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lapis: "The moderators delete comments all the time without notice and seemingly without recourse."

This should not be happening and if anyone does see it happening, I am asking that you use the contact form to send an email that goes to every mod about and/or report it to the Moderation Oversight Committee. Again, this should absolutely not be happening and moderators should be called out if it does happen.

trig: "Given that a huge discussion about this happened 2 months ago, which like every discussion about this complicated issue that has no drawback-less solution was really contentious, and that there doesn't seem to be an appetite to do it all over again quite so soon, and that the poster of this thread said they were okay with deleting it, and that this is a week when mods and the (brand new) board might have less time than usual to read and weigh in and, in the board's case, assess policy - maybe this one could be closed up."

Agreed, closing this thread up.

Ok, i got an example of this happening with this comment of mine, as the first comment and only comment in the thread, https://www.metafilter.com/211567/LEON, on mobile, using the Classic theme. On desktop, the problem does not appear when using the Classic theme.

Anyone seeing the small type in the first comment when it's the only comment?

Members can ask for their account to be deleted. Currently when that happens, the mods ask if the member would be ok with making their posts and comments anonymous to preserve the history of that information while removing the attachment to their account.

If the member says no, that's fine, then we remove all of their posts and comments.

If the member says yes, then we make the author of their posts and comments anonymous.

That rationale is that people should have control over their content and be allowed to redact or remove it for any reason.

Hope this helps clears this up!

Moved the last paragraphs below the fold.

2N2222: "Yes. People need to get over it. It's not going away, and it's going to get better." 1. Telling people to "get over it" rarely causes that to happen and usually just manages to make people angry. Please be cognizant of your fellow mefites and... 2. Indicate that it's a post with AI material and add 'AI' to the tags, because the Content Policy does request it. That helps who have issues with AI content to avoid it because... 3. One person's definition of better or good is different from others.

Added ‘AI’ to tags

ambrosen: "I just think threadshitting is bad, that's all." Just flag comments that you think are threadshitting, because at this point your repeated responses about the comment are creating a derail. Please stop and move on.

One comment removed for not answering the question.

Pseudonymous Cognomen: "Trump is back in power because of Russian/Chinese propaganda No, Trump is back in power because Democrats love genocide more than they do winning elections." Original comment and replies deleted, relevant part reproduced here. Pseudonymous Cognomen, you need to drop this derail, which has been a source of various other derails on the site. If you want to talk about subject, feel free to create your own thread with that subject. But no more in this thread or you'll be given a time out.

Yep, closed

Thread permanently reopened by request, which is something mods can only do in MetaTalk.

AlSweigart: "Cool. Thanks, ChatGPT. Now I don't have to read the article. Oh wait, "Come up with a short, witty, bon mot I could post as a Metafilter comment." " Please don't post output from ChatGPT, that goes against the Content Policy. Comment removed, relevant parts reproduced in this mod note.

jacquilynne: "I think I inserted a period somehow. Will flag it for the mods to fix. In the meantime, here it is again." Yep, link in main post has been fixed.

Pedantzilla: "@bluedaisy, I'm not "avoiding" the NYT - they are a garbage paper that is actively working against the American people (not to mention the rest of the world) and you should feel bad about giving them your money, so I am happy to shame you for whatever weak rationalization you want to give."

No one should be reveling in trying to shame anyone on AskMetafilter, knock that off. If you can't, please avoiding commenting.

Comment deleted, relevant parts reproduced in this mod note.

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One deleted, poster’s request

DirtyOldTown: "As a heads up... Decider says that episode 8 is one with a huge twist of the type that the entire Internet is going to talk about and recommends seeing it ASAP to avoid having it spoiled"

Thanks for the heads up!

Gentle reminder to discuss any new episode in a new thread, to avoid spoiling for others.

Hey, the OP described their partner as 'girlfriend', not wife. No biggie, just noting in the hopes of avoiding confusion the thread.

Added AI tags.

One deleted. Poster's request.

One comment removed. Please avoid arguing with other members' responses and remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked.

. Just a reminder that this is a post about a developing situation. This will deserve a proper obituary post as more details are made available, but in the meantime, can we avoid speculating about what happened, who did it, their motive, and more importantly, about the mental health of the people involved?

mightshould: "The link in the question doesn't work for me…"

Fixed the URL so that it works.

One jokey answer removed,

Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked. Jokes, derailing the conversation, ranting, picking a fight or chastising the asker, arguing among commenters, single word comments and other non-answers will probably be removed.

Changed 'reveling' to 'revealing' in post title and URL stub.

1 comment posted in the wrong thread. It and a response to it have been removed.

Deleted one at the user's request.

Fixed link, thanks for pointing out GeckoDundee!

Here’s the correct link to the contest!

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One comment deleted. While we support users posting links to make certain paywalled content accessible to the community, we do not encourage bypassing restrictions in place to maintain privacy. In this case, we cannot let the comment containing archive links stand.

Two comments deleted at poster request.

Hey, big thanks to everyone who gave an answer, please keep in mind that we’re all here to help the OP, so there’s no need to argue with each other about differences in the answers.

Hey, just a friendly reminder that linked article and people in this this thread are taking the time to explain what autistic burnout feels like. So please be mindful of trying to explain or define this as something else and just listen to what people who experience this are saying. No comments have been removed.

Brandon Blatcher: "This comment and a response to it have been removed, because MetaFilter doesn't condone or support murdering people, so please keep your support for doing such things to yourself." A MetaTalk discussion has been created about this mod action, please shift all related discussion to that thread.

Tell Me No Lies: "Start killing off the people who work on it." This comment and a response to it have been removed, because MetaFilter doesn't condone or support murdering people, so please keep your support for doing such things to yourself. Strong reactions and/or statements to unfair situations or practices is totally fine, of course, but we are drawing a line at calls for murder.

Removed several derailing comments about Italian syntax. The OP is just looking for jokes, not a language debate, please just stick to what was being asked.

chasing: "God I hate TikTok…" Comment removed, as it adds nothing to the conversation and is potentially derailing. It's fine to not like a particular social media platform, but since it's a personal preference thing, there's no need to share that information with everyone else.

Some text moved to be inside the post.

googly: "...and deserves better than this shoddy, low-effort post" Suggestions on typo fixes and the like is great, but tossing in these sort of comments isn't, don't do this. Whatever good you may have intended, it just winds up making people feel bad. DJZouke: "Sorry for the Mar-Keys typo. I did not intend for the post to be low effort. I was not feeling very well so..." Thank you for taking the time to make a post about a great musician, it is appreciated!

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HearHere: "flagging: mods, can you fix above as requested?"

Can you please message or explain exactly what you want done? Thanks!

Thanks for the post, frimble has been alerted!

One comment delete for posting the output from ChatGpt, which goes against the Content Policy:

Please do not query ChatGPT or other LLMs and then post the output unless the discussion itself is about those types of tools, and in those cases, please clearly label what you are posting as coming from an AI tool.

One comment removed. Let's avoid sexist comments, saying "she was basically asking for it" is definitely against our Content Policy

One comment deleted, poster’s request.

One comment removed for not answering the question. As noted in the Content Policy:

Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked. Jokes, derailing the conversation, ranting, picking a fight or chastising the asker, arguing among commenters, single word comments and other non-answers will probably be removed.

One comment removed for pulling information from a member's profile and posting it in a thread, which is not ok per this FAQ entry, please don't do that. This may not have been meant maliciously, or the info was viewed as being on topic, but either way, avoid pulling information from a user's profile.

If anyone wants to do this, they'll need to explicitly asked for permission to do so and the member has to give explicit permission for you to share the information in a thread.

The comment has been removed and the text of it has been emailed to the writer of it, in case they'd like to rewrite it.

nebulawindphone: "Jeez, they, not she, sorry -- mods, any chance you can fix that?"

Done!

knile: "Leuchtterm1917 notebooks"

Hey this link is broken and not sure what you meant to link to, maybe this notebook in the yellow? If not, let the mods know and we can update the original link. Edit: now that link is down, even though it was working a second ago! Bottom line, Leuchtturm1917 has notebook similar in color to what the OP was asking for.

What does 'promoting piracy' mean in that context?
Can you explain to me how saying "I went back to pirating" is "allow[ing] it on the site"?

Posting a comment that says "Honestly I just canceled everything and started pirating again", having that deleted and asked to not promote piracy, then posting a second comment that says "You should just pirate" is the line we're drawing here. Don't explicitly suggest/tell/advise others to pirate stuff and don't announce that you're pirating.

'Cause while the chances of the site being investigated for promoting piracy are small, we think it's a good idea to make those chances even smaller by having members avoid advocating piracy.

Another comment removed for not answering the question.

Reverend John, please avoid adding additional comments to this thread, 'cause there's no need to turn it into a religious debate.

One comment removed for mocking another comment, which violates the Content Policy.

Be kind to others. Answers that others give may not be what you would do or even believe in, but there's not need to mock them for their different beliefs.

One comment removed for bringing ethnicity into the situation where it wasn't needed. By all means share your dissatisfaction with your experience of hiring a housekeeper, but pointing out they were Haitian and a immigrant wasn't relevant to the experience.

If you'd like the repost the comment without those bits, just email the mods and we can send you the text of the comment.

Comment edited and restored with member's permission.

One comment removed for being posted in the wrong thread, no big deal. Mollymillions, I've emailed you the text of the comment if you'd like to post it elsewhere.

One comment removed for revealing how this season ends in discussion about the first episode.

Folks, please do not reveal things that happen in future episodes, even if all the episodes have been released. You can make separate post/discussion about multiple episodes, but otherwise just keep discussion to the current or previous episodes.

Axiom, if you're ok with mods removing that particular poiler paragraph from your comment and and letting the rest of it be live, let us know, that's totally an option.

OP is asking for help with their smart lock, not for quotes from Scifi stories that predicted this might happen. Please just answer the question or if you don't have an answer, just move on.

AskMe is stricter about content moderation and comments that aren't answering the question are removed.

Beis tote link fixed, thanks for your patience!

One comment (seemingly unrelated to the thread) removed.

These are the films that check the boxes for "laugh until you cry" humor.

Hey, just a reminder that those sorts of films aren't what the OP was asking for. They want to know "What movies start with the main character dying, and then flash back to the life of that character and events leading up to the death?" so please just stick to suggestions along those lines, thanks!

Edited to add: OP of this comment asked for it to be removed in the a.m. EST of 11/29

Post edited, link added!

Link updated and post reinstated upon poster's request.

Hi all. It's great that people are giving suggestions about what to do in the future or to just return the device, but the OP needs help with what's going right now with the current device, so please focus answers on that part of the question to help the OP! No comments have been removed, but again, future comments should focus on what's going on now.

One derailing comment and response to it removed. Adrienneleigh, the ridiculously adorable animal is helping search and rescue teams recover dead bodies, so there's zero need to derail the post by saying "But nobody should be teaching animals to be cops or to help cops." People having issues with police is understandable, but this isn't the thread for that.

Hi all, one comment has been removed for suggesting hte Monash FODMAP App, which the OP stated in the post that they're already using.

One comment and response removed for trying to shame the OP. This violates the Content Policy, please don't do that.

AskMetaFilter is about helping people, not shaming them, please just answer the question and if that's not possible, it's ok to not post anything.

One deleted: noise.

Two deleted: noise.

Deleted a couple. okayturnip, stick to answering the question please.

One comment removed for not even remotely answering the question, while being dismissive of it. AskMe answers need to answer the question, per the Content Policy

If you can't answer the question, it's totally ok to skip it!

extramachine: "I lurk there sometimes, but seeing the comments on other Ask-ers has dissuaded me a few times from putting personal questions on AskMe. "

Hey, you can ask a question anonymously or create another account to ask questions. The latter might be a better choice, as it allows you respond or clarify anything if need be.

One deleted: OP’s story is perfectly clear. Answer accordingly, don’t introduce your own speculation please.

One derailing comment removed. Please try to stay roughly on topic. If your comment begins with “ On a tangentially related note:” and the subject is serious one, please consider whether that comment really adds anything to the current discussion.

A couple of derailing comments and a response to them have been removed. Just focus on the link in the post please!

Hi, mod here noting a flag received about this post. Currently the discussion seems ok in terms of pointing out the problematic aspects, but if folks do want this post removed, please just favorite this comment and we'll make it happen.

Final update from the OP:

Back when I posted this question, Unattach didn't have the precise feature I wanted, but I wrote and requested it, and some time ago, it got added. I finally started using it, and so far, it's great.

Ungated link update to https://archive.is/UkAXO, per OP request.

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Rewatch type added at OP’s request

Changed date in post to 18th, updated staff box.

One comment removed. Let's avoid speculating about someone's sexual abuse history. This is inappropriate and considered against our guidelines.

*Raises glass* Welcome back Cloudflare!

One comment removedas requested. Also, happy Birthday, loquacious!

Changed Charlottesville, VA to Charlotte, NC.