Paging meetup photgraphers....

October 6, 2007 4:37 PM

Would you please post your meetup pics in the original thread instead of creating new ones? They don't show up in the meetup sidebar.

Difficulty in finding old meetup pictures was the reason why I asked for this: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/14316/ponyfilter

posted by brujita to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:37 PM (29 comments total)

It's hard to find old Meta threads, and nobody knows about the "Met Up" page. Posting photos in the original meetup thread would mean only the people who went to the meetup and remembered to check the thread would see them. This defeats the point of shoutouts, and is generally a bit anti-social. Seeing meetup photo threads for meetups you didn't attend is part of the fun of Meta.

I agree that it's hard to find photo threads for old meetups. This is an argument for implementing tagging on Meta. Tags like meetup, london, photos would solve this and related problems.
posted by Aloysius Bear at 4:55 PM on October 6, 2007

Or a million other solutions, including a link in the original thread pointing to the photo thread.. But, limiting meetup photo threads would be very, very, very bad.
posted by Chuckles at 5:08 PM on October 6, 2007

Or better still: MeetMetaFilter (meetups.metafilter.com). I suggest a red and white tablecloth pattern for the background color.
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:14 PM on October 6, 2007

nobody knows about the "Met Up" page


Ahem...it is the sidebar to the right on the Metatalk page. Matt added the past meetup link in response to my first request. I think it would make things easier if photos were posted in those threads.
posted by brujita at 5:27 PM on October 6, 2007

I would never think to check the sidebar for new photos of old meetups. I like seeing the photos. Therefore, I like things the way they are.
posted by languagehat at 5:34 PM on October 6, 2007

I like new threads for photos. I wouldn't see them otherwise.
posted by puke & cry at 6:15 PM on October 6, 2007

What if the meetup thread is older than 30 days and is therefore closed? This will happen with the Dec 15 meetup which is already closed.
posted by ALongDecember at 6:28 PM on October 6, 2007

I like a new post to share the meetup photos. If the original post is still open, a link to the pix one could be added.

Or, what Chuckles already said.
posted by iconomy at 6:44 PM on October 6, 2007

I think it's redundant to post new threads....but a photo/meetup tag is a good idea. Before the sidebar was created, people both posted in the original thread or added new ones.

What if the meetup thread is older than 30 days and is therefore closed? Then I think the pony request would be to keep the original post open longer.
posted by brujita at 7:05 PM on October 6, 2007

That's an good idea too, iconomy
posted by brujita at 7:08 PM on October 6, 2007

I like new posts, because I like to be able to see pictures of meetups that weren't on my radar, but I also think there should be some system of tying meetup photos back to the original thread about the meetup (so they'll be tied in on the calendar of past meetups).
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:08 PM on October 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

I think the ideal solution would be to keep the meetup date in the sidebar for a while, even after the meetup has actually happened, with some indicator of how recently new comments had been added to the thread.

Or, interested users could just subscribe to the RSS feed for the meetup thread.
posted by bingo at 8:25 PM on October 6, 2007

I like seeing them as new threads.
posted by Miko at 9:31 PM on October 6, 2007

brujita - From a logistical point of view, once you have attended a meetup, the link to the meetup then disappears the day afterwards from the sidebar.

From my point of view, it's harder to post to the original thread because you have to search for it. And you have to know what you're looking for too.

If threads were left on the sidebar for a day longer, that might help. But ultimately, post meetup pics are new and exciting, and I think it helps draw attention to them by having a new thread to share with everyone.
posted by triv at 12:38 AM on October 7, 2007

Another vote for new threads here, if anybody is keeping score.
posted by sveskemus at 5:14 AM on October 7, 2007

Maybe something like this should be added to the MeTa posting page:

If you are posting a meetup photos thread, remember to put a link to the photos in the original meetup thread.
posted by mediareport at 7:17 AM on October 7, 2007

Maybe something like this should be added to the MeTa posting page:
If you are posting a meetup photos thread, remember to put a link to the photos in the original meetup thread.

There you go. Problem solved.
posted by languagehat at 7:41 AM on October 7, 2007

Triv, past meetup threads now go to the link in the sidebar under the list of those upcoming.
posted by brujita at 10:33 AM on October 7, 2007

Or better still: MeetMetaFilter (meetups.metafilter.com). I suggest a red and white tablecloth pattern for the background color.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:14 PM

meet.metafilter.com.

MeetMe in the vernacular.
posted by pjern at 1:13 PM on October 7, 2007

One vote for new post here.

If it's not a meetup thread I actually commented in, and it scrolls off the front page of meta, I'm never going to see that it was updated.
posted by juv3nal at 2:06 PM on October 7, 2007

The meetup sidebar NEVER scrolls off the front page.
posted by brujita at 3:28 PM on October 7, 2007

This defeats the point of shoutouts

That can only be a good thing.
posted by smackfu at 5:18 PM on October 7, 2007

I like seeing them in new threads, because I like to play Metafilter hot-or-not.
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 9:37 PM on October 7, 2007

The meetup sidebar NEVER scrolls off the front page.

Sure, but past meetups aren't actually on the sidebar; there's just a link to a page with all past-meetups, a page I'll never look at without something telling me there's something new to look at over there. Which the sidebar currently doesn't do. If the sidebar had a list of recently-commented-past-meetup-posts, that'd be another matter, but it doesn't.
posted by juv3nal at 3:28 AM on October 8, 2007

brujita - I'll refer you to juv3nal's comment directly above mine which gives my reasons more succinctly than I would have managed on my own.
posted by triv at 4:13 AM on October 8, 2007

I don't go to most meetups because they are no where near me. But I love seeing the photos from those meetups. So I like the follow-up threads exclusively for photos and talking about how hawt the participants are.
posted by terrapin at 4:34 AM on October 8, 2007

Oh terrapin, you old DAWG!
posted by Wilder at 11:50 AM on October 8, 2007

There should be pixels.metafilter.com, where users can post pix and tag'em in sweet Ajax interface!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:23 PM on October 8, 2007

Click on the past meetups link, click on the particular meetup one wants , scroll down....Voila!


I apologize for the initial harshness...I did not realize that most wouldn't notice the title.
posted by brujita at 11:03 PM on October 8, 2007