Chat filter?

February 20, 2007 5:35 PM

I read in a lot of Metatalk threads about this and that being "Chatfilter." So I looked around for this "Chatfilter" figuring it was just another section of Metafilter like "AskMeFi" or "MetaTalk". But it's not, it seems to be kind of a perjorative term for a lot of discussions that might prove interesting, but for one reason or another aren't appropriate for other sections of MeFi. So, uh, why not have a Chatfilter?
posted by jefeweiss to Feature Requests at 5:35 PM (37 comments total)

There are Metafilter-related channels on IRC for chatting. Try #bunnies or #tapes.
posted by danb at 5:43 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

There's metachat.
posted by mr_roboto at 5:45 PM on February 20, 2007

Similarly, Metachat was started years back as an alternate place for informal chattiness. From the masthead text:

MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ.

To be clear, Metachat is not Mefi's dumping grounds; it's sort of Mefi's pajamas-wearing, phone-gossiping cousin.

(on preview: what mr_roboto said)
posted by cortex at 5:46 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

(Yeah, I should point out that #bunnies is actually Metachat's IRC channel, not Metafilter's.)
posted by danb at 5:50 PM on February 20, 2007

Matt doesn't want to have to pay for bandwith and moderation of a MeFi chat room. Metchat really does feel a lot like an extensioin of MeFi, though.
posted by orange swan at 5:53 PM on February 20, 2007

Just remember that #bunnies is not officially affiliated with MetaChat, either.
-#bunnies owner/admin and general lover of all things taz/MetaChat
posted by Eideteker at 6:13 PM on February 20, 2007

So I looked around for this "Chatfilter" figuring it was just another section of Metafilter like "AskMeFi" or "MetaTalk".

FAQ
posted by Rhomboid at 6:26 PM on February 20, 2007

Also I'd like to say I support a Chatfilter section of the site if/f it's for us to "chat up" "birds" we'd like to "pull".
posted by Eideteker at 6:49 PM on February 20, 2007

Sorry, my brain's still at the London meetup.
posted by Eideteker at 6:49 PM on February 20, 2007

Sure, there are hundreds of delicious recipes for chat papri, but isn't that a bit limiting? What about bhel puri? Think about the poor puri!
posted by breezeway at 6:58 PM on February 20, 2007

One in the hand, eh Eideteker? Eh? Eh? Nudge, nudge?
posted by boo_radley at 7:03 PM on February 20, 2007

Also I'd like to say I support a Chatfilter section of the site if/f it's for us to "chat up" "birds" we'd like to "pull".

And that, folks, is why there is no chatfilter.

There are a lot of good places to go to talk more informally with other MeFites and at this point there's no reason to duplicate their efforts and bring another high-bandwidth tough-to-moderate subsite into existence.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:21 PM on February 20, 2007

it's sort of Mefi's pajamas-wearing, phone-gossiping cousin.

Cortex that is a perfect description.
I nominate that for new MeCha masthead.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 7:33 PM on February 20, 2007

"And that, folks, is why there is no chatfilter. "

I love being the exception that proves the rule. Or that causes the rule to be needed. Or being made an example of. Actually, I'm not sure what I love.
posted by Eideteker at 7:39 PM on February 20, 2007

Sorry, that comment was ChatFilter, pls delete.
posted by Eideteker at 7:40 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

I don't think I even know what irony is anymore. Which is kind of ironic.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:04 PM on February 20, 2007

To be clear, Metachat is not Mefi's dumping grounds; it's sort of Mefi's pajamas-wearing, phone-gossiping cousin.

Except we usually forgo the pajamas, and gossip by telegraph.
posted by jonmc at 8:32 PM on February 20, 2007

..., and gossip by telegraph.

Around here we roll Deadwood-style, cocksuckers!
posted by Rhomboid at 9:09 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

You must not have looked around very hard since your question has been answered a billion times.
posted by Falconetti at 9:31 PM on February 20, 2007

I should warn any other ladiez that #tapes seems to be a boyz club at the moment.

You might want announce yourself, lest you walk in on scrotums ablazing.

Yeah, my visit to #tapes tonight was the only time in my internet life when people assumed I was a dude. :P
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:43 PM on February 20, 2007

#tapes seems to be IS a boyz club at the moment. ALWAYS.

Fixed that for you. There are a lot of funny and interesting folks there, women included, but the sensibilities tend towards the dragging scrotums through the underbrush, iirc.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:59 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

#tapes isn't even a boyz club so much as an insane, vile, disturbing club. I really like it there, but, seriously, lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate and shit.

Wear good boots.
posted by cortex at 10:13 PM on February 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

Dragging Scrotums Through The Underbrush is a totally METAL name for something. Not sure if it'd be a band, an album, or a song, but it is teh Rock.

Sadly, IRC disturbs and frightens me, so I am stuck merely imagining the pelvic meltdown that the #tapes Total Testosterone Experience must bring.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:22 PM on February 20, 2007

I'm fine with vile and disturbing. I often say things out loud that put other people off their feed for weeks. Meeting others of the same mindset is rare enough that I thought anyone looking for "ChatFilter" ought to be... well, warned.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:51 PM on February 20, 2007

I just had some of Britney's hair implanted to my head.
Please advise.
posted by Dizzy at 6:11 AM on February 21, 2007

The America Show is a million times better than chatfilter.
posted by shmegegge at 7:32 AM on February 21, 2007

Blazing Scrotums was Brooks' best movie, IMHO. Much better than the overrated Young Frackenstein.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 8:29 AM on February 21, 2007

I heard there were scrotums?

shuffles back to #tapes
posted by dmd at 9:16 AM on February 21, 2007

Hey, did ya'll hear about that children's book that said scrotum and then everybody went nuts over it?
posted by jefbla at 9:51 AM on February 21, 2007

I really like it there, but, seriously, lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate and shit.

Okay, cortex is one of my favorite people now.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:54 AM on February 21, 2007

"lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate and shit"

Wasn't that the inscription on Dante's privy?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:28 AM on February 21, 2007

"[bam bam bam] Alighieri! Get outta da toilet! I a-gotta go!"
"Trattenga i vostri cavalli! I'm in the third circle, IYKWIM!"
posted by cortex at 10:59 AM on February 21, 2007

Okay, cortex is one of my favorite people now.

Just now? What took you so long?
posted by deborah at 2:49 PM on February 21, 2007

I spend more time in #tapes then I do anywhere else. It is a boys club only in the sense that we talk about the dark underbelly of MeFi more then you'll see in the grey. We are a lovely bunch of chaps who get on well with each other and make fun of one another in the way that only total strangers can. Plus, we can be sensitive to feminine issues too:

Jimbob: lunar cycles
Jimbob: that time of the month
Jimbob: aunt flo visiting from the coast of uterus etc.

See? We're not so bad. In the words of a fellow taper...

Wedge: A++++ RECOMMENDED!!!!!
posted by Derek at 1:28 AM on February 22, 2007

heh chicks are weird lol
posted by Jimbob at 1:31 AM on February 22, 2007

I just don't trust anyone who bleeds for a week and doesn't replenish himself with the hot blood of virgin sacrifice.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:36 AM on February 22, 2007

put your name under here if you want eideteker to chat you up.
posted by sgt.serenity at 9:03 AM on February 22, 2007