Monthly archive for January 2026

Mod note on 'Frivolous filter: Maduro's hat'

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Hey, if your comment starts with "Wow, I know this is off-topic here.." please consider not posting the comment. Ask MetaFilter has stricter guidelines for comments and they need to answer the question.

Comment removed.

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 4 at 9:01 PM to Ask MetaFilter post Frivolous filter: Maduro's hat

Mod note on 'Ladies and Gentlemen - The Peace President'

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Just dropping in a mod note about treating other members with respect or at least less sarcasm tends to help difficult conversations go better. Disagreement is fine, of course, but try to avoid making a thread about one particular person. No comments have been removed.

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 3 at 8:49 PM to MetaFilter post Ladies and Gentlemen - The Peace President

Mod note on 'High School Men's Rhythmic Gymnastic Team from Japan'

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The comment noting the sensual pleasure of watching underage males doing gymnastics has been removed (along with a response) and the member will be contacted directly about the comment. Folks, please be mindful of comments you're making about children, as they give off an impression you don't intend.

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 3 at 8:19 PM to MetaFilter post High School Men's Rhythmic Gymnastic Team from Japan

Mod note on 'What is this foot and leg thing?'

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Above comment edited to correct a typo that was flagged.

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 3 at 8:06 AM to Ask MetaFilter post What is this foot and leg thing?

Deleted mefi post 'Do Androids Dream of Epstein Island?'

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MetaFilter post Do Androids Dream of Epstein Island? deleted. The post is on a controversial topic, but it's not exactly clear what the topic is, most of the links are too gated articles, and the inside portion has an editorial slant that geared towards making people angry, hence the deletion of this specific post. Another post about the subject would be fine, but please post ungated links, consider a trigger warning, and avoid defining the post in the comments.

Deleted by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 2 at 6:52 PM.

Mod note on '"... not epistemic agents but stochastic pattern-completion systems."'

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Deminime: "Let's keep in mind that the authors of the paper are people whom Metafilter agrees should be put to death because they're working on AI." This odd comment that has little to do with the link and is more of jab at the MeFi community has been removed, along with a response, for being a derail. It has been reproduced here for the public record.

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 2 at 2:39 PM to MetaFilter post "... not epistemic agents but stochastic pattern-completion systems."

Mod note on 'Whistleblower exposes food delivery apps'

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Flagged comment that was a duplicate has been removed

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 2 at 2:18 PM to MetaFilter post Whistleblower exposes food delivery apps

Mod note on 'Jason Williamsom of Sleaford Mods "The mornings are my afterlife”'

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Corrected Sleafod to Sleaford in title, passed on a flag, carry on!

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 2 at 2:17 PM to MetaFilter post Jason Williamsom of Sleaford Mods "The mornings are my afterlife”

Mod note on 'A B C D E F G H'

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Just remember if the thread closes and y'all want to continue, contact the mods who can reopen it so it stays open.

This can only happen in MetaTalk, fyi

Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Jan. 1 at 11:04 AM to MetaTalk post A B C D E F G H