Accidental self link in a 9/11 thread?

September 11, 2006 12:39 AM

Accidental self link in a 9/11 thread? One would hope so.
posted by UbuRoivas to Etiquette/Policy at 12:39 AM (40 comments total)

hope *NOT*, i meant.

sorry, blood boiling.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:43 AM on September 11, 2006

dammit. i was right the first time. i hope it *was* an honest mistake...
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:50 AM on September 11, 2006

heh heh... Tom Cruise ain't shit! dash_slot- is the master of Pre-Crime.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:52 AM on September 11, 2006

It's not a link. Let alone a self-link.
posted by peacay at 12:59 AM on September 11, 2006

No pony for Matt today. No way.
posted by loquacious at 1:03 AM on September 11, 2006

Good call dash. While it's technically not a link, it's still self-promotion in a post. Off with his head.
posted by euphorb at 1:03 AM on September 11, 2006

C'mon, give the guy a break. I mean, who among us hasn't, at one time or another, typed the word "dilby" when they mean to type "news"? Heck, happens to me all the time...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:19 AM on September 11, 2006

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posted by loquacious at 1:28 AM on September 11, 2006 [1 favorite]

Fishy. Smells.

Pitchforks?
posted by cgc373 at 1:57 AM on September 11, 2006

You could make an argument that Mr. Sawthesign just has an oddly shaped signature. I probably wouldn't believe that argument but it could be made.
posted by rdr at 2:39 AM on September 11, 2006

Dilby is the new fnord.
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 2:40 AM on September 11, 2006

As I said in thread, it's clearly 'accidental'.
posted by Effigy2000 at 3:06 AM on September 11, 2006

Even if it was intentional, I'm not sure how it benefits in any way? Great, now if I search for the word Dilby, that thread will come up. I guess, if I really want to hunt down "Dilby" I'll maybe click on that user's name to see their profile?
posted by antifuse at 3:10 AM on September 11, 2006

Interesting article by ABC Dilby

How many of you snarking idiots even clicked on the link? It's a Guardian article by senior Middle East correspondent Alan Bertrand Dilby (his confirmation name is Constantine).
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 3:16 AM on September 11, 2006

That guy should be banned just for his profile. It reads like a punk kid bragging about stealing someone's lunch money.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:19 AM on September 11, 2006

How many of you snarking idiots even clicked on the link? It's a Guardian article by senior Middle East correspondent Alan Bertrand Dilby (his confirmation name is Constantine)

Huh? To me it's an ABC article by Ken Maguire.
posted by rdr at 3:44 AM on September 11, 2006

rdr: I think you missed the joke? Alan Bertrand...
posted by edd at 4:07 AM on September 11, 2006

Huh, his post should be deleted for being a lame one link news article post with bonus GYOBFW-style front page editorializing but it doesn't seem to be a self-link.
posted by octothorpe at 4:10 AM on September 11, 2006

I removed the "dilby" which if you look at the way he wrote the post, was just a weird signature. Seems clueless, not intentional. Unless someone wants to enlighten me otherwise?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:13 AM on September 11, 2006

Welcome to dilby com, you can do anything you want on dilby com, anything at all. WELCOME!
posted by daninnj at 4:29 AM on September 11, 2006

Or it could be hard rain. Looks like we're starting a veritable 9/11 signature tradition.
posted by AwkwardPause at 4:57 AM on September 11, 2006

That post sucks hard enough to be deleted, even without 'dilby'.
posted by atrazine at 5:49 AM on September 11, 2006

Am I the only one who's annoyed by the phrase "this country" as though this is the United States of Metafilter? Oh, that and the whole GYOFB thing too.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 5:57 AM on September 11, 2006

Serial Killer Slumber Party writes "Am I the only one who's annoyed by the phrase 'this country' as though this is the United States of Metafilter?"

I avoid getting annoyed by just imagining that everyone really is talking about this country (Japan), and their comments about Japan make no sense because the writers are insane.
posted by Bugbread at 6:21 AM on September 11, 2006

bugbread, that mostly still works even if you presume they're talking about the U.S.
posted by cortex at 6:40 AM on September 11, 2006

Actually today seems like a good day to peruse the Bash.org database. Thanks to loquacious for the pointer!
posted by clevershark at 7:04 AM on September 11, 2006

Am I the only one who's annoyed by the phrase "this country" as though this is the United States of Metafilter? - Serial Killer Slumber Party

No.

bugbread has the best advice for how to deal with it.
posted by raedyn at 7:14 AM on September 11, 2006

What I can't figure out is why this post has the phrase "in a 9/11 thread" in it. Either it's a self-link or whatever, or it isn't. The fact that there are some threads by some people about a thing that occured five years ago and was sad and is now being exploited in a way that makes the whole Alaskan Wildlife Refuge drilling thing sound nice and low-impact doesn't make any difference to whether it was a self-link or not. Which it wasn't.

I should probably be bitching about this somewhere else, but I imagine I'd just get told to shut up, and no one's opinions about anything would change.

Still need a blog.
posted by blacklite at 10:16 AM on September 11, 2006

9/11, 1:42

Today, I read blacklite's comment and my opinion didn't change. That dude really needs his own blog.

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posted by Kwine at 10:43 AM on September 11, 2006

this looks like SPAM to me, because the message is not genuine and it's short, to the point. Basically a sales pitch it looks like.

I'M NEW AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME. IF I'M WRONG, NICELY CORRECT ME.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:32 AM on September 11, 2006

Heheh.
posted by dash_slot- at 1:29 PM on September 11, 2006

Your powers are strong, dash_slot-
posted by greycap at 1:58 PM on September 11, 2006

PITCHFORKS! BANNINATION!
posted by cgc373 at 1:49 AM on September 22, 2006

Aaaand! here it is.
posted by tellurian at 1:50 AM on September 22, 2006

tellurian, your PR campaign is not working. I have nothing to gain. I don't make ad money or sell products on my site. I openly admit it's my link and you jump on me like I'm hiding something. Why r you so hostile? It seems this community is the same way. Most of your stuff is unfounded including some of the past assertions in the other post. People just love someone new to pick on.
posted by sawthesign at 2:07 AM on September 22, 2006

you're like the Bush Administration, you don't have the smoking gun but you keep asserting stuff that isn't true and your audience that largely believes it are idiots.
posted by sawthesign at 2:08 AM on September 22, 2006

No, you're like the Bush administration!
posted by cgc373 at 5:32 AM on September 22, 2006

openly admit it's my link and you jump on me like I'm hiding something.

just in case you ever make it back here after being banned, sawthesign, I'll try to explain: people did not jump on you because they thought you were hiding something, nor were they accusing you of profiting off your link. the issue is not whether or not you're making money from your website. the issue is that you posted a link to a site you created, which is called a "self-link" and which is strictly prohibited here at MetaFilter.

in fact, even if you haven't read any of the guidelines (or the FAQ, or the wiki, or any other of the available resources for this site) the rule against self-linking is posted very clearly on the new post page. how did you miss it?
posted by carsonb at 6:12 AM on September 22, 2006

my dad can beat up your dad
posted by c:\awesome at 8:27 AM on September 22, 2006

Trae McNeely of Dilby, Million Dollar Nokia, Fox "Knews," and S8tan.com, is a spammer who uses membership at various online communities to blatantly self-promote his half-baked, short-lived attempts at online business. For example.
posted by brownpau at 11:34 PM on September 22, 2006