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With a regular season record of 11-4, Night_Owl's "Won't You Be My Naybors" defeated "Stroud Proud" (12-3) for the championship.

As promised, I donated $100 to MetaFilter in honor of Night_Owl's victory (receipts upon request), and offer this post as proof of her cunning and skill. She may brag on all of us who participated, and, frankly, all of you who didn't participate, whom she clearly also beat.
posted by klangklangston to MetaFilter-Related at 6:21 PM - 3 comments

May all acquaintance etc. [more inside]
posted by h00py to MetaFilter-Related at 8:08 AM - 26 comments

Mefi Card Club was started as an ongoing card swap in March of 2018, and still continues to this day (approaching 7 years, whew!). It's been a bit since we've had a Metatalk post about this and we could use some more participants to keep this sustainable, so I figured it was time. If you want to continue the fun of sending and receiving cards and not limit it to just the holiday season, come join us! [more inside]
posted by Sparky Buttons to MetaFilter-Related at 4:24 PM - 21 comments

Welcome to the first ever (as far as I know!) Fanfare extravaganza. I have created a place where we can share recommended books, movies, tv, music, games, podcasts we have read, watched, listened to, or played this year. [more inside]
posted by CMcG to MetaFilter-Related at 2:33 PM - 12 comments

Hello! There were several interesting situations going on while moderating this morning, so I did another Ride Along video to talk about various mod decisions made this morning. (TikTok, YouTube, same video, 10min, has captions so you can just listen or read along)
Previous Ride Along [more inside]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 9:56 AM - 32 comments

Hi y'all!

With the major holidays reaching their peak this week, how are you spending them this year, what are you up to? Any special travel plans, or particular dishes you’re making this time around? What are you most looking forward to doing?
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 5:45 PM - 71 comments

And what should happen with Winter Wishes? For those who don't know, Winter Wishes is a program by New York Cares where kids, teens, and elders write letters with their gift hopes during the holiday season. For 11 years, MetaFilter, as "MeFi Cares," gave to those in less fortunate circumstances. And not just monetarily. And eventually, we expanded our reach to other giving. Please see my MetaTalk post history for complete info on the last several years we participated, including photos, though I'll summarize below. I'm writing this right now because we seem to have more engagement on MeTa given new, hopeful developments, and because... well, 'tis the season. Please pardon me for the length of this, but I want to be as detailed and informative and honest as possible. [more inside]
posted by houseofdanie to MetaFilter-Related at 9:01 PM - 13 comments

Well, we're doing it again. Starting early morning on Dec 23 and going through to the end of Dec 25, in our video share room, MST Club presents our 11th annual Christmas Marathon. Look inside for details! [more inside]
posted by JHarris to MetaFilter-Related at 10:19 PM - 15 comments

Given how much this previous administration hived off a lot of users, what's the mods/owner's plan for this? [more inside]
posted by Kitteh to Feature Requests at 7:42 AM - 19 comments

A number of people have called for volunteer moderation at MeFi. The No. 1 question about that is, how many people are willing to be a volunteer moderator, and for how many hours a week? [more inside]
posted by NotLost to MetaFilter-Related at 6:20 AM - 96 comments

Hello and welcome to this month’s Site Update! We your things are going your way as the year winds down.

You can find the last update here.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 5:15 AM - 454 comments

I think a lot of the community doesn't understand how busy Mods are in their day to day shifts. It would probably be good for mod/community relationships to give a few users a chance to shadow a mod for a shift or two, so that we can get a better idea of the workload that mods are under, which would probably allow the community to take a step back and give the mods some breathing room. Is there any chance of that?
posted by bowbeacon to MetaFilter-Related at 3:44 PM - 82 comments

Let's talk about the MetaTalk queue. [more inside]
posted by Why Is The World In Love Again? to MetaFilter-Related at 6:19 AM - 118 comments

Running windows 10 and Firefox. The past few days, Metafilter seems to be having trouble finishing loading when I "Open in new tab" on a link. And when it does stop, instead of the typical favicon, I'm getting a blue or gray "hourglass" favicon. Anyone else seeing this?
posted by Windopaene to Bugs at 12:26 PM - 30 comments

I didn't participate in the Holiday Gift Swap but I enjoy reading about all of the Gift Swap Arrivals - each posting is happy little burst of joy. However, I'm baffled by the constant references to beans and beansters. I'm familiar with things that aren't worth a hill of beans and with bean counting and even the more MetaFilter specific beanplating but this one has me baffled. [more inside]
posted by metahawk to MetaFilter-Related at 7:01 AM - 11 comments

New rule proposal: Moderators should not be able to moderate threads posted by themselves. [more inside]
posted by glonous keming to Feature Requests at 3:25 PM - 29 comments

Got any good news to share? Got new accomplishments, new dog, new kid, new positive outlook? New shirt, new group, new friend? Fixed your toilet, fixed your screen door, fixed your outlook? I found a few silly but hilarious items for Christmas this year [items that will not appeal to all and also contain some rude words] and I thought it would be neat to see the excellent finds others have found. Also, the aforementioned good news and all that. Kindly kindly, leave the grar elsewhere. [more inside]
posted by Glinn to MetaFilter-Related at 4:35 PM - 92 comments

I’d like to suggest that the MeFi largely undergo a Brand New Day when the new executive director starts. (I expect we are several months away from that.) This BND would apply to both users (including former users) and mods. [more inside]
posted by NotLost to Etiquette/Policy at 1:56 PM - 1032 comments

In the last year, I read an article (maybe on Metafilter) detailing recent changes in Chinese attitudes toward death, from a public, community event, to something to be hidden and feared. Now I can’t find the article anywhere. Can you please help? Thank you.
posted by Atrahasis to MetaFilter-Related at 9:42 PM - 5 comments

Hey! Community member Wobbuffet suggested we play a MetaFilter type version of bingo, so let's view or download the card, then get into the rules

HOW TO PLAY:
Complete 5 spots in a row, by making a post or doing the action in the square. You can work in any direction you like (horizontal, vertical, diagonal). Or expand that to include an X, a T, picture frames, a small blackout, a full blackout, whatever your heart desires! Once you're done, return to this thread, type "Bingo" and let us know which squares you did!

When making a post related to this game, please tag it as 'MefiBingo2024'.

There's a few notes inside about categories.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 5:07 AM - 15 comments