MetaTalk

your regularly scheduled update on the ongoing work to rebuild MetaFilter.com. see details and references inside. [more inside]
posted by Kybard (contributor) to MetaFilter-Related at 7:34 PM - 2 comments

Hello and welcome to this month’s site update! I'm posting it this month to increase mod participation in MetaTalk. Last month’s update can be found here. Come on inside for more details! [more inside]
posted by loup (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 10:01 AM - 28 comments

The unofficial Election Committee are working toward a proposal for the community’s feedback, which would then be presented to the board. This is an update towards formulating that proposal. [more inside]
posted by joannemerriam to MetaFilter-Related at 7:24 AM - 93 comments

your regularly scheduled update on the ongoing work to rebuild MetaFilter.com. see details and references inside. [more inside]
posted by Kybard (contributor) to MetaFilter-Related at 11:36 AM - 10 comments

Hi all, These posts may be somewhat irregular because they depend on submissions to us but we wanted to report back to the community in broad general terms. Issues are generally considered private; our form asks about communication with the moderators. [more inside]
posted by warriorqueen to Etiquette/Policy at 9:15 AM - 8 comments

The Moderation Oversight Committee received a number of requests to look into two recent posts around a frequent poster and a specific set of posts around AI. Out of that discussion we have the following recommendations: [more inside]
posted by warriorqueen to Etiquette/Policy at 5:59 AM - 81 comments

User Rhaomi, a member of the 3-person interim board that currently runs Metafilter, has posted a long update explaining the board's reasoning for various decisions and attempting to defend the board from some criticisms. Unfortunately, it's buried 170+ comments deep in a thread from June 15th, instead of being posted to the MetaTalk front page (as many users have requested the board do regularly and which Rhaomi does not commit to doing in the future in his message). This is a post to boost that essential update from site leadership to where more people might see it and contribute their own responses.
posted by mediareport to MetaFilter-Related at 1:31 AM - 35 comments

the 30-day challenge seems to be a good response for the moment [more inside]
posted by HearHere to MetaFilter-Related at 5:08 AM - 7 comments [closed]

missing the queue? [more inside]
posted by HearHere to Uptime at 1:01 AM - 11 comments [closed]

MeTa queue test [more inside]
posted by testy Tess to MetaFilter-Related at 12:58 PM - 5 comments [closed]

i promise nothing [more inside]
posted by HearHere to MetaFilter-Related at 7:41 AM - 11 comments [closed]

I wish the governance thread had not been shut down [:previously:] [more inside]
posted by HearHere to Feature Requests at 11:22 AM - 20 comments

Ask Metafilter was mentioned on Jeopardy! tonight, in Double Jeopardy, Some Free Advice, $1600:

ask.metafiiter.com says it's for "querying" this, the coordinated, structurally named cognition of a group

The contestants didn't get it.
posted by Pronoiac to MetaFilter-Related at 7:33 PM - 29 comments

Your unofficial Election Committee (dg, dorothyisunderwood, joannemerriam, NotLost and samthemander) seek your input on a few procedural issues, below. [more inside]
posted by NotLost to MetaFilter-Related at 7:00 PM - 56 comments

Metafilter elections are (supposedly, still) at risk of being brigaded by bad actors. Let's talk about it some more. [more inside]
posted by bluloo to MetaFilter-Related at 5:47 PM - 216 comments

your regularly scheduled update on the ongoing work to rebuild MetaFilter.com. see details and references inside. [more inside]
posted by Kybard (contributor) to MetaFilter-Related at 3:02 PM - 6 comments

Is this MetaTalk post published immediately and avoid a queue, as promised?
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 5:02 AM - 1 comment [closed]

I was traveling during my Metafilter 25th anniversary on May 22nd. Most of my family doesn't really know what Metafilter is. I am not sure what it means to participate in an online forum for 25 years, or 40 percent of my life, but like a Christo installation, the real impressive achievement is not just the content, but the evolving structure/people that allow this place to keep functioning for so long. [more inside]
posted by mecran01 to MetaFilter-Related at 9:55 AM - 13 comments

Almost anytime I see a post about ecology or nature, I know it must have been posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries. Are there any other MeFites that you think, "This post (or comment) must be by so-and-so"? And what types of things do they write? But let's only be positive, please.
posted by NotLost to MetaFilter-Related at 2:06 AM - 39 comments

This one, that already had a bunch of comments. "Tasteless title"? Okay, contact the poster and get permission to change the fucking title. Seriously, moderators, you have other tools in your fucking toolbox besides deleting everything that upsets someone.
posted by adrienneleigh to Etiquette/Policy at 6:54 PM - 120 comments