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Is there a way to not see particular shows on FanFare? (an anti-MyFanFare as it were)
posted by kokaku on Jan 28 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.
posted by thecaddy on Jan 24 at 4:47 PM - 73 comments

As much of the internet becomes, well, enshittified, there may be more people like me who remember the sense of community and collaboration here and want to come home. To avoid us making idiots of ourselves, what's changed in the past few years? Has there been any culture shifts or discussions that prodigal posters need to know about? Is Metafilter in 2025 fundamentally what it was in 2016? Can we even precis this?
posted by mippy on Jan 20 at 4:52 AM - 65 comments

The board is forming a moderation oversight committee and you are welcome to volunteer to be on it! Some people have already! But this is the formal ask for anyone who is interested and has not contacted me yet. More details, such as they are, inside.
posted by warriorqueen on Jan 6 at 7:28 PM - 13 comments

With several fires raging and more possible, let’s share information and provide a place for those affected to check in. I hope everyone’s safe!
posted by GenjiandProust on Jan 8 at 4:41 AM - 49 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 on Jan 20 at 9:00 AM - 10 comments

The words we write on the internet have an effect, most especially, irresponsible ones like those in "Some nerdy Redditors have doubts about 2024 election integrity."
posted by Violet Blue on Jan 8 at 8:48 PM - 96 comments

Does Metafilter have someplace that we can go to check on the health of MeFi itself, or get repair updates, that's NOT hosted at Metafilter itself? Other websites will often have an Twitter account for that. I realize that MeFi has left Twitter, but is there someplace else we can go to check, when MeFi itself goes down?
posted by intermod on Jan 14 at 12:54 PM - 12 comments

In 2010 I asked a question about a mysterious fortune cookie fortune I received.
posted by phunniemee on Jan 16 at 10:10 AM - 31 comments

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