We are putting up a black interstitial about SOPA/PIPA for the next 24hrs or so. If you click away from it, you'll get a cookie stored so you won't see it again in the same browser, but what follows is my reasons for doing it.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 9:06 PM on January 17, 2012 (547 comments)

At the end of a three-week funding drive, MefightClub has collected $4444.44 dollars (gamers to the end!) for our 2011 donation to the Child's Play charity, which delivers games to sick kids in hospitals. Well played, Mefighters!
posted to MetaTalk by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:49 PM on January 11, 2012 (25 comments)

Mefite[1] Anil Dash[2] writes[3]: "Simply learning from disciplines like urban planning, zoning regulations, crowd control, effective and humane policing, and the simple practices it takes to stage an effective public event, we can come up with a set of principles to prevent the overwhelming majority of the worst behaviors on the Internet." Examples? Why Metafilter, of course, (as well as Stack Exchange sites, of which he is a board member).
posted to MetaTalk by Tuesday After Lunch at 1:57 PM on December 29, 2011 (89 comments)

It has been 10 days since the last banning. In the words of Jessamyn, "None of us have ever seen the number go this high."
posted to MetaTalk by subbes at 12:45 PM on December 30, 2011 (226 comments)

Happy Holidays and Thanks to the members and staff for a year of learning, entertainment, provocation, rethinking, skepticism, compassion and every bodies hard work.
posted to MetaTalk by rmhsinc at 8:50 AM on December 24, 2011 (283 comments)

Can I (or anyone) use AskMe questions for educational purposes?
posted to MetaTalk by to recite so charmingly at 7:04 AM on December 17, 2011 (14 comments)

Looking at the old questions really does help so much.
posted to MetaTalk by jefficator at 8:52 AM on December 2, 2011 (53 comments)

"I was a daily reader of Slashdot from about 1997 onwards, and it was a key inspiration for me starting MetaFilter." Matt Haughey interviewed Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda, Slashdot founder.
posted to MetaTalk by hat_eater at 2:54 AM on December 1, 2011 (43 comments)

It's that time of year when people who like that sort of thing can buy/sell stuff to/from other people who like that sort of thing. Last year we had about sixty participants. Interested in being involved in this year's Shops by MeFites? Read on...
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 8:12 AM on November 29, 2011 (55 comments)

Kickstarter is out: I'm not an American, and don't know any that can front my project. What's the best alternative?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Shepherd at 12:57 PM on November 23, 2011 (7 comments)

It's almost time for another major US holiday and we're trying something new here at MetaTalk this Thanksgiving: a post queue.
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 9:17 AM on November 22, 2011 (241 comments)

So, four mefites collaborated on a Metafilter-themed panel last month at at the Association of Internet Researchers's 12th annual Internet Research conference, and we thought we'd go ahead and share our presentation notes and such. Come on in!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 3:55 PM on November 18, 2011 (59 comments)

We've noticed a slight uptick in the number of anonymous questions submitted recently, and we've found that sometimes the questions don't provide the context we need to approve them. So with that in mind we added a small change to the anonymous question form at Ask MetaFilter to help with that. We're now asking why the question should be anonymous.
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 3:22 PM on November 9, 2011 (85 comments)

Curious about the weird this-is-so-not-Metafilter-related mail we get at the contact form? Then you might enjoy Thank You For Contacting Metafilter, aka Shit My Contact Form Says, a tumblr we've put together in the last few days.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 10:46 AM on November 8, 2011 (232 comments)

AskMe post 200,000 happened today. It's just 20k shy of double the number of posts on Metafilter.
posted to MetaTalk by Brent Parker at 11:16 AM on November 3, 2011 (52 comments)

I think MeFi needs more hugs. You can join me if you want.
posted to MetaTalk by flex at 5:38 PM on October 24, 2011 (190 comments)

Dear mathowie, I was at the Ann Arbor Meetup tihs evening and we made you something.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:15 PM on October 9, 2011 (95 comments)

A few years back I posted some stream graph visualizations of MeFi user activity. cortex pointed out that these had fallen off of the web at some point, so I took the opportunity to update the images through 2011.
posted to MetaTalk by Galvatron at 5:53 PM on October 6, 2011 (62 comments)

We just added (staff) markers in the bylines here in MetaTalk if the commenter is a mod.
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 2:46 PM on October 4, 2011 (279 comments)

Modflation continues apace! We're adding a nighttime EU based mod to help cover our bases and that user is (drumroll...) taz! Welcome taz everyone as your new moderator overlord.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 11:32 AM on September 30, 2011 (227 comments)

I'm teaching myself the blitting-centric Flash games library Flixel, and my Hello World program sort of got carried away and turned into this silly little platformer in which you try to collect favorites while avoiding the menacing flags. Fifteen levels in three worlds (blue, green, and grey), random fave and flag placement, and, in fine oldschool platformer fashion, compensating for it's shortness by being unfairly hard in spots. Features chiptune snippets of matthewchen is Spamming and Doing the Churlish Pule!
posted to Projects by cortex at 11:16 AM on September 29, 2011 (9 comments)

MeFi Mag September issue is HERE!(MagCloud) and also HERE!(pdf direct). It's all about games, and while not the massive tome we'd hoped for (more a modest pastime), it still includes:
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 12:00 PM on September 19, 2011 (60 comments)

Today we're introducing a new way to find travel questions at Ask MetaFilter: Travel Locations.
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 8:27 AM on September 7, 2011 (114 comments)

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time.
posted to MetaFilter by empath at 3:56 PM on September 1, 2011 (131 comments)

Is it kosher to repost someone else's self-link?
posted to MetaTalk by kyleg at 2:45 PM on August 22, 2011 (26 comments)

Has "worst answer" ever been considered as a clickable response?
posted to MetaTalk by DMelanogaster at 11:40 AM on August 9, 2011 (95 comments)

Meta-metafilter: What are examples of some other online communities that have successfully kept the quality of posts/forums at a high level by requiring a nominal $5 to $10 signup fee?
posted to MetaTalk by thewalrus at 8:21 PM on July 28, 2011 (50 comments)

Please help us finalize details of a ThereIsHelp indicator on user's profile pages who are interested in participating.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 10:14 AM on July 25, 2011 (404 comments)

Memmmmmories.... For MetaFilter's upcoming 12th anniversary we're collecting stories to put on a special new site unveiled on the magic day. Your task is simple: tell us how you found MeFi and what your favorite memory is from the site. Submit your answers here. Thanks!
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 2:31 PM on July 6, 2011 (116 comments)

For the past few years, networks have been digitally inserting ads and product placements for new products into old reruns.
posted to MetaFilter by DU at 11:43 AM on July 6, 2011 (118 comments)

The Social Apps on MetaFilter profile pages are a way for you to show where you're contributing at social networks on the Web. We have a list of 98 sites you can list including Flickr, Twitter, and Last.fm. (Full list here.) We're making a couple changes to Social Apps today including opening up the rules for what services are included and changing the way we include content from those services on profile pages.
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 11:45 AM on June 28, 2011 (117 comments)

Let's here it for team Butt Elephant.
posted to MetaTalk by 256 at 11:16 AM on June 23, 2011 (97 comments)

What if there was a section of the site dedicated to research projects related to MetaFilter?
posted to MetaTalk by codacorolla at 3:59 PM on May 1, 2011 (13 comments)

Recommend a nonfiction book (or article/essay/shorter piece) that theorizes what life is like now with present internet (and, bonusly, smartphone) technology.
posted to Ask Metafilter by skwt at 12:17 PM on April 12, 2011 (7 comments)

Quick announcement to let you know we've brought on a new part-timer to help us out on the weekends, restless_nomad. She's sane, sensible and actually has mod experience from before MeFi. She'll be helping out Friday nights through Sunday nights and you might see her name on contact form replies or weekend spammer banninations.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 3:24 PM on April 10, 2011 (165 comments)

I've created a new page on the wiki for images.
posted to MetaTalk by pjern at 5:57 PM on April 9, 2011 (42 comments)

I posted this question about 2 ½ years ago and I wanted to give a followup and say “thanks”.
posted to MetaTalk by horsemuth at 7:36 AM on April 5, 2011 (80 comments)

Kickstarter recently started a "Curated Pages" feature where organizations and sites can show off member projects (here's the Creative Commons one for an example). They recently put me in charge of a "MetaFilter" curated projects page and I know I've seen dozens of mefites fund projects on Kickstarter in the past, but if anyone is currently running a project there, let me know and I'll add you to our page and share the URL when we have a few projects listed.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 4:23 PM on April 4, 2011 (42 comments)

MeFites in Japan, we want to hear from you on the next podcast! After the devastating earthquake just a couple weeks ago, we've all worried about our members in Japan and it was great to see check-ins that things were mostly ok. We'd like to hear from mefites in Japan for the next podcast: call my new Skype Japanese number at (050) 5806-3941 and leave us up to a 90 second message letting everyone know what the quake was like, what the aftermath was like, and how the rebuilding it going. I know 90sec is short, so if you'd like to leave a longer story/message, you can always record a mp3 at home and just send us a link to download it on the contact form. Thanks!
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 11:40 AM on March 27, 2011 (21 comments)

The Daily Beast has a great piece out on the saga of two Russian immigrants caught up in the sex trade and the work of a handful of brave MeFites who saved them. Cheers!
posted to MetaTalk by mkultra at 5:11 AM on March 23, 2011 (174 comments)

What is the etiquette for offering one's services as an answer to an AskMe seeking said services?
posted to MetaTalk by Lutoslawski at 3:58 PM on March 14, 2011 (26 comments)

"A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections." NPR's Matt Thompson interviews Jessamyn about why a thread about the assault on reporter Lara Logan turned so ugly on NPR's site, but didn't on the blue.
posted to MetaTalk by Horace Rumpole at 8:59 AM on March 7, 2011 (93 comments)

Easiest way to incorporate videos into a Powerpoint for online viewing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by aka burlap at 8:23 AM on February 21, 2011 (5 comments)

In Focus - a new news photo blog [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by pwally at 6:28 PM on February 9, 2011 (19 comments)

What do you know now that you didn't know before Metafilter?
posted to MetaTalk by desjardins at 11:31 AM on February 8, 2011 (344 comments)

Buried deep in the Bill Zeller obit thread is this (new?) gem from the Mefi Wiki: There is Help.
posted to MetaTalk by nevercalm at 3:13 PM on January 18, 2011 (28 comments)

Check out the small new twitter/facebook share links on this thread (only enabled there as a test) and let us know what you think
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 11:34 AM on January 7, 2011 (278 comments)

What are some good resources for finding out about recent/new/upcoming non-fiction books that discuss the web or the internet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cortex at 1:02 PM on January 7, 2011 (20 comments)

Metafilter gets a very kind shout out on Paul Ford's new essay The Web Is a Customer Service Medium.
posted to MetaTalk by artlung at 6:38 AM on January 6, 2011 (57 comments)

The perfect gift for the computational linguist in your life: Metafilter Frequency Tables! Finally you can know definitively how many times words such as "metafilter", "fucknozzle", or "mctootypoots" have been used on the site. (A: 127,484 times, 28 times, and once.)
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 8:51 AM on January 4, 2011 (59 comments)