MetaTalk posts by cell divide

I saw the ad for the Start Conference, and clicked...

cell divide — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:01:47 -0800

I saw the ad for the Start Conference, and clicked on it. Love the concept and the speaker's list looks solid as well. I also noticed that MetaFilter is a sponsor of the event. So who here is planning on going?

election08.metafilter.com ?

cell divide — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:15:53 -0800

election08.metafilter.com ?

Why doesn't metafilter add a del.ico.us-like porti...

cell divide — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:34:43 -0800

Why doesn't metafilter add a del.ico.us-like portion of the site which shows interrelated links between sites that have been linked and tagged by users on the various metafilter domains, including users own homepages, projects, etc.

What do people think about polling the membership?...

cell divide — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:42:28 -0800

What do people think about polling the membership? A feature that would allow Matt (or others) to provide questions on popular issues/ideas/songs or whatever and get a sense of what the community thinks. The obvious example is topical stuff, e.g. who will the Metafilter users vote for in the election? This idea could either enhance the community, or divide it. The biggest negative is that statistics are misleading, they can polarize things, and they give people easy examples when they are generalizing, and that sucks. But, it would be fascinating to know how the community stands on a given issue. I still think this is the best community on the internet and the most interesting, and I think many people would like to know how we feel on this or that. If it were to happen in the style of this site, it would be a once every few months kind of thing. A side feature could be to have all discussion on that issue reside on that page (get them off the front).

Does anyone have experience with client-side (cook...

cell divide — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:47:59 -0800

Does anyone have experience with client-side (cookie and JavaScript) web stat programs? Because they don't need to analyze massive log files, they seem to be the way to go... but I have yet to find an open source and/or cheap or free version. If you have experience using either a hosted solution or anything else that is client side, please post.

I found this funny: urban dictionary lookup: metaf...

cell divide — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:56:41 -0800

I found this funny: urban dictionary lookup: metafilter

In this posting, user dhartung mentions that there...

cell divide — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 16:10:18 -0800

In this posting, user dhartung mentions that there are dozens of threads that he doesn't even read, after user RobertLoch asks if it's necessary to keep posting on the same old topics. Myself, I probably read around 25% of the total threads, and click on maybe 35% of the links offered-- even if a topic has been done to death it doesn't really affect me, as I just skip it. How about you? What percentage of threads do you read?

Recently I needed to do some research and began to...

cell divide — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:34:18 -0800

Recently I needed to do some research and began to use the Ajeeb translation site. You need to be registered to use it, so on a whim I used username and password: mefi. To my surprise, they worked. I know the NYTimes has a MeFi login, what others are out there? A list would be nice.

How about a "kill post" function, with a tipping p...

cell divide — Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:58:18 -0800

How about a "kill post" function, with a tipping point. A little button next to front-page posts, that if 10, 15, 25, whatever people click within the first 10 minutes (or 5 responses) of a post, it gets deleted from the front page.

It's democratic, it's brutally efficient, and it will cut down on front page non-posts. I think people here are mature enough not to delete posts just because they're political.. and if not, the tipping point can just be scaled up a bit.

Ev Williams of Blogger's new (well new to me, anyw...

cell divide — Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:28:24 -0800

Ev Williams of Blogger's new (well new to me, anyway) project is The End of Free

What does this mean for Blogger? How will it "transition from free to fee and beyond"? What about other weblog software, is there anything you'd pay for?

Take a look at Drudge, then take a look at MeFi. W...

cell divide — Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:32:28 -0800

Take a look at Drudge, then take a look at MeFi. Way too many similar links.

Perhaps MeFi could have a separate board for "news and politics" with a setting that posts with 15 or more comments jumps to the main page?

Basically there are just too many Drudge-cribbed news links on the front page.

Ideas?