MetaTalk

Mefi Music appearing automatically and streaming from Hype Machine -- what's the deal? [more inside]
posted by unSane at 8:21 AM - 17 comments

Isn't linking to your online dating profile in AskMe self-linking? [more inside]
posted by hwyengr at 7:49 AM - 127 comments

What are policies or custom in terms of posting to "MetaFilter" regarding some controversial political or cultural issue? [more inside]
posted by Jon44 at 7:07 AM - 44 comments

The text was small for a reason. Font size can be important in meaning and expression. [more inside]
posted by nickrussell at 9:03 AM - 371 comments

Can we please have a rundown on flagging etiquette? There seems to be a lot of "flag and move one" response from the mods as of late, and while that may be the best choice of action for a lot of the scenarios, 9 times out of 10 I'm stuck on the fence as to whether or not I should. [more inside]
posted by FirstMateKate at 8:11 PM - 96 comments

Jessamyn: [Folks we're sort of done with the "what crayz thinks about this post" angle. Please email crayz directly if you want more of crayz's opinions, otherwise this is getting to the "Take it to MeTa" point. Put another way, everyone who continues to hyperrespond is also part of the problem here, please consider that.] So, okay. Let's take it to Meta. As a community, we keep having the same conversation about sexual harassment, unwanted sexual advances and other related issues. Sometimes, with positive results. Sometimes, not. Personal attacks fly back and forth, fueling anger and frustration. Why are so many of us talking past each other? Is there no possibility of finding common ground, or gaining further understanding and empathy from such incidents?
posted by zarq at 7:35 AM - 648 comments

I feel like a lot of AskMe comments about sexuality are conservative and prescriptive. Between giving shit to the guy who is masturbating a completely normal ten times a week, and calling the guy who gets the occasional hand-job from sex workers a terrible human being, the level of prescriptive, normative, and negative attitudes towards sexuality on MeFi this week seems high and troubling. I feel that much of the conservative and prescriptive nature of it eludes the MeFi goal of a wide variety of opinions/discussion/discourse and can be intimidating to people who might have non-normative information to share which is the sort of information we should be specifically encouraging. Can we have a chat like this--because I feel conspicuous and kind of like I cannot say anything at all when you have a dozen responses that contravene what I might have to say. I'm finding this frustrating.
posted by PinkMoose at 9:49 AM - 293 comments

Self-links are always forbidden. Always. Without exception. My question is: why? [more inside]
posted by Betelgeuse at 2:26 PM - 46 comments

Does MeFi have a policy on non-English language posts? I thought it was odd to see a post that only French-speaking members could really understand or participate in since no English translation of the poem was given.
posted by timsneezed at 9:11 AM - 130 comments

Could we maybe try to be a little better at labeling links that go to videos? Not everybody is in a position to view video content at all times and it might be nice to have a little advance warning. [more inside]
posted by Scientist at 10:56 AM - 80 comments