4Chanfilter March 7, 2011 11:09 PM Subscribe
Replayed 4chanfilter like this just does't seem like the best of the web.
omg I've never had a post called out before
am... am I a cool kid now?
posted by NoraReed at 11:16 PM on March 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
am... am I a cool kid now?
posted by NoraReed at 11:16 PM on March 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
I flagged it. I moved on.
(picture of bunny)
What am I doing here?
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:18 PM on March 7, 2011
(picture of bunny)
What am I doing here?
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:18 PM on March 7, 2011
No offense intended at all, NoraReed, but these are not new memes, and it feels a bit thin for a MeFi post. Apologies if I should've just flagged and moved on.
posted by KGMoney at 11:20 PM on March 7, 2011
posted by KGMoney at 11:20 PM on March 7, 2011
Purrformance review!
But really, it's not that old (started in January) and involves cats and snarky sayings. Two things MeFites love.
posted by grapesaresour at 11:24 PM on March 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
But really, it's not that old (started in January) and involves cats and snarky sayings. Two things MeFites love.
posted by grapesaresour at 11:24 PM on March 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
Really? Was this really necessary? A whole 11 minutes after it was posted? Really?
Hint: answer is 'no'
posted by dg at 11:25 PM on March 7, 2011
Hint: answer is 'no'
posted by dg at 11:25 PM on March 7, 2011
No worries, KGMoney! I know better than to take this kind of thing personally.
I just want to be a cool kid. Controversial. A bad boy.
posted by NoraReed at 11:25 PM on March 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
I just want to be a cool kid. Controversial. A bad boy.
posted by NoraReed at 11:25 PM on March 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
Is this the hill you want to die on?
ANGRYMOD.jpg
Because I will cut you.
posted by Jofus at 11:25 PM on March 7, 2011 [6 favorites]
ANGRYMOD.jpg
Because I will cut you.
posted by Jofus at 11:25 PM on March 7, 2011 [6 favorites]
The.
posted by mullacc at 11:28 PM on March 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mullacc at 11:28 PM on March 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
P.S. I realize my above comment only applies to Business Cat. But dammit! Business Cat is awesome. And sort of possibly clouds my judgment.
posted by grapesaresour at 11:28 PM on March 7, 2011
posted by grapesaresour at 11:28 PM on March 7, 2011
Ah, Damn. I thought I understood the guidelines. I'm still kinda new here. I see people talking about posts that are not MetaFilter-quality, and I really didn't feel this was up to par. Obviously, most people don't agree. Sorry, cats and kittens. I'll try to do better next time.
posted by KGMoney at 11:30 PM on March 7, 2011
posted by KGMoney at 11:30 PM on March 7, 2011
I didn't like the Muslim one and was going to flag it, but then...Hey, cats!
posted by ActingTheGoat at 11:36 PM on March 7, 2011
posted by ActingTheGoat at 11:36 PM on March 7, 2011
While 4chan is a nasty place it deserves more respect then mefi gives it in general. The pure content creation of 4chan is something to be admired. To know the current memes is kinda cool. Its about 2 years after 4chan creates it that The New York Times picks it up.
And yes these memes are a bit thin for a fpp.
posted by Felex at 12:11 AM on March 8, 2011
And yes these memes are a bit thin for a fpp.
posted by Felex at 12:11 AM on March 8, 2011
I'm not sure business cat originated with 4chan. They do crank out some memes, but the advice animals have taken on a life of their own. If anything I'd say Reddit has picked up the ball with these lately.
posted by mullingitover at 12:23 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mullingitover at 12:23 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
O.P's a new fa .....
but seriously. Is 4chan the official online Al Qaeda now? They're actually the complete opposite. They're just being overtly, carelessly, irresponsibly free ... as 18-25 year olds have been since time immemorial.
posted by philip-random at 12:29 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
but seriously. Is 4chan the official online Al Qaeda now? They're actually the complete opposite. They're just being overtly, carelessly, irresponsibly free ... as 18-25 year olds have been since time immemorial.
posted by philip-random at 12:29 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
DISCUSS SITE POLICY
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WATCHES YOU POOP
posted by Rhomboid at 12:39 AM on March 8, 2011 [27 favorites]
It's really too bad that the admins banned image posting. During remodeling of our bathroom last week, our cat Loki did a perfect, un-staged, impersonation of Ceiling Cat.
posted by KGMoney at 12:56 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KGMoney at 12:56 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
If I get to be the guy in the pointy hat tonight, at least you can enjoy a pic of one of our three favorite cats. Hopefully this will absolve my epic mefailure.
posted by KGMoney at 1:05 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by KGMoney at 1:05 AM on March 8, 2011
I agree with KGMoney
about the spelling of Arecibo in that other fpp
posted by memebake at 1:14 AM on March 8, 2011
about the spelling of Arecibo in that other fpp
posted by memebake at 1:14 AM on March 8, 2011
Can I fail more tonight? It's supposed to be http:http://i.imgur.com/rylew.jpg, but apparently the mods have restrictions with link-shorteners, as well.
posted by KGMoney at 1:15 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KGMoney at 1:15 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
No... I guess I couldn't.
posted by KGMoney at 1:18 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KGMoney at 1:18 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
TABBY WITH WHITE FACE AND PINK NOSE!
You're forgiven.
posted by maudlin at 1:22 AM on March 8, 2011 [9 favorites]
You're forgiven.
posted by maudlin at 1:22 AM on March 8, 2011 [9 favorites]
I think KGMoney is a pretty cool guy.
eh calls out posts and doesn't afraid of anything.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 2:28 AM on March 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
eh calls out posts and doesn't afraid of anything.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 2:28 AM on March 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
Well I love it!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:34 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:34 AM on March 8, 2011
Can I fail more tonight? It's supposed to be http:http://i.imgur.com/rylew.jpg, but apparently the mods have restrictions with link-shorteners, as well.
No restrictions, you just forgot to put the "http://" in front of your original link. Without the http you link gets interpreted by the site as a "relative" link and the mefi URL is appended to the front.
Here is your original link in all its glory.
posted by davey_darling at 4:51 AM on March 8, 2011
No restrictions, you just forgot to put the "http://" in front of your original link. Without the http you link gets interpreted by the site as a "relative" link and the mefi URL is appended to the front.
Here is your original link in all its glory.
posted by davey_darling at 4:51 AM on March 8, 2011
Well I love it! posted by ThePinkSuperhero
And by "it" she means your cat's nose, of course.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:58 AM on March 8, 2011
And by "it" she means your cat's nose, of course.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:58 AM on March 8, 2011
KGMoney: Replayed 4chanfilter like this just does't seem like the best of the web.
I'm not sure why you say that, but it does create a fun game of "look at the middle-agers who are just now learning about some dated Internet jokes" giggles.
My mother in law, last night on the internet: "Kittens!!"
posted by paisley henosis at 5:09 AM on March 8, 2011
I'm not sure why you say that, but it does create a fun game of "look at the middle-agers who are just now learning about some dated Internet jokes" giggles.
My mother in law, last night on the internet: "Kittens!!"
posted by paisley henosis at 5:09 AM on March 8, 2011
FIAMO
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 6:07 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 6:07 AM on March 8, 2011
Business Cat made me laugh. A lot. I don't care if it's 4Chanfilter or whatnot, or if it's ages old in internet time; I really enjoyed it.
posted by Frobenius Twist at 6:16 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Frobenius Twist at 6:16 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
This call-out needs a call-out.
You can flag something, you can use the contact form, but you went for the meta call-out with an in thread link in a thread that wasn't going badly.
I'm all for taking derails to meta, but using meta preemptively seems like some serious thread-shitting.
If you all you can contribute to a thread is commentary about how said thread shouldn't exist, then don't.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:47 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
You can flag something, you can use the contact form, but you went for the meta call-out with an in thread link in a thread that wasn't going badly.
I'm all for taking derails to meta, but using meta preemptively seems like some serious thread-shitting.
If you all you can contribute to a thread is commentary about how said thread shouldn't exist, then don't.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:47 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
these are not new memes, and it feels a bit thin for a MeFi post. Apologies if I should've just flagged and moved on.
Flagging and moving on is generally the way to go if there isn't something really notably weird or problematic about a post—it sends a signal that someone thinks the post isn't great, and if a lot of people do that we take a hard look at whether the post sticks around.
In this case, yeah, I think there's not really an extraordinary angle to the post; I dig that you don't think it's great and why, and that's a totally valid way to feel, but flagging is about all it needed.
As far as motivation, "feels a bit thin" is a pretty good reason for you to flag; if you think it's thin, that's fair, totally flag it. We as mods might well agree, a whole of other users might agree, who knows.
On the other hand, "these are not new memes" not so much, because if there's not something specifically sort of notably time-sensitive about the content of a post it's not usually a real big deal when it gets posted. A meme doesn't have to be new this week to make for a good post, and to some extent I think it having been around for a while longer and gotten its footing actually makes a better post for mefi since there's some more substantial web history and content built up as the thing matures and develops submemes and reactions.
And I feel like that might be a bit of a culture clash thing; I get the impression that on e.g. Reddit there's a sort of expectation toward timeliness and currency, that something being a week or a month behind the curve of initial meme propagation is likely to be derided for being "old" or "slow" or whatever. But mefi has a smaller posting volume, somewhat meatier posts in general, and an expectation that people will often take their time to get a post right for the front page instead of just blasting something they're amused by up without pause. So, different ways to do things but what makes a post not great for one site may not be an issue for another.
Personally, I like meme roundups in general, so long as it doesn't become a thing where everybody is posting updates or also-rans in multiple posts. The biggest problem with a post about a meme or some memes being "old" here is if its literally been done before—a double post to mefi itself is far more proscribed here than a post about something that was posted elsewhere on the internet a month or six months ago.
apparently the mods have restrictions with link-shorteners, as well.
Not what happened there, as davey_darling explained; there's no automated block on link shorteners here (as much as anything because automating it would be a pain in the ass). But we do generally prefer folks not to use shortened urls on the site and will change them in place when we see them, generally speaking, because there's essentially no benefit on mefi for a shortened link (no premium on space here, especially in the internal content of a tag) and there are a number of drawbacks (relying on third party for url servicing, scummy tracking/redirect/iframing policies of some of those third parties, obfuscation of url means readers can't guess where they're headed, etc).
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:01 AM on March 8, 2011 [4 favorites]
Flagging and moving on is generally the way to go if there isn't something really notably weird or problematic about a post—it sends a signal that someone thinks the post isn't great, and if a lot of people do that we take a hard look at whether the post sticks around.
In this case, yeah, I think there's not really an extraordinary angle to the post; I dig that you don't think it's great and why, and that's a totally valid way to feel, but flagging is about all it needed.
As far as motivation, "feels a bit thin" is a pretty good reason for you to flag; if you think it's thin, that's fair, totally flag it. We as mods might well agree, a whole of other users might agree, who knows.
On the other hand, "these are not new memes" not so much, because if there's not something specifically sort of notably time-sensitive about the content of a post it's not usually a real big deal when it gets posted. A meme doesn't have to be new this week to make for a good post, and to some extent I think it having been around for a while longer and gotten its footing actually makes a better post for mefi since there's some more substantial web history and content built up as the thing matures and develops submemes and reactions.
And I feel like that might be a bit of a culture clash thing; I get the impression that on e.g. Reddit there's a sort of expectation toward timeliness and currency, that something being a week or a month behind the curve of initial meme propagation is likely to be derided for being "old" or "slow" or whatever. But mefi has a smaller posting volume, somewhat meatier posts in general, and an expectation that people will often take their time to get a post right for the front page instead of just blasting something they're amused by up without pause. So, different ways to do things but what makes a post not great for one site may not be an issue for another.
Personally, I like meme roundups in general, so long as it doesn't become a thing where everybody is posting updates or also-rans in multiple posts. The biggest problem with a post about a meme or some memes being "old" here is if its literally been done before—a double post to mefi itself is far more proscribed here than a post about something that was posted elsewhere on the internet a month or six months ago.
apparently the mods have restrictions with link-shorteners, as well.
Not what happened there, as davey_darling explained; there's no automated block on link shorteners here (as much as anything because automating it would be a pain in the ass). But we do generally prefer folks not to use shortened urls on the site and will change them in place when we see them, generally speaking, because there's essentially no benefit on mefi for a shortened link (no premium on space here, especially in the internal content of a tag) and there are a number of drawbacks (relying on third party for url servicing, scummy tracking/redirect/iframing policies of some of those third parties, obfuscation of url means readers can't guess where they're headed, etc).
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:01 AM on March 8, 2011 [4 favorites]
jeez just because some people are all over every breaking new meme doesn't mean everyone is. It was a good post and a funny subject. I don't spend my online time keeping up with everything ever made. That what Metafilter is for
posted by Redhush at 8:04 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by Redhush at 8:04 AM on March 8, 2011
All that said, the new one is kind of pushing on double/update territory so we're probably good on Advice Foo memes for a while and, NoraReed, you in particular should let that dog advise lie going forward.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:10 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:10 AM on March 8, 2011
HEY CORTEX YOU SAID YOU LIKED MEME ROUNDUPS
posted by The Whelk at 8:14 AM on March 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:14 AM on March 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
photoshop template if that's your sort of thing
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:37 AM on March 8, 2011 [21 favorites]
Hey! Not fair flaunting your mod powers like that!
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 8:47 AM on March 8, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 8:47 AM on March 8, 2011 [5 favorites]
Even the links in the footer! You really didst it this time! Wait til pb sees this!
posted by Mister_A at 8:57 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by Mister_A at 8:57 AM on March 8, 2011
Oh shit. Fixed now. Funny thing, when you abuse mod editing feature to blatantly flout the established posting constraints, it doesn't do tag matching for you.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:59 AM on March 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:59 AM on March 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
Unborked. Took creative license with your likely tag text.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:17 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:17 AM on March 8, 2011
It's like that Zeus/Minerva thing.
posted by The Whelk at 9:32 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 9:32 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is the best I can do until I score some more cupcakes.
posted by Mister_A at 10:29 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Mister_A at 10:29 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is a comment to make that gigantic title attribute comment scroll off my recent activity so that it's not 80 miles wide.
posted by Rhomboid at 10:44 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by Rhomboid at 10:44 AM on March 8, 2011
I'd be more concerned about the racism (or just religious intolerance?) than it being a fairly thin post.
...I guess it's not explicit, but it's certainly in poor taste.
posted by Stagger Lee at 10:44 AM on March 8, 2011
...I guess it's not explicit, but it's certainly in poor taste.
posted by Stagger Lee at 10:44 AM on March 8, 2011
Yeah, I thought it was funny, and my dad's a muslim. I'm not suggesting that everyone should feel the way I do about it, but I don't see any harm - the joke is on us westerners who've been trained to see all muslims as terrorists - see, he's just a regular guy with regular concerns, likes, and dislikes!
posted by Mister_A at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2011
posted by Mister_A at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2011
Burhanistan: "islamoblogosphere"
This word is basically the cable-news hype singularity.
posted by Riki tiki at 11:15 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
This word is basically the cable-news hype singularity.
posted by Riki tiki at 11:15 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
I heard Jacques Cousteau explored the Gulf of Persia once in an islamobathysphere.
posted by arto at 11:32 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by arto at 11:32 AM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
I heard Inspector Clouseau played Prince of Persia once with Robespierre.
posted by entropicamericana at 12:51 PM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by entropicamericana at 12:51 PM on March 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
I want to see the one where Business Cat fires Hipster Kitty for showing up late smelling of catnip.
posted by maryr at 3:36 PM on March 8, 2011
posted by maryr at 3:36 PM on March 8, 2011
Drunk produces more degrees from the university of YOU SUCK.
posted by The Whelk at 6:28 PM on March 8, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 6:28 PM on March 8, 2011
When 900 tokes high you be, grammar this good you will not.
posted by stet at 6:32 PM on March 8, 2011
posted by stet at 6:32 PM on March 8, 2011
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