MetaTalk

A proposal for changing the public visibility of certain profile information. [more inside]
posted by melissasaurus at 9:47 AM - 345 comments

Today we added the ability to make an IRL event regional so that IRL alerts for the event go out to a wider audience. And now in addition to letting us know what distance you consider nearby, you can let us know what distance you consider regional. [more inside]
posted by pb at 2:29 PM - 85 comments

I think voting should be removed from MeFi Projects. What do others think? [more inside]
posted by overeducated_alligator at 8:15 AM - 79 comments

On the front page, the link that says "n comments" actually goes to the top of the post. For longer posts, especially on mobile, that can be a good ways away from the first comment. Can this link point to the first comment - or, since that might be deleted, to the byline at the end of the post? [more inside]
posted by zeptoweasel at 9:36 PM - 5 comments

I'm a big fan of the 'popular favorites' page, but at the moment, the comments half features a number of posts from the Star Wars Fanfare thread. At least one of which contains about as large a spoiler as I can imagine - it kind of sucked to learn how the movie ends when I was just checking to see if Greg Nog made any good good jokes this week. Should Fanfare comments maybe be ineligible for that particular page?
posted by Simon! at 7:44 PM - 20 comments

On December 15, pb retired a number of Social Apps that had zero users or no longer existed from profile pages- including the one for Glitch, the weird cult non-game that eventually became a glorified IRC Client unicorn. However, all of the old user pages for the game's players continue to live on at glitch.com. Couldn't we keep the memory of our participation in this weird little thing that once existed around for posterity? (Or maybe let people know when social apps are going to be cleared from their profiles?)
posted by Going To Maine at 12:57 PM - 24 comments

WICKR is an instant messaging client for secure, OTR communication that at this point has a fairly large user base; I think we should add an option for WICKR handles to the IM section of the profile.
I’m posting this to MetaTalk because, while we have a wiki page for new social sites, we don’t have one for new IM tools. That’s probably okay, but might be worth revisiting at some point. As a proxy, if people have tools that they like they could post them below.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:31 AM - 2 comments

Would it be possible to have a link to the profile pages of the members in the chat room? Perhaps as an additional choice when you right-click their name from the list on the righthand sidebar? (alongside "ignore" and "private chat") [more inside]
posted by chambers at 9:19 AM - 9 comments

In FanFare we've always discussed TV shows episode by episode. We just added two new ways to discuss a series: full-season and season-independent. [more inside]
posted by pb at 2:23 PM - 38 comments

We're setting up shop for 2015! The MeFi Mall is a place where mefites can share links to their wares. If you'd like to be listed, add your shop now. [more inside]
posted by pb at 9:41 AM - 8 comments