a lot out of it.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 8:13 AM on February 3, 2005

I (can't beleive I) read this whole thread and so I'll throw in my two cents. I always really liked metafilter because it had a pretty anti-advertisement stance. I don't fault matt at all for wanting to make money (as in income, not covering costs) off the site now, but that clearly changes what metafilter is to me.

The users of the site owe a ton to Matt. Matt also would not have this site if it wasn't for the members creating the content. I have made a conscious... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 4:20 PM on February 2, 2005

I keep right clicking the ad, hoping that it has been changed to a gif so that I can block it. Can I configure a "I don't need these" in my user profile? I'm not being sarcastic, I really have zero need for these.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 10:54 AM on December 12, 2004

That whole ask mefi thread is a rehash of a Howard Stern conversation earlier this week when they were having Joe Perry on. I can't remember what day it was, maybe Tuesday of Wednesday. Maybe he got the idea from there.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 12:10 PM on December 10, 2004

Is MeFi going to join the tag bandwagon? Something like "see posts you tagged with 'xxxx'" or "see all posts you with 'xxxx'". Tagging could cause more people to post non-news related stuff since those links tend to be timeless compared with the daily CNN front page.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 12:57 PM on October 20, 2004

Hapy Birthday Matt. Birthdays are always a good time to take stock in your life and see what you have accomplished and where you want to go next. Without a doubt, MeFi is something that will always live as a major contribution to the internet as a whole. For that alone, bravo and thanks for all the shoes....
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 7:37 AM on October 10, 2004

that's 27% of a good point
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:29 AM on September 24, 2004

unfortunately, bankrupting me does not equal mansion and yacht, think more doghouse and Sunfish

More to the point, the prevalent "it vibrates" comments are just one of those pet peeves of mine, they never add anything to the discussion and just harken back to a not-so-amusing inside joke.

Purely a personal problem for me, I know. In attempt to alleviate my personal burden, i made a flippant offer (although in good faith) and that's... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 12:56 PM on September 24, 2004

you'll have to beat the $10.01 I sent. And I'm not bitchy. I'm moody.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 1:34 PM on September 24, 2004

Hildago - can I give you $9.99 to retract that inflammatory propaganda? Maybe you haven't heard of the trickle down effect, it's good for the greater community.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 3:01 PM on September 24, 2004

I don't hate in jokes, in jokes are funny (thus the joke designation). "It vibrates" is just tired.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 3:52 PM on September 24, 2004

I think an anonymous Q&A site would be fantastic. I also think that for it to be useful, it would have to be heavily moderated since anonymity can breed useless responses as well as highly insightful ones.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:37 AM on September 10, 2004

If we're taking votes, I prefer the Westside
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 12:31 PM on December 16, 2003

Rusty said cunt

My friend used to have Rusty Kuntz baseball card.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 5:10 PM on August 18, 2003

Reminds me of the Al Gore doll...
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 8:55 AM on April 23, 2003

This metatalk thread is turning into what was deleted, there's an unfortunate turn of events.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 1:51 PM on February 13, 2003

When I read Matt's original query, I thought "keep it up for sure". When I read the emails he got, I changed my mind. The emails seemed very rational in that they didn't want this to become some internet meme (wether they know what a meme is or not) and would appreciate it if Metafilter would do its part in not hyping the death.

It's too late now, I assume that this story will spring up elsewhere. It seems reasonable though, that if someone asked nicely not... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 1:24 PM on January 22, 2003

I was tickled that LABlogs.com (along with DFWBlogs which is also run by mefiers, I believe) got a very brief mention too, does anyone know if this showed up in the print edition as well?
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 9:38 AM on November 19, 2002

How nice that this lovely discussion pushed the discussion of wether or not Metafilter has a future off of the page. Oh sorry, I'm just being a dic duck dcik idck dick
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 3:08 PM on November 7, 2002

My two cents; if you do sell it, it seems weird to sell the past content. If someone buys it, the slate should be wiped clean. Alot of people participated in Metafilter under the mathowie regime and may not want to be associated with a new owner.


posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 2:03 PM on November 6, 2002

I think too many members judge a post based on the amount of comments and discussion it creates. I still think a week of comment free metafilter might help people reevaluate what makes a good post.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 4:43 PM on October 3, 2002

What about adding a "this link has been clicked 6 times" stat under the post. I realize that it would probably only capture the first, main link. This might feed people's need for validation.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 4:52 PM on October 3, 2002

As one of the whiners in one of the posts, I agree that I added nothing to the comments, or to this site for that matter. I don't know why I feel compelled to make comments about weak posts, it's not like I'm an uberposter myself. For some reason it really grates on me when I perceive that posters are making posts just for the sake of making a post and not really trying to share anything new with the community here. Again, my opinion and my reaction. The same argument could be made that I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 9:48 AM on September 27, 2002

My post should not be taken as an attack on the quality of new user posts. It's not like I'm some super poster who has the right to criticize others. More of an observation than anything.

Yesterday 11 out 32 posts were made by users with ids 14k+ and a couple by 13k ids. It would be an interesting study of community dynamics to chart how active new members are and how much their participation drops off after intervals of time.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 8:17 AM on August 22, 2002

I think that giving posters access more often based on more positive votes would most likely have the effect of increasing the quantity of posts. People would be inclined to throw posts out there as often as they were allowed with the hopes of becoming the Golden Poster who is allowed to post once per minute. Of course, many would flame out and get to make a one sentance post every year, but with 15k+ users to participate, this battle royale could go on for a while.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 1:04 PM on August 22, 2002

I don't think that making people wait an extra month after they have joined before they could post would do anything. I assume that most, if not all of the new members were lurking before new sign ups were allowed anyway. It's not as if they had to be logged in just to see the site and read the comments.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 3:50 PM on August 22, 2002

I'd be interested in the statistics of number posts by 14k+ members to all other members. Alot of days it seems like newer members make an equal number of posts compared to all other users combined.

It does make sense that new members would post more since many older members may have stopped coming to and posting to metafilter. I just thought it would be an interesting stat if anyone wants to script it.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 4:37 PM on August 21, 2002

There's a feature in pMachine that lets you toggle a check box to determine wether or not you receive an email when there are new comments on a thread you commented on. It's pretty handy if you want to stay involved in a thread without constantly going back to the site. I use it at LABlogs.com but the comment frequency is much much lower compared to MeFi.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 9:13 AM on August 1, 2002

When I look at the front page of Metafilter today, it looks like the comments that should be under one lame-ass rabbit post somehow got barfed all over the page.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 10:33 AM on July 19, 2002

I don't know if this is by design, but when I went there it showed June 12 as the latest date, then when I logged in it showed June 17 as the latest.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 3:53 PM on June 17, 2002

I'm going to go have lunch down the street today at Koo Koo Roo, anyone want to join me?
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 9:12 AM on May 30, 2002

Of course eyeball, I'll just post my daily destination here
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:06 AM on May 30, 2002

I don't think the World Cup warrants any new 'rules':

Link Guidelines
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 8:20 AM on May 23, 2002

Maybe an aditional fee could be added if you want your ad archived on a separate page. It seems like there should be something extra charged even if it doesn't get cycled through the front page. A one time fee during signup seems reasonable.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2002

Here is part of the email:

* * * * * * * * *
SOURCES

The Weekly Review is drawn from major news sources such as the New
York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times,
Reuters, the Associated Press, and various news websites. It is not a
weblog, and I'm sorry to say that it would be much too complicated to
post links to particular items (I tend to read newspapers on... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 8:22 AM on May 7, 2002

I don't find it too odd coming from Harpers. To me, alot of their content, particularly the editorial content, comes across very 'holier than thou'. That being said, I do like the feature articles, I was reading the Aral Sea article today at lunch and thoroughly enjoyed it.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 12:44 PM on May 7, 2002

Not to be pedantic, but:

"Who is playing with the London Symphony Orchestra? Come on people, somebody ordered the London Symphony Orchestra... posssibly while high."

That's not a complete quote if you're trying to prove Matt wrong on the Simpsons reference, the next line is 'Cypruss Hill, I'm looking in your direction'. Also, I doubt that the term "I'm looking in your direction, xxxx" term originated with the Simpsons.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 1:56 PM on May 2, 2002

I think a weekly newsletter might be cool, with sites selected by a different member every week. Sort of like Heather is doing with her guest curator at Mirror Project. I could see a sign up list of willing 'curators' which would be compiled, then members from that list would be randomly selected to collect a list of interesting links posted during a seven day period. Then the list could either be emailed or exist as its own page.

This doesn't seem like a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:43 AM on April 10, 2002

Does this have any place on Metatalk? Seriously, what differentiates this from a front page post?
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 7:49 AM on March 27, 2002

I know I said I was in on the mailing list, but I may be out of town (being a holiday weekend and all). But me on the list of definite maybe fence straddlers.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:52 AM on March 11, 2002

Interesting point Matt on the product placement, but would this really be wrong? If a weblogger has a loyal (I hate using that word) readership and the people who read the site are interested in the weblogger's opinions and insights, I think that they would expect an honest review of a product. If you got the new NSYNC/Backtreet Boys duet album (shudder the thought) and hyped it up as being a groundbreaking effort in original vocal styling, I think it would be a pretty transparent shill. If... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:37 AM on March 4, 2002

I get the top distinction for cow pussy. Foul.
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 3:35 PM on March 4, 2002

This is an issue that I think about daily with my blog. There is alot of stuff I would love to write about my work environment but there's always that little angel on my shoulder reminding me that a blog isn't a private journal.

It seems like there are many instances of employers at least being aware of employee's blogs, I wonder if anyone has ever had any Metafilter related feedback from their employers. I know that if you google my name it goes straight to my... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 11:28 AM on February 27, 2002

If HHH had only said that fat people are lazy and lack self control, I would not be personally offended because I'm not fat. I would think that it was an inappropriate and inflammatory comment though. I read his entire comment and the follow ups, his whole statement was:

That's the long-and-short of it. You get fat by consuming much more potential energy than your body needs-- it suggests very strongly that you're sedentary.

If you're... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jonah at 2:38 PM on February 26, 2002