MetaTalk

You people who post, please share your thoughts on the craft. How does the post come together? What are your criteria for success?
posted by Lemkin on Jan 9 at 9:33 PM - 72 comments

Given how much this previous administration hived off a lot of users, what's the mods/owner's plan for this?
posted by Kitteh on Dec 20 at 7:42 AM - 24 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downloads "a file that includes all of your comments across all MetaFilter sites", but its definition of "all" is out of date.
posted by rory on Jan 8 at 8:10 AM - 18 comments

May all acquaintance etc.
posted by h00py on Dec 31 at 8:08 AM - 28 comments

FanFare does not get a ton of traffic, any thoughts on how to change that?
posted by ginger.beef on Jan 4 at 10:22 PM - 288 comments

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 on Dec 20 at 6:20 AM - 138 comments

This post does not seem beloved by its countrymen.
posted by Lemkin on Jan 2 at 5:34 PM - 106 comments

Hi y'all!

With the major holidays reaching their peak this week, how are you spending them this year, what are you up to? Any special travel plans, or particular dishes you’re making this time around? What are you most looking forward to doing?
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 24 at 5:45 PM - 75 comments

What do people think about starting a tradition of an annual "State of MetaFilter" email to all members for each new year? A lot of changes happened in 2024 (for example: non-profit status, site code rewrite started), not everyone follows MetaTalk, and it would be a way to remind members who haven't participated in a while that MetaFilter is still here to encourage them to participate again.
posted by ShooBoo on Jan 2 at 5:02 AM - 24 comments

Mefi Card Club was started as an ongoing card swap in March of 2018, and still continues to this day (approaching 7 years, whew!). It's been a bit since we've had a Metatalk post about this and we could use some more participants to keep this sustainable, so I figured it was time. If you want to continue the fun of sending and receiving cards and not limit it to just the holiday season, come join us!
posted by Sparky Buttons on Dec 29 at 4:24 PM - 23 comments

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 on Dec 20 at 5:15 AM - 454 comments

Welcome to the first ever (as far as I know!) Fanfare extravaganza. I have created a place where we can share recommended books, movies, tv, music, games, podcasts we have read, watched, listened to, or played this year.
posted by CMcG on Dec 28 at 2:33 PM - 13 comments

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 on Dec 19 at 3:44 PM - 81 comments

With a regular season record of 11-4, Night_Owl's "Won't You Be My Naybors" defeated "Stroud Proud" (12-3) for the championship.

As promised, I donated $100 to MetaFilter in honor of Night_Owl's victory (receipts upon request), and offer this post as proof of her cunning and skill. She may brag on all of us who participated, and, frankly, all of you who didn't participate, whom she clearly also beat.
posted by klangklangston on Dec 31 at 6:21 PM - 4 comments

Hello! There were several interesting situations going on while moderating this morning, so I did another Ride Along video to talk about various mod decisions made this morning. (TikTok, YouTube, same video, 10min, has captions so you can just listen or read along)
Previous Ride Along
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 28 at 9:56 AM - 32 comments

Hey! Community member Wobbuffet suggested we play a MetaFilter type version of bingo, so let's view or download the card, then get into the rules

HOW TO PLAY:
Complete 5 spots in a row, by making a post or doing the action in the square. You can work in any direction you like (horizontal, vertical, diagonal). Or expand that to include an X, a T, picture frames, a small blackout, a full blackout, whatever your heart desires! Once you're done, return to this thread, type "Bingo" and let us know which squares you did!

When making a post related to this game, please tag it as 'MefiBingo2024'.

There's a few notes inside about categories.

posted by Brandon Blatcher on Dec 1 at 5:07 AM - 15 comments

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 on Dec 23 at 9:01 PM - 13 comments

Let's talk about the MetaTalk queue.
posted by Why Is The World In Love Again? on Dec 19 at 6:19 AM - 118 comments

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 on Dec 22 at 10:19 PM - 15 comments

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 on Dec 12 at 4:35 PM - 92 comments