What happened to the @askmetafilter Twitter? February 19, 2014 1:26 PM Subscribe
I'm pretty sure it's one of the unofficial Twitter accounts, but does anyone know what happened to the @askmetafilter feed? It looks like it stopped updating on the 5th. This feed was nice to have since it used the question title as the tweet rather than starting with the question itself like the @mefigreen feed. Thanks all.
Sorry about the trouble. Looks like we had a technical glitch and it stopped working more silently than it should have. It's back on the air.
posted by pb (staff) at 1:38 PM on February 19, 2014 [8 favorites]
posted by pb (staff) at 1:38 PM on February 19, 2014 [8 favorites]
Oh, wow--it looks like it's back! Thanks, PB. I didn't realize that was official. So the official Twitter accounts are now @metafilter, @mefipopular, and @askmetafilter? Are there any other ones?
posted by jroybal at 1:39 PM on February 19, 2014
posted by jroybal at 1:39 PM on February 19, 2014
No, those three are it. @metafilter shows most of the same posts at @mefipopular but includes Best Of posts and some Status announcements too. I'm not sure how long we'll keep @mefipopular going. It's not as, er, popular.
We also have a similar Facebook page if you're more of a Facebook person.
posted by pb (staff) at 1:43 PM on February 19, 2014 [3 favorites]
We also have a similar Facebook page if you're more of a Facebook person.
posted by pb (staff) at 1:43 PM on February 19, 2014 [3 favorites]
Pretty certain it's my turn to say pb rocks this place. Thanks now and always!
posted by vers at 6:28 PM on February 19, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by vers at 6:28 PM on February 19, 2014 [5 favorites]
OK, who's going to start @fakemetafilter?
posted by Rock Steady at 8:23 PM on February 19, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Rock Steady at 8:23 PM on February 19, 2014 [1 favorite]
OK, who's going to start @fakemetafilter?
I would do this. It would just suggest therapy and mindfulness meditation to everyone, every day, forever.
posted by like_a_friend at 10:05 PM on February 19, 2014 [12 favorites]
I would do this. It would just suggest therapy and mindfulness meditation to everyone, every day, forever.
posted by like_a_friend at 10:05 PM on February 19, 2014 [12 favorites]
There is already kind of a mean spirited metafiltercomments twitter account. Idk what that's about.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:02 PM on February 19, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:02 PM on February 19, 2014 [1 favorite]
It would just suggest therapy and mindfulness meditation to everyone, every day, forever.
Also call a doctor and whatever it is, eat it. ETMF.
posted by XMLicious at 3:43 AM on February 20, 2014 [5 favorites]
There is already kind of a mean spirited metafiltercomments twitter account. Idk what that's about.
I liked it well enough. It hasn't posted in a while, though.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:09 AM on February 20, 2014
I liked it well enough. It hasn't posted in a while, though.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:09 AM on February 20, 2014
Come on now, share with the class.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:02 AM on February 20, 2014
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:02 AM on February 20, 2014
#freepaphnuty
posted by waraw at 7:11 AM on February 20, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by waraw at 7:11 AM on February 20, 2014 [3 favorites]
we're not hiding anything, dude
it's a twitter account called Metafilter Comments (@MeFiComments)
[Something Awful EFFORT emoticon here]
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 7:41 AM on February 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
it's a twitter account called Metafilter Comments (@MeFiComments)
[Something Awful EFFORT emoticon here]
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 7:41 AM on February 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
it's a twitter account called Metafilter Comments (@MeFiComments)
First reaction: "Wow, this is a spot-on parody. Whoever's writing these really gets the culture of the site."
Then: "Wait, I remember seeing that one in a thread."
Followed by: "...ah, shit, they're real." Which does somehow make it seem more mean-spirited.
posted by this is a thing at 8:28 AM on February 20, 2014 [2 favorites]
First reaction: "Wow, this is a spot-on parody. Whoever's writing these really gets the culture of the site."
Then: "Wait, I remember seeing that one in a thread."
Followed by: "...ah, shit, they're real." Which does somehow make it seem more mean-spirited.
posted by this is a thing at 8:28 AM on February 20, 2014 [2 favorites]
Hey wow cool I'm the second one in there! This is like the the other day when I was browsing jwz and he quoted a comment I wrote! It feels like fame but is actually the absence of that!
posted by ook at 8:32 AM on February 20, 2014
posted by ook at 8:32 AM on February 20, 2014
We also have a similar Facebook page if you're more of a Facebook person.
I'm in no way obsessed by it, but in the Facebook cover photo:
1) Who are the people? Are they MetaFilter users?
2) What are they laughing at?
3) Why is she pointing at him?
4) What sandwich is he finishing?
5) Why is the table so narrow?
6) Is the heavy-looking ring she is wearing on her thumb uncomfortable?
7) Is sandwich man the son of Ryan Stiles?
8) Is the box a takeout box?
9) Does it belong to headscratch man or sandwich man?
10) Who quickly drank at least half a pint of stout before others had drunk theirs?
posted by Wordshore at 8:41 AM on February 20, 2014 [4 favorites]
I'm in no way obsessed by it, but in the Facebook cover photo:
1) Who are the people? Are they MetaFilter users?
2) What are they laughing at?
3) Why is she pointing at him?
4) What sandwich is he finishing?
5) Why is the table so narrow?
6) Is the heavy-looking ring she is wearing on her thumb uncomfortable?
7) Is sandwich man the son of Ryan Stiles?
8) Is the box a takeout box?
9) Does it belong to headscratch man or sandwich man?
10) Who quickly drank at least half a pint of stout before others had drunk theirs?
posted by Wordshore at 8:41 AM on February 20, 2014 [4 favorites]
1. JaiMahodara, Lutoslawski, Sibrax, and dersins. Yes.
2. How much dersins looks like Jason Bateman, probably.
3. Because "hey, look, it's Jason Bateman" wouldn't work as well without hand gestures.
4. Some sort of panini on ciabatta, I think. Eastburn makes pretty good sandwiches.
5. Because it's hard to find skateboards that are much wider than that.
6. She was in constant pain.
7. No, but he did write some ladder code for Fallout 3 that never got included in the released game, so.
8. Yes.
9. Maybe.
10. Possibly me, not pictured.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:54 AM on February 20, 2014 [7 favorites]
2. How much dersins looks like Jason Bateman, probably.
3. Because "hey, look, it's Jason Bateman" wouldn't work as well without hand gestures.
4. Some sort of panini on ciabatta, I think. Eastburn makes pretty good sandwiches.
5. Because it's hard to find skateboards that are much wider than that.
6. She was in constant pain.
7. No, but he did write some ladder code for Fallout 3 that never got included in the released game, so.
8. Yes.
9. Maybe.
10. Possibly me, not pictured.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:54 AM on February 20, 2014 [7 favorites]
Followed by: "...ah, shit, they're real." Which does somehow make it seem more mean-spirited.
There was some Twitter speculation about which MeFite (or recent ex-MeFite) it was when they first started posting, but I guess we'll never know. Whoever it is follows a bunch of MeFites, which is also slightly unsettling.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 12:25 PM on February 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
There was some Twitter speculation about which MeFite (or recent ex-MeFite) it was when they first started posting, but I guess we'll never know. Whoever it is follows a bunch of MeFites, which is also slightly unsettling.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 12:25 PM on February 20, 2014 [1 favorite]
I didn't think it was mean-spirited. Some of those comments are hilarious. I have no idea of the commenter or context, but this one made me do a lol:
I'm not totally sure what your intention was but now I want literally nothing more than a Blippity Boo at PJ O'Pootertoots.
posted by billiebee at 12:36 PM on February 20, 2014
I'm not totally sure what your intention was but now I want literally nothing more than a Blippity Boo at PJ O'Pootertoots.
posted by billiebee at 12:36 PM on February 20, 2014
Still holding out for @mefi_ebooks
posted by kyliej at 1:23 PM on February 20, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by kyliej at 1:23 PM on February 20, 2014 [4 favorites]
That should be pretty easy to do. Wasn't there a Markov comment generator at some point?
posted by maryr at 1:26 PM on February 20, 2014
posted by maryr at 1:26 PM on February 20, 2014
It might not have been Markov-related. I don't really know what that means. It just sounds technical-like. I have vague but painful memories of something called Markov chains from my Probabilistic Systems and Stochastic Processes class in college that I remember nothing else from but deep senses of futility, loathing, and stupidity.
But enough about me. How are you doing?
posted by maryr at 1:28 PM on February 20, 2014
But enough about me. How are you doing?
posted by maryr at 1:28 PM on February 20, 2014
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?
posted by Songdog at 9:19 PM on February 20, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by Songdog at 9:19 PM on February 20, 2014 [6 favorites]
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posted by pb (staff) at 1:31 PM on February 19, 2014