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klangklangston makes a very interesting point:I think too many people equate faster with too fast, just like I think too many people end up being NIMBYs when it comes to development. It's not the questions they're objecting to— it's the growth, flat-out. That's where they're losing their "sense of community," and seeing more traffic on their shaded streets. And it evidences just as much a sense of entitlment as any of the "Answer my $5 question" comments do.but personally, I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles at 2:28 PM on January 8, 2007

This is why I think that filtration should be tag-based rather then category-based.

No solution of any import should depend on tags. People are hopeless at tagging posts.
posted to MetaTalk by poxuppit at 12:35 PM on January 8, 2007

Afroblanco writes "but as tkolar's statistics have shown, this doesn't affect the average response rate."

Dame's contention seems to be the same, that tkolar's stats turned this into something that we now understand, and understand to be a non-problem. The issue, though, is that the stats do not tell the whole story. It isn't that I think he gamed them, but that they fail to capture the sense of community and commitment that seems to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by OmieWise at 11:28 AM on January 8, 2007

A nice gesture DNAB, but in the interests of full reciprocity I feel I should apologize to you in return. I've been siphoning gas out of your tank for weeks now. And you know how your chair at work was set to the wrong hight? Yeah, that was me as well. Also, that 'dog crap' that keeps appearing on your front yard that you have been blaming your neighbors golden retriever for? Sorry about that as well, the dog is blameless. I am not. And then there was the time that I had you falsely arrested for... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by quin at 11:26 AM on January 6, 2007

NO. You don't need to ask any goddamn questions. I support the hard 2 week limit, because it weeds out pointless questions from abusive posters. A leading complaint is that inspires hand-wringing in the needy motherfuckers over whether they should really be asking their questions — that is the point.
posted to MetaTalk by blasdelf at 2:25 AM on January 6, 2007

And, really, if I have a recommendation for the admins, it's that they should discontinue AskMe, or at least threaten to. It's probably the only way these ungrateful fucks will ever let up.
posted to MetaTalk by koeselitz at 10:58 PM on January 5, 2007

Have I mentioned lately how much I dislike AskMefi, precisely because it brings* people around who don't contribute in any meaningful manner than to complain that they don't get to ask more questions in a day's time?

No?

Happy New Year, then!

*Okay, "seems to bring".
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc at 10:33 PM on January 5, 2007

I can't remember how they dealt with people who had letters in their license plates, but it's irrelevant. If your user number ends in a J, I think you're on the wrong website.
posted to MetaTalk by Dave Faris at 10:24 AM on January 3, 2007

What Jessamyn FORGOT (typical of everyone involved in running this sinking ship of digital excrement) to tell you is that you'll need to fill out those forms in black ink ONLY or your request will be summarily rejected. And hey, while you're giving me yet MORE work to do despite the front page being FILLED with pending Newsfilter callouts, why don't you just include a Youtube or Wikipedia link in it and REALLY make my day, huh? Bastards. I swear none of you understand my burden to make this... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Official Mefi Head Complainer at 8:31 PM on January 4, 2007

"Metablog site Ask MetaFilter (ask.metafilter.com) has some very smart quirky people answering quirky questions, but it [smartly] costs $5 to join."
posted to MetaTalk by blue_beetle at 11:31 AM on January 4, 2007

It's true.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:10 PM on January 3, 2007

Man, if I'd known there'd be STARS I would have tried harder. Yes, harder than posting a new post on 28 of the 31 days in the month. Oh, I can try harder. Don't test me.
posted to MetaTalk by jonson at 9:43 PM on January 2, 2007

Of course there's... [more inside]

Stop fucking doing that.
posted to MetaTalk by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:23 PM on December 5, 2006

you think we don't know how to pronounce Asimov?
posted to MetaFilter by delmoi at 10:03 AM on January 2, 2007

Hey, here's an idea. Let's treat this guy as representative of all that we hate about newspapers! Just for the one thread, you understand.
posted to MetaFilter by dhartung at 9:14 AM on January 2, 2007

Actuallym I found that column pretty funny. But, then, I'm a hateful curmudgeon.
posted to MetaFilter by Astro Zombie at 9:04 AM on January 2, 2007

Does this mean, therefore, that it is impossible for a woman to rape another woman? Don't be so asinine.

I was responding to a specific question, in particular:

"Why should the burden of proof be higher for the man [than for the woman]?"

Don't be so asinine.
posted to MetaFilter by eparchos at 5:00 AM on December 29, 2006

Even though this is a hand-wavey article in some ways it seems that the rape laws in the UK are a bit different than those in the US, in that they have been getting more strict only pretty recently. I note these facts stated by the article

1. only one rape accusation in 20 ends in a conviction
2. in 120 cases of sexual assault examined by researchers, in 119 cases the woman had been drinking.
3. Since 2003, a man accused of rape has had to show he... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 10:01 PM on December 28, 2006

I've got a great idea for AskMe! As well as the normal comment-posting box, there should be a drop-down menu of default replies. Maybe a list like this:

1. See a lawyer
2. See a doctor
3. See a doctor, YOU IDIOT
4. Isn't the whole point of giving someone a damn mixtape that you CHOSE IT YOURSELF?
5. a link to a Google search for all nouns in the question
6. You will never lose weight
7. Dump... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 1:13 AM on January 3, 2007