Hey there, butt puzzles, here's me and jessamyn rattling off insulting nicknames for your entertainment.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 4:31 PM on November 16, 2010 (169 comments)

A happy ending for a MeFite in trouble (and her brother). Faraday Cage, who has been through a lot, should win the Profile in Courage award for the year. Huzzah!
posted to MetaTalk by Asparagirl at 9:24 AM on October 20, 2010 (28 comments)

As a followup to not_on_display's requesting a way to download all of the Metafilter Music songs last month: a torrent is now available.
posted to MetaTalk by Pronoiac at 7:36 PM on October 11, 2010 (74 comments)

Sneak Peek at a new feature. Looking for work? Post your job availability at Jobs.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 4:09 PM on September 2, 2010 (107 comments)

Think you know your mefites? Try your hand at Says Who?, the Metafilter identification game.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 11:03 AM on July 16, 2010 (314 comments)

This is just a quick post to thank the hundreds of MeFites who helped me with my dissertation research.
posted to MetaTalk by lewistate at 7:48 PM on July 15, 2010 (115 comments)

How do you explain Metafilter to people who may be unfamiliar with the concept of a "community weblog"?
posted to MetaTalk by amro at 11:47 AM on June 30, 2010 (144 comments)

Would anyone be interested in creating a Metafilter University? What I mean is a series of courses (or they could be short, TED-like lectures) specially geared towards Metafilter members? By which I mean they'd be more than just videos posted to YouTube. There would be some way for members to interact with the lecturer (and other members) about the course.
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee at 2:20 PM on June 29, 2010 (174 comments)

Update on K & S (and the effects of your support).
posted to MetaTalk by fake at 4:35 PM on June 11, 2010 (244 comments)

The actual subject of a seemingly obscure painting identification question, turns up in the thread with THE answer.
posted to MetaTalk by unliteral at 5:49 PM on June 10, 2010 (51 comments)

Episode 51 of the podcast was recorded on Monday May 3rd and features about an hour of banter between the usual mods recounting the month of April.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 2:50 PM on May 5, 2010 (69 comments)

Dearest Angelenos, we've had two different meetup threads that have ended in nothing--let's maybe salvage at least one of them!
posted to MetaTalk by mandymanwasregistered at 4:14 PM on April 17, 2010 (63 comments)

Where can I find the funniest posts on mefi?
posted to MetaTalk by yawper at 12:21 PM on April 7, 2010 (120 comments)

We ran into MC Frontalot at SXSW several times and roped him into a phone interview soon after we got back. Interview runs about 20 minutes then we recap SXSW and the past month of posts to the MetaFilter sites for another 45 min or so.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 8:34 PM on March 31, 2010 (25 comments)

Some time ago, I did a post about parodies of "The Last Supper". Little did I know at the time that the Greatest Spoof Ever would feature MetaFilter's Own Jesus H. Shatner (although in retrospect, it seems obvious). Ladies and Gentlemen, a masterpiece by leonardo pjern, "The Last Round"
posted to MetaTalk by wendell at 12:03 AM on October 5, 2009 (117 comments)

The Metafilter Infodump is back, and moderately better than ever! Statistics nerds rejoice!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 1:55 PM on August 13, 2009 (502 comments)

I was experimenting with Google's search suggestions feature when I noticed that it gave some interesting results for "metafilter + [letter]". Since it returns the most popular search terms starting with that phrase, what you get for each letter is an A-Z listing of the most sought-after topics related to Metafilter. So without further ado, I give you... Metafilter A to Z.
posted to MetaTalk by Rhaomi at 3:33 PM on August 11, 2009 (177 comments)

So you think you know Metafilter?
posted to MetaTalk by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:15 PM on July 18, 2009 (230 comments)

Guys, I love MetaFilter.
posted to MetaTalk by skwt at 11:10 PM on January 22, 2009 (151 comments)

MeFi clustering analysis.
posted to MetaTalk by signal at 9:01 PM on July 22, 2008 (80 comments)

Holy crap, the back tagging project (recent update) is complete! 43,000 old posts have been keyworded by a team of hundreds of volunteers here. A huge thanks to all, I never thought we'd finish up all those old MeFi posts.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 11:54 PM on March 20, 2008 (161 comments)

Is there interesting MetaFilter history that newcomers wouldn't know about, but might find interesting?
posted to MetaTalk by SpacemanStix at 11:59 AM on March 16, 2008 (106 comments)

We're a couple weeks into March and there's not really been a post-mortem of MeFi contributions to RPM '08! So let's, you know. Have one.
posted to MetaTalk by sparkletone at 8:28 AM on March 12, 2008 (11 comments)

I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy at 5:03 AM on February 23, 2008 (101 comments)

Nerds, start your engines: it's the new Metafilter Infodump.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 7:58 AM on January 22, 2008 (272 comments)

Is This Transparency? OP with very slim, one-year posting history asks a question about finding a good charity in AskMe, just prior to year-end tax-decision time. Newly registered responder posts a newly formed charity-aggregator/evaluator organization, without mentioning that he is, apparently, one of the two founders. Self-promotional setup leading to self-link? Or am I being too cynical?

[update, 1/3/08: a summary of events is being developed on the wiki. --cortex]
posted to MetaTalk by Miko at 10:44 AM on December 31, 2007 (1407 comments)

A little over two months ago, I proposed a Metafilter Mix CD Swap: Best of 2007 Edition. Twenty-three people decided to participate and swapped CDs containing their favorite songs from 2007. In that thread it was suggested that after the swap concluded “yall make a thread with your final tracklists and commentary, or otherwise publish them where I and others could read and DL accordingly.” Of the twenty-three participants, seventeen decided to share their tracklists, which you will find inside. Rock on.
posted to MetaTalk by ND¢ at 8:37 AM on December 14, 2007 (103 comments)

I collected book related askMes on the wiki into readMe.
posted to MetaTalk by shothotbot at 8:26 PM on December 8, 2007 (77 comments)

Request for an interesting statistic about MeFi make up...
posted to MetaTalk by fcummins at 2:05 PM on December 2, 2007 (30 comments)

MeFi Mail is being rolled out, so pardon the dust for the next hour or so and once it's live, feel free to discuss it here.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 2:26 PM on October 19, 2007 (431 comments)

Is there a reason that we're allowing the blink tag?
posted to MetaTalk by Afroblanco at 9:18 PM on September 13, 2007 (288 comments)

I come for the FPPs, but I stay for the comments. Articles and whatnot are dandy, but nothing compares to the wry wit of fellow MeFites. What are some of the gems you've come across that have shone so brightly you couldn't help but archive (or even bookmark) something so poignant that a fellow MeFite has shared?
posted to MetaTalk by Mach3avelli at 2:47 PM on August 29, 2004 (20 comments)

I'm bored and ignorant. So are you. Let's learn something. There's a plethora of free open "courseware", books, and audio lectures on the internet. And IRC channels where we could "meet". And surplus of smart people here. Let's set up a "course" and take it together.
posted to MetaTalk by orthogonality at 3:50 AM on August 25, 2007 (123 comments)

Lucky show #13 is the viewer mail show, featuring questions from 13 mefites that jessamyn and I answered. It's about 40 minutes long and we recorded it on August 17, 2007.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 5:28 PM on August 17, 2007 (69 comments)

There Is No Spoon.
posted to MetaTalk by Freen at 8:54 PM on December 14, 2005 (43 comments)

This deletion of a post on Christians United for Israel was way over the line. We leave in a Lindsay Lohan linkfest, but we take down a newsworthy post about how people who happily look forward to Armageddon are influencing our country's foreign policy. Max Blumenthal may be an arrogant documentary film-maker, but the footage is still important.
posted to MetaTalk by jonp72 at 5:09 PM on July 26, 2007 (203 comments)

Our own fandango_matt, of Metafilter design contest and multiple pissing elephant fame, has come up with his own Boy Scout inspired Metafilter safety guide.
posted to MetaTalk by Krrrlson at 10:25 AM on July 16, 2007 (184 comments)

Lofi is showing a cold fusion error if you are not logged in.
posted to MetaTalk by Jim Jones at 11:19 PM on February 13, 2005 (15 comments)

Meta from this Metafilter post.
posted to MetaTalk by vacapinta at 8:38 PM on June 25, 2007 (21 comments)

no one requested it, but I always wanted to do random images on the main page. The following image shows all the current taglines that popup randomly. They're not all gold, but some of them will be around forever (especially the crack one). Can you think of others? Go ahead and suggest one.


posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 2:02 PM on June 24, 2000 (38 comments)

Lets play Mafia. It is normally a party game but I've seen it played on the internet a couple times. I've played it in real life, but there was always something so appealing about playing an online round. I've wanted to arrange a game but never had the right internet forum for the job. I think MeFi would be a perfect group of people for the task. Anyone else interested? If the admins are cool with it, I think it'd be a blast.
posted to MetaTalk by magikker at 4:33 PM on May 6, 2007 (140 comments)

Post your MeFi Swap tracklist. I thought it would be great to see everyone's track selections and several people gave me encouragement so here goes. Mine is inside
posted to MetaTalk by spicynuts at 6:57 AM on April 30, 2007 (50 comments)

Metafilter is really, really fucking good lately. 'Lately' being weeks if not months on end. My theory is that favouriting encourages people Be Swell. Whatever it is, though, I offer a sincere thank you to everyone concerned, because this place is still the best damn game in town.
posted to MetaTalk by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:13 AM on February 18, 2007 (77 comments)

Huh. While reading Occasional Superheroine, I came across this post, in which she discusses her reaction to her blog's MetaFilter appearance, which was tagged as "batshitinsane." As this particular tag has a special place in my heart, I was surprised to see that batshitinsane is now one of MetaFilter's most popular tags, with over 200 posts tagged as such. My baby's all grown up now!
posted to MetaTalk by UKnowForKids at 2:26 PM on January 30, 2007 (37 comments)

Warnock's Dilemma is the situation you face when people don't comment on your postings. The problem with no response is that there are five possible interpretations:

1. The post is correct, well-written information that needs no follow-up commentary. There's nothing more to say except "Yeah, what he said."
2. The post is complete and utter nonsense, and no one wants to waste the energy or bandwidth to even point this out.
3. No one read the post, for whatever reason.
4. No one understood the post, but won't ask for clarification, for whatever reason.
5. No one cares about the post, for whatever reason.

This perfectly captures my thoughts when I see an amazing post with only 2 or 3 comments (of course, I believe everyone else is thinking point 1 as well). This probably explains why we can't equate lots of comments nor low comments with the quality of a post, since it could be good or bad in five different ways, as described here.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 2:39 PM on April 24, 2005 (41 comments)

Any SoCal Mefites going to see the Dawkins lecture this saturday at CalTech? Informal meetup mayhaps?
posted to MetaTalk by basicchannel at 3:31 PM on October 23, 2006 (8 comments)

Here's a very entertaining and highly instructive thread on What Not To Post To AskMe.
posted to MetaTalk by orange swan at 6:11 AM on June 15, 2006 (65 comments)

Can a n00b post to MetaTalk?
posted to MetaTalk by econous at 3:43 PM on June 27, 2006 (1 comment)