MetaTalk

In the Steering Committee voting thread (please vote!), I posted some data analysis how much people are using MetaFilter, based on the data in the infodump. That became somewhat of a derail, so here is a thread to discuss what this data means, and how it should inform our decisions going forward. [more inside]
posted by wesleyac at 7:46 AM - 67 comments

Reading the recent user survey summary, I see a lot of talk about the identity of the user base. Do we actually know what the demographics are of MetaFilter users? Has there ever been an attempt to survey the users' identities? It would be interesting to know how people think of themselves in terms of nationality, politics, gender, race, sexuality, class, etc. I often read assertions in comments about the identities of the user base, but I am wondering if they correspond to the user base in reality.
posted by mortaddams at 12:27 AM - 31 comments

Longtime mefite scrump has died. [more inside]
posted by tangerine at 2:09 PM - 119 comments

Voting for members of the Steering Committee is now open. The vote will run from 5pm GMT August 15 to 5pm GMT August 25. Each user has seven votes (i.e. can vote for up to seven people). Your ballot is at https://www.metafilter.com/voting/, and you can change your votes at any time up until the election closes. [more inside]
posted by curious nu at 9:12 AM - 322 comments

So a few weeks ago I posted a question asking for ideas to Harry Potter-ify my wife's birthday. I wanted to thank Metafilter generally for being the kind of place where I can ask that kind of question and also thank everybody who took the time to give an answer. There were a ton of really great suggestions! [more inside]
posted by Mister_Sleight_of_Hand at 11:56 AM - 7 comments

Happy weekend, everyone! For our chat this week, is it too old fashioned to ask the classic "desert island" question? Because I'd love to hear about people's resilient faves. [more inside]
posted by taz at 1:59 AM - 42 comments

Figure it's about time for another "hey, what are you playing" games roundup post, so, hey, what are you playing? What's new? What have you gone back to for the nth time? What did you bounce right off of?
posted by cortex at 7:59 AM - 108 comments

Has anyone trained an ai using metafilter or ask metafilter comments? I'd be curious to see if an askme bot might be helpful in every day life.
posted by rebent at 1:02 PM - 68 comments

Most people don't know this, but ... [more inside]
posted by taz at 5:18 AM - 72 comments

We got rid of the Ask post limit half a year ago. It's been great. Now let's do Projects. [more inside]
posted by wesleyac at 8:10 AM - 56 comments