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March 1, 2013

If you can't say something nice, please wait for a while.

A minor petition to MeFites at large: if you're the first person to comment on a thread, please don't start out negative, because that tends to bring the whole conversation down from the get-go. [more inside]

February 28, 2013

Surely This

The level of naked bigotry in the comments to this thread is absolutely appalling to me. Is it really okay on MetaFilter to flat out claim that transfolk are just making it up?

February 27, 2013

Oreo Blue

Oreo Blue? Really? [more inside]

February 18, 2013

Deleted post question. Was OP banned?

I have the greasemonkey script that allows me to see deleted posts, and I saw that this post was deleted. [more inside]

February 16, 2013

Link Change?

Rhomboid asked this question about a link on the blue which switched from liveleak to YouTube. I'm curious about this as well, and a little ... concerned? Anybody know what's up there?

February 15, 2013

So you think I'm racist?

What is the MetaFilter etiquette concerning trollish remarks to an innocuous comment? [more inside]

February 14, 2013

Another crazy deletion

Sorry, but this is a dumb deletion, IMHO. A lot of people like Newsfilter type stuff, and those are almost always the most interesting and longest threads. This is big news in the sports community, and the deletion reason is just silly.

February 13, 2013

I/P discussions....

I know it's a hard subject to discuss civilly. I have a modest suggestion on how to improve such discussions. [more inside]

February 6, 2013

Homework Filter

Do we do homework? Seems like we should be able to flag a post as such.

February 1, 2013

Irresponsible Medical Advice And What To Do With It

If you see medical advice given in an AskMe and it seems irresponsible, is it better to refute the advice in-thread, ignore, flag? [more inside]

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