MetaTalk

In the recent thread regarding use of LLMs on AskMe, et al, Lanark reported on the current state of Metafilter's robots.txt file and its limitations: [more inside]
posted by ursus_comiter at 2:41 PM - 6 comments

Ten years, eight months and 12 days ago, the MetaTalk queue was turned on. The reason for doing so was a reduction in the availability of moderators at any given time and the high workload MeTa threads created relative to other parts of the site. However, it has continued to be a contentious issue for members from time to time, much more so recently, where the queue is seen to have become much more of a filter than a queue, with perceptions that some people are now actually being Silenced All Their Life. [more inside]
posted by dg at 4:35 PM - 284 comments

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but the recent Federal Government Workers Thread made me think it might be works revisiting. I would think that anyone actually working in government, who might have a very good perspective to contribute, would be rightfully wary of posting something in a thread where they might be identified. Sure, people have user names that maybe hide their identity, but not always. For the sake of informed dialog it could be good for people to have a way to contribute to a thread anonymously. I realize this is likely a complicated thing to solve for.
posted by brookeb at 9:30 AM - 14 comments

Is there a way to not see particular shows on FanFare? (an anti-MyFanFare as it were) [more inside]
posted by kokaku at 2:17 AM - 23 comments

A formal proposal for allowing users to anonymize or delete their own posts and comments as part of the new site. [more inside]
posted by thecaddy at 4:47 PM - 76 comments

I love doing searches of AskMeFi for lots of different things. But I find it tedious to scour through posts looking for the most recent answers. Lots of times the info I am looking for is only relevant if it's fairly recent (within the past 2 years). Unfortunately there seems to be no rhyme or reason to which posts get listed first in a search. It's certainly not the most recent. Is there a way to filter searches by date? Would anyone else find that helpful/useful? Thanks!
posted by pjsky at 9:00 AM - 10 comments

The "Export My Comments" feature, linked from the profile page, supposedly downloads "a file that includes all of your comments across all MetaFilter sites", but its definition of "all" is out of date. [more inside]
posted by rory at 8:10 AM - 18 comments

Given how much this previous administration hived off a lot of users, what's the mods/owner's plan for this? [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 7:42 AM - 24 comments

New rule proposal: Moderators should not be able to moderate threads posted by themselves. [more inside]
posted by glonous keming at 3:25 PM - 29 comments

Recently I've come across two online 'events' that I thought mefis might be interested in. IRL doesn't seem like the place to share them because they are not In Real Life. is there a place? If not, could there be?
posted by bq at 9:30 AM - 10 comments