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Mod note on 'The beginning of a beautiful friendship'
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OP, this is coming across as chatfilter, as there's no problem to solve. If you could chime in about why you're seeking this information that would help others explain what you're seeking to do or learn with this information.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 18 at 2:56 PM to Ask MetaFilter post The beginning of a beautiful friendship

Mod note on 'Roko's lobbyist'
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DeepSeaHaggis, you've asked your question, members will respond if they choose to. There's no need to keep pushing. Now, the article appears to be largely or entirely AI-generated, which technically falls within our content policy and the FAQ's etiquette. Since the thread is going mostly well and the topic itself concerns AI, we're allowing this thread to continue. If you would want to discuss this particular stance about AI generated content feel free to open a MetaTalk post about it, we are open to refine our policies and, frankly will need to keep updating them as this technology develops and becomes more pervasive.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 18 at 1:14 PM to MetaFilter post Roko's lobbyist

Mod note on '"If this isn't infringement, Congress needs to do something."'
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USpolitics tag added and post put in the sidebar widget

Mod note on 'National Guard morale problems'
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Didymus: "the frequency of other MeFites misinterpreting your comments might be a You Thing tho" Didymus: "you stan Empress, I'm hoping this all gets deleted, but the history is there and today I mentioned it sometimes it's okay to accept that your communication isn't doing the things you think it's doing and move on, and with EC there's a distinct lack of that tendency" ] Didymus, you need to back and stop attacking EC, that's not what members should be doing to one other on MetaFilter and not something we want to encourage in any way. Focus on the subject of the thread or information and leave the personal out of your
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 17 at 6:41 PM to MetaFilter post National Guard morale problems

Mod note on 'Expanding the franchise'
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One comment removed for linking to a USA case in a thread about UK. Please avoid including USA cases and/or info in threads about other countries, unless super relevant.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 17 at 4:56 PM to MetaFilter post Expanding the franchise

Mod note on 'USPolitics tag added, but why?'
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There are excellent questions about who should be able to add tags to a post in regards to the USpolitics tag. Currently it's possible for the original poster, a mod, or someone with a connection to the poster to add any tag to a post, just fyi.

Obviously the current system is imperfect and may need to be rebuilt. Particularly if people want to block a tag, does that mean any post with that tag is blocked? Or is there another way of blocking posts that are tagged by other people that will deliver a high level of success?

Currently there's request, via a flag, for the USpolitics tag to be added to this post, https://www.metafilter.com/209603/If-this-isnt-infringement-Congress-needs-to-do-something, which I think is a reasonable request. But I've gone ahead and asked the original poster if they're cool with that. What do y'all think?

If they aren't and say no, is that a good system for the USpolitics tag with our current system. Should one person get to decide for everyone else about what is blocked under USpolitics?
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 17 at 3:32 PM to MetaTalk post USPolitics tag added, but why?

Mod note on 'Low Visibility/Impact Fitness Band'
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One comment removed for suggesting a digital watch, something the OP specifically said they didn't want.

Thank you to the original commenter for flagging that comment!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 17 at 2:58 PM to Ask MetaFilter post Low Visibility/Impact Fitness Band

Deleted mefi post 'How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers'
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MetaFilter post How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers deleted. Double. Double from 2019: https://www.metafilter.com/182741/At-a-Loss-for-Words-Why-millions-of-kids-are-poor-readers
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Mod note on 'YA novel about Victoria at boarding school?'
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One comment deleted, please refer to the AI Generated Content: section of the content policy.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 17 at 9:31 AM to Ask MetaFilter post YA novel about Victoria at boarding school?

Mod note on 'New Left'
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One comment deleted: poster's request.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 17 at 2:03 AM to MetaFilter post New Left

Mod note on 'Iโ€™ll be a winner that day.'
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One comment removed at the commenterโ€™s request.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 16 at 10:56 PM to MetaFilter post Iโ€™ll be a winner that day.

Mod note on 'โ€œIt Happened Hereโ€'
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To the USpolitics sidebar this post has been added!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 16 at 6:05 PM to MetaFilter post โ€œIt Happened Hereโ€

Mod note on 'Update on the GOP war on Education and Science'
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This post has been added to the USpolitics sidebar
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 16 at 6:04 PM to MetaFilter post Update on the GOP war on Education and Science

Mod note on 'Good Trouble Lives On'
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Added to USpolitics sidebar.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 16 at 6:02 PM to MetaFilter post Good Trouble Lives On

Mod note on 'The Godfather Presidency'
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Added to USpolitics sidebar
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 16 at 6:02 PM to MetaFilter post The Godfather Presidency

Mod note on 'How do I stop obsessing about arguments I've had with my sister?'
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Removed one comment which was addressed to another commenter and not the OP, while explicitly saying they had no answers for the OP.

Folks, please focus your comments on helping the OP with their question, and not so much on what other commenters are saying, unless the comment is something wildly or factually wrong, thanks!

Mod note on 'Good Trouble Lives On'
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Updated the date above to July 17th and deleted the comments pointing that out.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 16 at 9:19 AM to MetaFilter post Good Trouble Lives On

Mod note on 'Farewell to the Turbaned Torpedo'
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Name in the tag fixed also, thanks for the reminder!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 6:59 PM to MetaFilter post Farewell to the Turbaned Torpedo

Mod note on 'USPolitics tag added, but why?'
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jacquilynne: "Brandon reached out for more details on the specific posts I thought were a problem, so I assume they are at least considering a change in calibration, but I don't know if or when more details will be forthcoming."

Loup and I talked about the situation earlier today (I've been off a few days, thanks for your patience). The simple solution is for mods not to add the USPolitics tag unless it is specifically requested. But there will still be disagreements about what is political.

Hence the recommendation to occasionally look under a tag you've blocked, as tags are entirely user driven, so there's going to be some disagreement at times about how to tag something.

Folks can ask us to tag a post with a particular tag via email or flagging with a note.

Please note that the sidebar of USPolitics is not tag driven. A mod has to go into the post and click a checkmark button that then adds it to the sidebar. That might be a better way of handling things, aka mods putting what they or other users suggest as USPolitics without tagging the post itself. But people might get upset about their post being added to that, so it's still going to be grey area where people have different opinions.

We'll see how things go in terms of mods not tagging posts as USPolitics unless requested and see if we need to adjust anything on our end.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 6:41 PM to MetaTalk post USPolitics tag added, but why?

Mod note on 'sweetcorn and chocolate brownies'
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Another comment removed for complaining about the lack of deleted notes, when there was all of 3 minutes between the deletion and the note.

If you have complaints about the speed of notes, please take it to MetaTalk and avoid derailing the thread, thanks.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 5:23 PM to Ask MetaFilter post sweetcorn and chocolate brownies

Mod note on 'sweetcorn and chocolate brownies'
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A couple of comments removed because they were more about personal taste preferences as opposed the OP's question.

Please keep answers focused on helping the OP, thanks!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 5:21 PM to Ask MetaFilter post sweetcorn and chocolate brownies

Mod note on 'Farewell to the Turbaned Torpedo'
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St. Peepsburg: "(Mods pls correct the spelling of his first name Fauja not Fajua)" Done!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 4:43 PM to MetaFilter post Farewell to the Turbaned Torpedo

Mod note on 'Now, he has a desk in a sun-filled room'
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seanmpuckett: "to be crystal clear, i am talking about violence, as applied to the apex capitalist class." This is veering into going against MeFi's Content Policy regarding advocating for violence, which states "It can be okay to talk in strongly critical terms about people's words but don't cross the line into any threats of violence or wishing violence on other people." If folks could move on from those comments and back to the article itself, that would be great. No comments have been removed.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 4:04 PM to MetaFilter post Now, he has a desk in a sun-filled room

Mod note on 'Donโ€™t make me turn this democracy around'
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Balna Watya: "Lemkin, please stop posting the dumbest shit possible. We get it, you're a Republican, you hate Democrats. You don't need to tell us this 30 times a day." This comment and some responses have been removed for attacking a member, but the original has been reproduced in its entirety for this mod note. Once people start start doing personal attacks, derails and fighting often occur, so please do what you can to help up avoid those situations by focusing on what a person says and not the person, thanks.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 15 at 3:44 PM to MetaFilter post Donโ€™t make me turn this democracy around

Mod note on 'โ€œIt Happened Hereโ€'
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Comment deleted at poster's request.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 14 at 10:27 PM to MetaFilter post โ€œIt Happened Hereโ€

Deleted mefi post 'Is it kosher? Cookie edition'
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MetaFilter post Is it kosher? Cookie edition deleted. As per OP: Posted in the wrong place! Mods please delete! sorry!
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Mod note on 'USPolitics tag added, but why?'
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Hey, Brandon's on duty today, will be around, but mostly listening, but here's a few responses to things brought up since my last comment:

Posted about this MeTa in the mod slack and the use of CamelCase for tags. For the 'uspolitics' tag is there a preference for 'USPolitics' or 'UsPolitics'?

The mods are open recalibrating on this and how and when we add tags to posts. Have left a reminder to use CamelCase when adding tags with multiple words, but just fyi the tag that was added by a mod to the post in question was 'USPolitics']

mediareport: "The USPolitics tag has now been removed, though the mod who removed it apparently didn't feel it necessary to say anything, either here or in the original thread, so I guess we can just assume from here on the mods will be more careful about adding it, but it would be nice, especially given Brandon's dismissive reply above, if they said to members that they have indeed decided to be more careful using it in the future."

See this comment earlier in the thread for the OP mentioning they had removed the tag themselves, which is totally fine.

Members always have the ability to add or remove tags from their posts after the post as b
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 12 at 8:23 AM to MetaTalk post USPolitics tag added, but why?

Mod note on 'TERF Island'
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Neologian: "Note: Help maintain a healthy, respectful discussion by focusing comments on the issues, topics, and facts at handโ€”not at other members of the site. But you know, also don't read the article central to a post and cite it. Because sticking to the topic but not the narrative simply cannot be tolerated. Are you SURE that it it the TERFs who are exclusionary?" This comment was removed for being transphobic, but reproduced here to leave a public record of what was said and by who. Neologian has been permanently banned for doubling down on transphobic comments. MetaFilter is not a site that tolerates the questioning of trans lives or people. Do not do that here or you will find yourself banned.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 12 at 4:26 AM to MetaFilter post TERF Island

Mod note on 'USPolitics tag added, but why?'
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Mods: how often are you adding this tag vs how often are users using it themselves, and what criteria are you using to decide?

No specific numbers. I'll add the tag if I think it needs to be added, based on the political football noticed in the news.

I do think it's a broad term and not everyone's definition will be the same. I'd recommend people occasionally looking under a blocked tag to see if they're missing something they might be interested in.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 11 at 3:18 PM to MetaTalk post USPolitics tag added, but why?

Mod note on 'Seasonal like Rudolph maybe? Do capillaries know it's Christmas?'
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One comment removed at the member's request and the subsequent response has also been removed.

Let's all move on from that argument.

Mod note on 'Surgical center staff demand to see ICE warrant'
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Mod note: USPolitics tag added.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 11 at 12:37 PM to MetaFilter post Surgical center staff demand to see ICE warrant

Mod note on 'My Family and the Flood'
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USPolitics tag added.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 11 at 12:36 PM to MetaFilter post My Family and the Flood

Mod note on 'TERF Island'
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Yikes! One comment against the Content Policy deleted. rough ashlar has now been warned and banned for a week. Also, the subsequent comments have been deleted to avoid derails. Let's be clear, MeFi is not the place to echo common anti-transgender talking points and make inflammatory generalizations about a vulnerable group. This is potentially harmful rhetoric and will not be tolerated here.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 11 at 9:28 AM to MetaFilter post TERF Island

Mod note on 'Caught in the privileges of their youths and the tragicomedies of their lives'
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Post title corrected.

Mod note on 'The Six from SCOTUS Set Aside Judicial Review for ICE Detainees, For Now'
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One comment removed at memberโ€™s request. Thanks for self flagging that!

Mod note on 'Murderbot: Foreign Object'
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One comment removed at memberโ€™s request for revealing a spoiler for next episode. Thanks for self flagging that!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 10 at 5:54 PM to FanFare post Murderbot: Foreign Object

Mod note on 'I'm more of an ideas guy'
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One comment removed for veering off into a discussion about AI. Please focus on helping the OP by answering the actual question that was asked. It's ok to skip the question if you don't know the answer..

Another comment removed for telling the OP to kiss their butt. That's not answering the question either, which is the main point of AskMe.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 10 at 4:04 PM to Ask MetaFilter post I'm more of an ideas guy

Mod note on 'Elon Musk's LLM goes full Nazi'
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One comment removed at the member's request.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 9 at 5:45 PM to MetaFilter post Elon Musk's LLM goes full Nazi

Deleted mefi post 'Frame of preference'
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MetaFilter post Frame of preference deleted. Double.
Deleted by loup on Jul. 9 at 9:41 AM.

Mod note on 'Prime numbers are the bomb!'
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Fixed that Projects link.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 9 at 2:07 AM to MetaFilter post Prime numbers are the bomb!

Mod note on 'TERF Island'
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One transphobic comment and a couple of follow-ups removed.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 9 at 2:04 AM to MetaFilter post TERF Island

Mod note on 'Cook with a bird's eye view'
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Added 'chatgpt' and 'ai' to the list of tags as the project was created with those tools.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 8 at 5:47 PM to MetaFilter post Cook with a bird's eye view

Mod note on 'TERF Island'
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Another comment derailing comment removed. Artw, you were warned about doing that, so take a week off from the site, because ignoring mod requests or warnings are consistent behavior of yours.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 8 at 5:30 PM to MetaFilter post TERF Island

Mod note on 'TERF Island'
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2 comments removed for continuing a derail. As mentioned previously, folks can move on from that derail. They can take it to MeMail, email, or start a new MetaTalk thread, but definitely keep the "who said the vitriolic comment first" out of this thread. Comments that do so will be removed.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 8 at 5:09 PM to MetaFilter post TERF Island

Mod note on 'TERF Island'
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Artw, this comment of yours is derailing the thread with its attempt to decide how a person should feel about something you said and your name calling. Please remove yourself from this thread and avoid the name calling in the future. If you keep making comments we may remove or issue a ban (temporary or otherwise) Your comments have been left up for the public record of what was said. No comments have removed. Everyone please move on from the derail.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 8 at 3:52 PM to MetaFilter post TERF Island

Mod note on 'Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks'
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Fixed a typo in the comment from sickos haha yes dot.

Mod note on 'Is there a word for this?'
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Two comments deleted. Remember that Ask MetaFilter comments should address the main question being asked, as per the content policy.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 7 at 2:31 PM to Ask MetaFilter post Is there a word for this?

Deleted mefi post 'Space Ghost Kid'
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MetaFilter post Space Ghost Kid deleted. Hi, this was meant for the main page?
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Mod note on 'Electric cars for USD20k? That's the plan'
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Two deleted. At this point, the huge derailment needs to stop. If you have any feedback or concerns about the way this thread is going or how moderation is handled, you're welcome to email us. Please stop commenting and derailing the thread.
Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jul. 6 at 12:19 PM to MetaFilter post Electric cars for USD20k? That's the plan

Mod note on 'Electric cars for USD20k? That's the plan'
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Just a note that MeMailing users to argue/instigate a conflict is never OK. Please stop if you are doing this. If you're on the receiving end of such MeMails, please report those users/messages and we will look into it.
Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jul. 6 at 7:39 AM to MetaFilter post Electric cars for USD20k? That's the plan

Mod note on 'Note about site being down for about an hour.'
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Yes, the site was down for about two hours, but is back up now. Frimble is investigating why it happened.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 6 at 3:44 AM to MetaTalk post Note about site being down for about an hour.

Mod note on 'MOBOTOYS: The Museum Of Battery Operated Toys'
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Fixed spelling of โ€˜vintageโ€™ in post.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 5 at 1:00 AM to MetaFilter post MOBOTOYS: The Museum Of Battery Operated Toys

Mod note on '$3.4 trillion debt'
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One comment removed at member's request.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 4 at 3:57 PM to MetaFilter post $3.4 trillion debt

Mod note on 'The Internet is for Extremism'
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One comment removed at member's request.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 4 at 3:52 PM to MetaFilter post The Internet is for Extremism

Mod note on 'Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago"'
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Two comments posted in the wrong thread removed. Please carry on.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 4 at 12:21 PM to MetaFilter post Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago"

Mod note on '$3.4 trillion debt'
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Removed several comments about a mod action. Folks are free to take those comments to MetaTalk, but they need to stop being in and derailing this thread. Also removed a comment and response telling someone to fuck off. The sentient is fine, but we ask that folks not tell others to fuck off as it encourages others to the same on other issues. If folks want to talk about any of this, MetaTalk is the place to do it, not this thread. Thank you.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 3 at 5:13 PM to MetaFilter post $3.4 trillion debt

Mod note on '$3.4 trillion debt'
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Robbyrobbs, take the week off for the anti-trans link. Do not do this again in any way shape or form on this site or you account will be removed. MetaFilter is pro leaving trans folk alone and letting them live their lives, so knock it off.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 3 at 4:17 PM to MetaFilter post $3.4 trillion debt

Mod note on 'Is there a word for this?'
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One comment removed for injecting us politics into this thread.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 3 at 3:41 PM to Ask MetaFilter post Is there a word for this?

Mod note on '$3.4 trillion debt'
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Added to us politics sidebar
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 3 at 3:06 PM to MetaFilter post $3.4 trillion debt

Mod note on 'Today's death toll in Gaza rises to 47'
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One deleted at poster's request.
Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jul. 3 at 12:58 PM to MetaFilter post Today's death toll in Gaza rises to 47

Mod note on 'I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?'
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Another comment removed, please remember that AI Generated content, and particularly LLM output, goes against our Content Policy.
Mod Comment by loup on Jul. 3 at 10:03 AM to Ask MetaFilter post I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?

Mod note on 'The man from Del Monte, he say "bankruptcy"!'
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Fixed that first link.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 2 at 11:00 PM to MetaFilter post The man from Del Monte, he say "bankruptcy"!

Mod note on 'Ironheart: Take Me Home'
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One comment removed for bringing up something that occurs in thr second episode. Please stick to discussing the current or earlier episodes in FanFare threads that are going episode by episode.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jul. 2 at 8:49 AM to FanFare post Ironheart: Take Me Home

Mod note on 'To make out of apparently haphazard circumstances a plotted circle'
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No comments deleted, but let's drop the AI derail please.

Mod note on 'Is it 1860 all over again?'
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One deleted. DeepSeaHaggis, please drop the name-calling.
Mod Comment by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul. 1 at 4:02 AM to MetaFilter post Is it 1860 all over again?

Mod note on 'The LGBTQIA+ News Post, End Of Pride Month Edition: June 30, 2025'
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Put this post all up in the USpolitics sidebar

Mod note on 'Has Crisis Passed Away for Failure to be de Riguer'
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Put into the Uspolitics sidebar.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 30 at 5:48 PM to MetaFilter post Has Crisis Passed Away for Failure to be de Riguer

Mod note on 'Is it 1860 all over again?'
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Added to the Uspolitics sidebar.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 30 at 5:47 PM to MetaFilter post Is it 1860 all over again?

Mod note on 'Is it 1860 all over again?'
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One comment deleted. As per 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"
Mod Comment by loup on Jun. 30 at 3:46 PM to MetaFilter post Is it 1860 all over again?

Mod note on 'The LGBTQIA+ News Post, End Of Pride Month Edition: June 30, 2025'
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HTML Fixed

Deleted mefi post '4D rubiks Cube.'
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MetaFilter post 4D rubiks Cube. deleted. Deleted at memberโ€™s request
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Mod note on 'Itโ€™s hip to be square'
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Added spoilers to this comment.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 28 at 5:03 AM to MetaFilter post Itโ€™s hip to be square

Mod note on 'Trump education purge advances'
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Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 27 at 5:45 PM to MetaFilter post Trump education purge advances

Mod note on 'Read 'em and weep'
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Added USPolitics tag.
Mod Comment by loup on Jun. 27 at 10:34 AM to MetaFilter post Read 'em and weep

Mod note on 'Thai food in a car for eight hours? With cooler packs?'
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One comment removed at memberโ€™s request
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 26 at 4:53 PM to Ask MetaFilter post Thai food in a car for eight hours? With cooler packs?

Mod note on 'Why the Democratic Tea Party Failed (and How It Could Succeed)'
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Mod note on 'Potus Potties'
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Added to USpolitics sidebar
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 25 at 3:37 PM to MetaFilter post Potus Potties

Mod note on '[MeFi Site Update] June, 2025'
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An error regarding the status of the BIPOC board minutes for Meeting 29 has been corrected in the main post.
Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jun. 25 at 1:43 PM to MetaTalk post [MeFi Site Update] June, 2025

Mod note on 'Amid the gloom, glad tidings.'
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One deleted, posterโ€™s request.
Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jun. 25 at 11:24 AM to MetaFilter post Amid the gloom, glad tidings.

Mod note on 'Amid the gloom, glad tidings.'
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No deletions made so far, but let's avoid comments like the halal food cart above. Ascribing stereotypical characteristics to a place or people is, indeed, a micro aggression.
Mod Comment by loup on Jun. 25 at 7:54 AM to MetaFilter post Amid the gloom, glad tidings.

Mod note on 'MeFi Election Committee Thoughts & Questions'
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One comment deleted as requested.
Mod Comment by loup on Jun. 25 at 6:04 AM to MetaTalk post MeFi Election Committee Thoughts & Questions

Mod note on 'The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937โ€“2001)'
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Added direct link

Mod note on 'MetaTalk guidelines for posts - MOC'
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secret about box: "moderation even explicitly said the person could be allowed back if they talked with the mods:

https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26621/the-need-for-clear-action-against-transphobia#1440110
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The ban was made permanent a few comments later and we banned a couple of others for transphobia, and made it clear that transphobia should and will be more firmly handled going fo
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 23 at 5:19 PM to MetaTalk post MetaTalk guidelines for posts - MOC

Mod note on 'paper punchin products please'
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One comment deleted. A few left standing for context. In the future, please limit your comments to actually answering the question. OP, in Ask, please limit responses to providing essential context needed to answer question and do not engage with users beyond that. Thank you.
Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jun. 23 at 8:33 AM to Ask MetaFilter post Giving the middle finger to an ampersat.

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Mod Comment by travelingthyme on Jun. 22 at 9:35 AM to Ask MetaFilter post What makes a fridge... ?

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warriorqueen: "Just a note that I went to post twice in succession and did get notification that I'd posted very recently - I assume this is in the range of 2 hours or whatever but it's not quite immediate."

Yes, there's a one hour delay between being able to post, see earlier comment. Otherwise, there should not be a delay.
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Diskeater: "Brandon, since you're reading this thread, any comment yet on the brigading evidence? Link to my previous comment on this."]

Replied in that thread to avoid derailing

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Previous username Jacen: "Have we confirmed if Gorgik is indeed still alive, and a member of the board? That's not a facetious or sarcastic question, I genuinely don't think he's posted anywhere in a month or two"

Gorgik is indeed alive and still a member of the Board.

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Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 21 at 7:47 AM to MetaFilter post Maybe America isn't pro-Gestapo?

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Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 21 at 4:34 AM to MetaFilter post "You're going to need a bigger boat" at 50

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Date in post changed from 'July 15' to 'June 15'.

Folks, if you have time travel powers, please keep it to yourself to avoid making the rest of us jealous, thanks.

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Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 21 at 3:01 AM to Ask MetaFilter post I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?

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HearHere: "ashbury, performance art. responding to the change in time limits more than anything else; itโ€™s interesting

anyway, i do think it could be good to take a break, thanks โ˜ฎ๏ธ
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You absolutely need to stop doing this. Nowhere on the site is a place for performance art. If you keep doing this, it may result in your account being denied access to the site.

MeMailed HearHere a link to this note.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 20 at 2:40 PM to MetaTalk post cue queue q?

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Enturbulated: "Interestingly, one of the strongest arguments in favor of widescale adoption of eugenics. Select for empathy, curiosity, ability to learn and problem solve in creative ways. You'd remove most of those C.H.U.D.s forthwith." The original comment has been removed, 'cause arguing for eugenics has racist background and has largely been discredited. Responses to this comment have been left as a reminder that this type of advocacy is not wanted or welcomed on MetaFilter. Enturbulated, please take a break from the thread and if you return, cease the advocacy of eugenics.
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1. This thread has nothing to do with politics, so there's no need to bring the President of the USA into this.

2. MetaFilter does not allow ChatGPT output on the site.
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jun. 20 at 2:29 PM to Ask MetaFilter post I trusted ChatGPT. Was I in the wrong here?

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