Silent deletion of FPP, no reason given.

December 2, 2007 6:15 PM

What the hell? Silent deletion of my FPP! I know that political correctness is the force that moves Metafilter, but come ON here people! The post was a short one, centered on this story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314564,00.html and apparently that's a story that Metafilter is not ready to handle at this point in time.
posted by Sukiari to Etiquette/Policy at 6:15 PM (16 comments total)

Deletions are only "silent" in that we remove them from the front page. It's still here, with reasons given.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:18 PM on December 2, 2007

You're new around these parts, ain't ya.
posted by found missing at 6:18 PM on December 2, 2007

gotcha.
posted by exlotuseater at 6:19 PM on December 2, 2007 [2 favorites]

This seems to be a stunning example of the world gone awry.
posted by ND¢ at 6:20 PM on December 2, 2007 [3 favorites]

It wasn't silent. Look at the page:
http://www.metafilter.com/67099/

jessamyn said:
This post was deleted for the following reason: single link newsfilter post about a likely-to-be-hot-button topic is not a great post for metafilter. If you have your own blog, this is a good place to put this. -- jessamyn
posted by chrisamiller at 6:20 PM on December 2, 2007

[thread closed]
posted by chrisamiller at 6:21 PM on December 2, 2007

You like Ron Paul and you're creepy and weird.
posted by cmonkey at 6:21 PM on December 2, 2007 [28 favorites]

Sukiari, you linked to a google news search. Did you even read the guidelines for what makes a good metafilter post?
posted by bigmusic at 6:22 PM on December 2, 2007

It was no worse than a thousand other posts that are made about hot button issues on this site. I'm glad that you were so prompt with your removal, it really shows you care about the quality of FPPs.

I am truly interested in this, my cousin is a lesbian and her partner is thinking about insemination. With this development it seems likely that people who don't want a dickin' to conceive will have a hell of a time figuring out how to get sperm.
posted by Sukiari at 6:22 PM on December 2, 2007 [3 favorites]

Please close this thread, as it is a recipe for a needless—at least, probably needless—pile-on. The flag would be "deletion complaint," and I'd move on afterward.
posted by cgc373 at 6:23 PM on December 2, 2007 [1 favorite]

My deletions aren't silent, by the way. I have my Preferences set so that I hear Nelson saying "Ha-Ha" every time jessamyn deep sixes me.
posted by found missing at 6:23 PM on December 2, 2007 [3 favorites]

This is promising.
posted by LarryC at 6:23 PM on December 2, 2007

If only you could just lock up all the people why you think are creepy, weird, and like Ron Paul. Maybe gas them.
posted by Sukiari at 6:24 PM on December 2, 2007 [1 favorite]

Sukiari - you still haven't talked about the posting guidelines, have you read them?
posted by bigmusic at 6:25 PM on December 2, 2007

"Please close this thread, as it is a recipe for a needless—at least, probably needless—pile-on. The flag would be "deletion complaint," and I'd move on afterward."

Yeah, kill a post, and remove the discussion. We don't want people taking their issues to Metatalk, do we?

People are really showing the color of their stripes today.
posted by Sukiari at 6:25 PM on December 2, 2007

I don't know where you're getting the "silent" thing. You linked to a google news dump and started opinionating—in short, a textbook awful mefi post—after making a great big goddam fuss in another thread in the last day or so, something you've got a history of doing and for which you actually got banned at one point previously.

I feel like you're not really getting the site, and I have zero interest in seeing you start a big fight here as a coda.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:25 PM on December 2, 2007 [12 favorites]