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Hello and welcome to this month’s Site Update! We your things are going your way as the year winds down.

You can find the last update here.

posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:15 AM Dec 20 2024 - 227 comments [20 favorites]

Well, we're doing it again. Starting early morning on Dec 23 and going through to the end of Dec 25, in our video share room, MST Club presents our 11th annual Christmas Marathon. Look inside for details!
posted by JHarris at 10:19 PM Dec 22 2024 - 8 comments [12 favorites]

I think a lot of the community doesn't understand how busy Mods are in their day to day shifts. It would probably be good for mod/community relationships to give a few users a chance to shadow a mod for a shift or two, so that we can get a better idea of the workload that mods are under, which would probably allow the community to take a step back and give the mods some breathing room. Is there any chance of that?
posted by bowbeacon at 3:44 PM Dec 19 2024 - 78 comments [9 favorites]

And what should happen with Winter Wishes? For those who don't know, Winter Wishes is a program by New York Cares where kids, teens, and elders write letters with their gift hopes during the holiday season. For 11 years, MetaFilter, as "MeFi Cares," gave to those in less fortunate circumstances. And not just monetarily. And eventually, we expanded our reach to other giving. Please see my MetaTalk post history for complete info on the last several years we participated, including photos, though I'll summarize below. I'm writing this right now because we seem to have more engagement on MeTa given new, hopeful developments, and because... well, 'tis the season. Please pardon me for the length of this, but I want to be as detailed and informative and honest as possible.
posted by houseofdanie at 9:01 PM Dec 23 2024 - 4 comments [9 favorites]

New rule proposal: Moderators should not be able to moderate threads posted by themselves.
posted by glonous keming at 3:25 PM Dec 17 2024 - 29 comments [8 favorites]

Let's talk about the MetaTalk queue.
posted by Why Is The World In Love Again? at 6:19 AM Dec 19 2024 - 117 comments [7 favorites]

I’d like to suggest that the MeFi largely undergo a Brand New Day when the new executive director starts. (I expect we are several months away from that.) This BND would apply to both users (including former users) and mods.
posted by NotLost at 1:56 PM Dec 3 2024 - 1032 comments [18 favorites (3 in the last 7 days)]

A number of people have called for volunteer moderation at MeFi. The No. 1 question about that is, how many people are willing to be a volunteer moderator, and for how many hours a week?
posted by NotLost at 6:20 AM Dec 20 2024 - 94 comments [3 favorites]

Given how much this previous administration hived off a lot of users, what's the mods/owner's plan for this?
posted by Kitteh at 7:42 AM Dec 20 2024 - 19 comments [3 favorites]

In preparation for the 2022 Fundraising Drive, the MetaFilter Steering Committee has been trawling through the site’s finances and fundraising history. Here’s what we’ve found - and why we’re asking you to contribute to funding the site.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:10 PM Nov 2 2022 - 166 comments [38 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

A place to share that your gift from the swap arrived.
posted by 15L06 at 8:59 PM Nov 16 2024 - 152 comments [17 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Got any good news to share? Got new accomplishments, new dog, new kid, new positive outlook? New shirt, new group, new friend? Fixed your toilet, fixed your screen door, fixed your outlook? I found a few silly but hilarious items for Christmas this year [items that will not appeal to all and also contain some rude words] and I thought it would be neat to see the excellent finds others have found. Also, the aforementioned good news and all that. Kindly kindly, leave the grar elsewhere.
posted by Glinn at 4:35 PM Dec 12 2024 - 91 comments [11 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

I like the sidebar on the front page, and how it shows nifty stuff and contact activity. When I'm on my phone, I don't have that, and it makes me feel sad inside. Would the powers that be consider adding a line to the menu on the mobile site that would link to the sidebar content? In my head, this looks exactly like what we have on the front page, except tinier and by itself.
posted by phunniemee at 7:35 AM Feb 7 2013 - 82 comments [3 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Running windows 10 and Firefox. The past few days, Metafilter seems to be having trouble finishing loading when I "Open in new tab" on a link. And when it does stop, instead of the typical favicon, I'm getting a blue or gray "hourglass" favicon. Anyone else seeing this?
posted by Windopaene at 12:26 PM Dec 18 2024 - 30 comments [1 favorite]