Posts by siblings on Projects? March 22, 2011 3:36 PM Subscribe
Can i use Metafilter Projects to post websites and projects by my siblings? I know they'd count as self-links on the Blue, but I was wondering if they'd be okay on projects.
okay thanks
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 3:47 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 3:47 PM on March 22, 2011
Regarding self-links on the blue--
What if it's someone you know, but you know them through Metafilter/meetups, and you have nothing to do with the thing you want to link? Still bad?
posted by zennie at 3:53 PM on March 22, 2011
What if it's someone you know, but you know them through Metafilter/meetups, and you have nothing to do with the thing you want to link? Still bad?
posted by zennie at 3:53 PM on March 22, 2011
i don't think 'knowing them through metafilter' counts. You're allowed to post stuff from other mefites.
posted by empath at 4:17 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by empath at 4:17 PM on March 22, 2011
Depends on how you're using know.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:20 PM on March 22, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by cjorgensen at 4:20 PM on March 22, 2011 [3 favorites]
Well, it's ok to post things from projects to metafilter. And by even reading the projects post, it could be considered that you "know" that user. So I think the rules for "knowing" based on being a member of the same website are a little different.
posted by Secretariat at 4:31 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by Secretariat at 4:31 PM on March 22, 2011
Yeah, the concern with friends-linking is primarily with preexisting or external-to-mefi relationships or associations; if the only reason you know someone is because you were both members of mefi and made a connection that way, there's a lot less troubling potential there. Plus both people are probably invested enough in the community to be a little more aware of not wanting to go in weird directions with such stuff.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:36 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:36 PM on March 22, 2011
Depends on how you're using know.
Biblical sense.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:45 PM on March 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
Biblical sense.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:45 PM on March 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
What about my cats, what if they do something awesome, like pose on a scanner?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:49 PM on March 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:49 PM on March 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
Paws on a scanner.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:51 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:51 PM on March 22, 2011
mwcatmisytypingwthisrighnotw
posted by desjardins at 4:54 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by desjardins at 4:54 PM on March 22, 2011
Everything I post is a self link. It's getting to be a problem.
posted by Meta Filter at 4:59 PM on March 22, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by Meta Filter at 4:59 PM on March 22, 2011 [6 favorites]
Maybe you need a therapist.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:00 PM on March 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:00 PM on March 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
*runs off to register A Therapist sock puppet account*
posted by shothotbot at 5:14 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by shothotbot at 5:14 PM on March 22, 2011
what about forums you're a member of? i assume that's okay, 'cause of reddit style posts?
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 5:59 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 5:59 PM on March 22, 2011
Depends on how you're using know.
Biblical sense.
As long as you're not using it in the "Nicolas Cage movie" sense.
posted by crossoverman at 6:56 PM on March 22, 2011
Biblical sense.
As long as you're not using it in the "Nicolas Cage movie" sense.
posted by crossoverman at 6:56 PM on March 22, 2011
what about forums you're a member of? i assume that's okay, 'cause of reddit style posts?
Big giant forums, probaby fine. Pretty teeny forums, or forums small enough that you're a known name there, maybe not.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:03 PM on March 22, 2011
Big giant forums, probaby fine. Pretty teeny forums, or forums small enough that you're a known name there, maybe not.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:03 PM on March 22, 2011
Today on Reddit Style: Bear Grylls' CamelTow urine-filtration backpack in Professional White and Reply Orangered
posted by BeerFilter at 8:29 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by BeerFilter at 8:29 PM on March 22, 2011
Since this seems sort of wrapped up, I would like to repurpose this MeTa into a "Wow, this felt like a really good day for FPPs!" MeTa. Nice work, everyone!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:04 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:04 PM on March 22, 2011
I could never take the place of your thread! We're adding the word "thread" to Prince songs now, right?
posted by mintcake! at 11:12 PM on March 22, 2011
posted by mintcake! at 11:12 PM on March 22, 2011
A Thread Bizarre.
Around the Thread In A Day.
Diamonds and Threads.
I Would Die 4 Thread.
If I Was Your Girlthread.
In This Thread I Scream.
Purple Thread.
Something In The Thread (Does Not Compute).
The Most Beautiful Thread in the World.
When Threads Cry.
posted by mykescipark at 1:29 AM on March 23, 2011
Around the Thread In A Day.
Diamonds and Threads.
I Would Die 4 Thread.
If I Was Your Girlthread.
In This Thread I Scream.
Purple Thread.
Something In The Thread (Does Not Compute).
The Most Beautiful Thread in the World.
When Threads Cry.
posted by mykescipark at 1:29 AM on March 23, 2011
Paws on a scanner.
There is no paws on a scanner... you have to unplug the bastard.
posted by sodium lights the horizon at 6:15 AM on March 23, 2011
There is no paws on a scanner... you have to unplug the bastard.
posted by sodium lights the horizon at 6:15 AM on March 23, 2011
What about links to things made by people who I plan to become very close friends with someday but I haven't gotten around to actually meeting them yet? Are those ok?
posted by ook at 1:10 PM on March 23, 2011
posted by ook at 1:10 PM on March 23, 2011
Raspberry Thread.
posted by thinkpiece at 1:21 PM on March 23, 2011
posted by thinkpiece at 1:21 PM on March 23, 2011
Threads Go Crazy
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:36 AM on March 24, 2011
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:36 AM on March 24, 2011
Dance Music Thread Romance
posted by shothotbot at 7:32 PM on March 24, 2011
posted by shothotbot at 7:32 PM on March 24, 2011
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posted by cortex (staff) at 3:39 PM on March 22, 2011