No A June 8, 2009 5:30 PM Subscribe
Have we had a post on the front page without a link before?
Not a callout. Just wondering if anyone remembers a link free FPP.
Not a callout. Just wondering if anyone remembers a link free FPP.
There's a link, it goes to Wikipedia and it's very small. I'd prefer something else, but it's what we have.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:33 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:33 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
There were linkless posts way back in the day, before it became mandatory on the posting page.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:33 PM on June 8, 2009
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:33 PM on June 8, 2009
Next April Fools Day, you should remove the "Link URL" field and disable HTML on the posting page. And offer a prize to who still manages to create the best post.
posted by hermitosis at 5:37 PM on June 8, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by hermitosis at 5:37 PM on June 8, 2009 [5 favorites]
I can't help wondering how many people flagged it...
posted by hermitosis at 5:42 PM on June 8, 2009
posted by hermitosis at 5:42 PM on June 8, 2009
Well, there's this classic, which marks the beginning of the pancakes joke:
No link here.posted by grouse at 5:50 PM on June 8, 2009
Then don't post here.
Who here likes pancakes? I love pancakes.
When did the no editorializing policy come into effect? Because...
posted by cjorgensen at 5:52 PM on June 8, 2009
posted by cjorgensen at 5:52 PM on June 8, 2009
Because that was a really great example of why it's a good policy.
posted by GuyZero at 5:55 PM on June 8, 2009
posted by GuyZero at 5:55 PM on June 8, 2009
September 12th notably had one.
Wow, good to see people were still assholes on the site 8 years ago. Or something.
posted by desjardins at 6:00 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
Wow, good to see people were still assholes on the site 8 years ago. Or something.
posted by desjardins at 6:00 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
Metafilter was free then, right? No $5 cover so a guy could register, post the same inflammatory comment twice and leave.
posted by ALongDecember at 6:09 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by ALongDecember at 6:09 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
One of your tags reveals another Meta thread on the matter.
posted by gman at 6:15 PM on June 8, 2009
posted by gman at 6:15 PM on June 8, 2009
Metafilter was free then, right? No $5 cover so a guy could register, post the same inflammatory comment twice and leave.
Damn, Osama was right under our noses.
posted by dead cousin ted at 6:20 PM on June 8, 2009
Damn, Osama was right under our noses.
posted by dead cousin ted at 6:20 PM on June 8, 2009
Oh, and can I guess what's in that Mr. Bean post without clicking on it? A million youtube videos of Mr. Bean episodes, right? How close am I?
posted by dead cousin ted at 6:26 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by dead cousin ted at 6:26 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
Those old threads (not just the 9/11 ones) are a little painful to read, precisely because of the asshole factor: the name-calling, the "no you are" rhetorical flourishes, the relative infrequency of deviations from a brute-force subject-verb-object sentence construction. I stayed away from this site back then because of the comments, preferring to get my "Man Constructs Robotic Giraffe in Back Yard" links from memepool. The good thing is, there's no question that Metafilter has gotten a lot better in recent years, even at the level of the sentence. I love all of your sentences, Metafilter. Please keep making them. They are the reason I'm here.
posted by sleevener at 6:27 PM on June 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by sleevener at 6:27 PM on June 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
For you, sleevener: "The King of Sentences."
posted by ocherdraco at 6:39 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by ocherdraco at 6:39 PM on June 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
is that September 11th thread the real source of the . ?
its pretty neat how it went from standard screaming match to something rather touching as people got the point.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:50 PM on June 8, 2009
its pretty neat how it went from standard screaming match to something rather touching as people got the point.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:50 PM on June 8, 2009
MetaFilter: I will follow you until you are dead and the urethra that produced you is burnt shut.
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 6:52 PM on June 8, 2009
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 6:52 PM on June 8, 2009
"For the record, I bet my right hand against quonsar's lies. Under any amount of torture, he will break first, because he is lying. If I break first, I will surrender my right hand."
That shit is classic, and people just don't talk like that here anymore. It's kind of sad.
Of course, 111, ParisParamus, and all the other crazy ass crazy dudes are also gone, so it's not all bad.
posted by chunking express at 6:58 PM on June 8, 2009
That shit is classic, and people just don't talk like that here anymore. It's kind of sad.
Of course, 111, ParisParamus, and all the other crazy ass crazy dudes are also gone, so it's not all bad.
posted by chunking express at 6:58 PM on June 8, 2009
...relative infrequency of deviations from a brute-force subject-verb-object sentence construction.
Sooo... not enough haiku?
posted by xorry at 8:34 PM on June 8, 2009
Sooo... not enough haiku?
posted by xorry at 8:34 PM on June 8, 2009
blue chases yellow
summer sunset egg-drop soup
where have the links gone?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:53 PM on June 8, 2009
summer sunset egg-drop soup
where have the links gone?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:53 PM on June 8, 2009
That shit is classic, and people just don't talk like that here anymore. It's kind of sad.
Anymore? People don't talk like that here, period. minya, like many others, was a one-of-a-kind. In the more general sense, someone talks like that anymore on a regular basis, where "like that" means "in a bizarre and idiosyncratic fashion". They did before him, and they've done so since.
Life is a tapestry woven from such strange one-off threads.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:27 PM on June 8, 2009
Anymore? People don't talk like that here, period. minya, like many others, was a one-of-a-kind. In the more general sense, someone talks like that anymore on a regular basis, where "like that" means "in a bizarre and idiosyncratic fashion". They did before him, and they've done so since.
Life is a tapestry woven from such strange one-off threads.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:27 PM on June 8, 2009
I have a "no link" optical illusion post that I've been working on for the last couple of years. If I can make it work, it'll be, just maybe, the most clever thing I've done here. But if someone beats me to the idea, I'll dump all my links into their thread with a nod to how awesome the idea was.
That said, anyone wants to try to claim the concept, remember this, I have a knife, and I'll cut you man...
posted by quin at 10:54 PM on June 8, 2009
That said, anyone wants to try to claim the concept, remember this, I have a knife, and I'll cut you man...
posted by quin at 10:54 PM on June 8, 2009
September 12th notably had one.
9/11 changed everything.
posted by qvantamon at 1:03 AM on June 9, 2009
9/11 changed everything.
posted by qvantamon at 1:03 AM on June 9, 2009
except my underpants
posted by onya at 1:55 AM on June 9, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by onya at 1:55 AM on June 9, 2009 [1 favorite]
Old-timey MetaFilter was crazy. It was all knives and stabbings and five ton hammers and people waving their bloody stumps around shouting: "Look what you made me do! Look what you made me do!" Back then men were men and chivalry still lived.
posted by Kattullus at 6:13 AM on June 9, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 6:13 AM on June 9, 2009 [1 favorite]
Old-timey MetaFilter was crazy. It was all knives and stabbings and five ton hammers and people waving their bloody stumps around shouting: "Look what you made me do! Look what you made me do!" Back then men were men and chivalry still lived.
posted by Kattullus at 6:13 AM on June 9 [+] [!]
I would have paid 5$ to see all that! Oh wait.....
posted by Mastercheddaar at 6:55 AM on June 9, 2009
posted by Kattullus at 6:13 AM on June 9 [+] [!]
I would have paid 5$ to see all that! Oh wait.....
posted by Mastercheddaar at 6:55 AM on June 9, 2009
goodnewsfortheinsane: "There were linkless posts way back in the day, before it became mandatory on the posting page."
Back in the day we were lucky to have fonts let alone links. Christ, you kids these days and your "wah-wah-wah-I-want-links!"
Also, back in the day there were a lot of pantless posts. That's a whole other thread.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:09 AM on June 9, 2009
Back in the day we were lucky to have fonts let alone links. Christ, you kids these days and your "wah-wah-wah-I-want-links!"
Also, back in the day there were a lot of pantless posts. That's a whole other thread.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:09 AM on June 9, 2009
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posted by maudlin at 5:31 PM on June 8, 2009