Question about searching the site

January 7, 2014 12:32 PM

I'm interested to see whether I favorite any particular user's comments more frequently than others, on the theory that I should link to them. Similarly, I'd be interested to see if there are other like-minded folk who favorite me more than once, for the same purpose. Is that possible?

If so, what are the search parameters I should be using?

Also, yikes, is this a question I should be directing to the staff and not posting here?

posted by janey47 to MetaFilter-Related at 12:32 PM (16 comments total)

I want to say there used to be a stats site that used the Data Dump to do this, but I think it's offline now?
posted by kmz at 12:34 PM on January 7, 2014

Infodumpster.
posted by box at 12:36 PM on January 7, 2014

Yeah, there is the Infodumpster, put together by Combustible Edison Lighthouse as a way of searching the Infodump. Look under "fans".
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 12:37 PM on January 7, 2014

Posting this here is totally fine, no worries.

The site search itself won't really help with any of this; it's focused on text-based search of posts and comments more than on things like metadata relations between users, etc.

But! There's a lot of that metadata available in the Metafilter Infodump, for folks who like processing raw data files in their spare time; for folks who would rather use an actual search interface, there's Combustible Lighthouse Edison's external Infodumpster which uses our Infodump data to feed a nice set of customizable search functions.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:38 PM on January 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

also someone should probably mention the infodumpster
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:39 PM on January 7, 2014 [10 favorites]

That's almost creepy.
posted by cjorgensen at 12:40 PM on January 7, 2014

blah blah blah Ginger blah blah blah Infodumpster
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 12:42 PM on January 7, 2014 [10 favorites]

blah blah blah Ginger blah blah blah Infodumpster

Every day I try to find a way to feel better about myself and today it is that I apparently have a eidetic recall of comic strip dialogue I read as a child.
posted by griphus at 1:01 PM on January 7, 2014 [6 favorites]

uh oh my day is shot playing with Infodumpster now

Thanks all!
posted by janey47 at 1:01 PM on January 7, 2014

Er, wait, that's not eidetic recall at all. That's just regular "remembering things".
posted by griphus at 1:04 PM on January 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

Ha, work internet just stopped submission of my Infodumpster query. Category: Suspicious.

There is no cabal.
posted by arcticseal at 1:05 PM on January 7, 2014

My entire office network crashed when I tried to run a query. What fell sorcery is this
posted by prize bull octorok at 1:08 PM on January 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Shit, I was going to click on the Infodumpster link (and there are so many from which to choose!), but now you have me all concerned for my servers here.
posted by blurker at 1:43 PM on January 7, 2014

griphus: Er, wait, that's not eidetic recall at all. That's just regular "remembering things".

It's still a mighty feat for some of us.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:53 PM on January 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Infodumpsterdiver would be a great sock puppet.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 6:30 PM on January 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

oh hayyyyy sweetkid and IAmBroom
posted by threeants at 9:54 PM on January 7, 2014