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I guess I am behind the times? Is editorializing ok now?

No, editorializing is not ok now. This particular post fell into a grey area, so we left it up under the guideline of "let people talk about what they want to talk about in almost every case" and kept an eye on it. The discussion was basically fine.

Others have already chimed in various suggestions or point, so no need to rehash them. Basically, post about stuff that interests you, the links should stand on their own, and avoid making a post about you or your thoughts/feelings on the subject.

tiny frying pan: "Which I always thought was kind of bizarre. There should be at least a 10 minute edit window, or a way to submit an edit easily to be fixed by mods."

There's a feature request for this (#6) on the list of feature requests for the new site. Folks can submit their own requests (or ponies) at this link.

straw: "I have been saying for a while that the problem with people who blindly believe that the current crop of chatbots portending AI being "right around the corner" don't have enough interactions with developmentally disabled adults. That willingness to tell you "yes", the infodumping on things they've read or otherwise imbibed from their environment that's almost plausible, but absolute bullshit? These are patterns that anyone who's spent time in a group home, or around programs for those with developmental delays, or just hanging out with DD relatives, picks up on real fast. " Hi, please be careful about you categorize and write about other people. While I don't think you met this comment to be dismissive of people that are developmentally disabled, the comment did pick up a number of flags that very understandably took it that, so heads about writing about others: be respectful and avoid using them (whoever they are) are examples to prove a point of yours. Because you may be ruining your own point be unknowingly being offensive.

mahadevan: "URGENT: I don't know how else to spread this so posting here - someone can repost this as a new post to MeFI:" Hey, just fyi MetaFilter isn't a site for "you must see this now, it's very important" aggressive type comments or posts, nor is it encouraged to ask people to post something for you. In fact, if a person is feeling that something must posted and/or as soon as possible, we advise you rethink that that line of thought before posting. The comment was also off topic, meaning the thread is about AI/Sam Altman, but the comment was about Trump and the Smithsonian. Those two things aren't related. So the comment has been deleted, for being a derail. Not a big deal, it's nothing personal! Just avoid posting offtopic comments in a thread, along with imploring others to make a post because you think it must be shared.

NotLost: I believe it happened in 2024. It's been on the Site Info page for quite a while."

Yes, the Metafilter Community Foundation became officially legal on November 1, 2024, have updated that page to reflect the tenure of current and past members of that official board.

Yes, the site banner has been updated.

TheophileEscargot: "Could the FAQ be updated to have the current list of board members, with NotLost instead of Gorgic?

Have updated that FAQ entry to link to the General Staff and Site Information page, so that the list of Board members is in a single place, for easy updating.

Could the Steering Committee page be changed to the past tense, and a note added that it was disbanded in 2023?"

Mods don't have editing rights to that page, have passed the request on to frimble.

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We do encourage people who have knowledge about subjects of questions to post answers, thank you all!

FifthCupOfTea: "I’ve been driving EV for a little over 7 years now, and honestly? I’m never going back to gas unless it’s for some kind of apocalypse vehicle."

Hi, just a note that the OP has specific questions about charging an EV, not what makes an EV good to use. Please help the OP by sticking to the original question, thanks!

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One more comment removed, please avoid posting derails about nazi bars.

Three comments deleted. Let's try to be considerate and respectful towards other MeFites and avoid picking a fight with them; try to engage with the content of the video instead. But most importantly: "Avoid downplaying a problem just because it is not a problem for you." Telling someone to go touch grass when they are calling out transphobia is considered, at the very least, a microaggression.

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Edited post, with NotLost's permission, to add link to previous board update and added the tag 'MefiCoFoBoardUpdate'. Will do same to previous Board Update posts.

OHenryPacey: "Good for Jessie for caring so much about the SW myth that he would make a 4 hour long video essay. " Changed 'he' to 'she'

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It's ok to not like Star Wars, Andor, Disney+, or even tv, but showing up in this thread to express all of that isn't necessary. You're welcome and even encouraged to engage in a thread on a topic you do like, but let's avoid being down on something others are enjoying.

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xdvesper: "Just some quick responses -" xdvesper, go ahead and remove yourself from this thread. The subject is about shifting views of the Israeli government as they continue to commit genocide in Gaza. Coming in here to essentially say "no Israel is right" is not ok. No comments deleted at this point, but there's no need for you to continue in this thread, so please move on.

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Lemkin, please avoid threadsitting and give others a chance to say something. There is no need reply to the various comments stating what's wrong with the information in the article. One comment has been removed.

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HTML Fixed, the placeholder for the URL was a single dot. Added the full sentence now.

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NotLost, You've done a lot of good so far, so just keep doing what you're doing. Go for it!

Please stop derailing the thread. If your comment is not about the thread's subject, or you are simply replying to other users to argue/snark, stop. Take a break from the thread.

Just a note that thread sitting is discouraged, so if you find yourself commenting more frequently than other users in the thread, please take a break and let others chime in as well.

xusifem: "Spinifex has an Indigenous land acknowledgement on their website and publishes books by Indigenous and lesbian authors on feminism, decoloniality, and anthropogenic climate change. I find that to be odd behavior for a right wing press." As others noted, Spinifex's book of the week is Terf Island: How the UK Resisted Trans Ideology, which is a textbook definition of anti-trans, so stop trying to convince people that the Collective Shout and Spinifex has no problematic elements. This is not a request, just stop and if you feel you can't, then move on to another thread. Proofs and Refutations: "Fuck off TERF" MetaFilter is unapologetically pro -trans, but also has firm rules about saying 'fuck you' or similar to other members, so let's avoid doing this in the future. If anyone wants to discuss any of this further, email or MetaTalk are your options, avoid continuing the derailing this thread. No comments have been removed.

NotLost: "99_ and staff (Brandon? loup?), would you please work together to get appropriate info..."

Yes, will put 99_, loup, and myself in some sort of email/message chains so we can figure out appropriate communications and assistance.

Added a couple of periods to the post at OP's request.

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Typo correction of infrastructure

aintnolobos: "why be devastated when you can sell a book" Derailing comment removed, working through the thread to remove similar comments. Discussion about the upcoming bookk from Kamala Harris can be found in this other thread.

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"Why are you deleting my comments but not his if you want to clean up the thread..." Original comment removed, but here's a public response: You can take your concerns to email or MeTa, but you need to stop derailing this thread. No one is thinking less of you, certainly not me, but it's clear that another member would prefer not to interact with you, so please, just avoid interacting with them. You're welcome to continue discussing the subject of this thread, but if you keep insisting on derailing it, we're going to have to ask you to leave the thread.

One derailing comment removed. ch1x0r, please just avoid replying to comments from kittens for breakfast, as the last interaction between y'all did not go well. Both of y'all just move on and avoid derailing this thread, please.

Melismata: "Wow the trolls are out in full force today." No comments have been removed, but calling other members names (trolls) does nothing to discussion on topic. Please engage with what people are actually saying, instead of focusing on your perceptions of them.

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unearthed: "The United States is in dire existential crisis because one party wasn't perfect for too many people. Too many Americans require a lovely story and a happy ending - or they won't participate." Just a reminder that the article isn't about the United States or its political parties specifically, so please avoid derailing into the topics. No comments removed.

No deletions needed but, let's avoid a derail about HOAs.

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FYI, this Ask post is picking some reasonable flags wondering if this might be a stunt post. We do not have any evidence that this is the case so please carry on. We'll be monitoring the post as it progresses.

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Hi all,

Clearly there's still a several issues going on and staff should work ensure next month's update goes better, more on that below.

This includes working with 99_ to finish out ironing out issues with connections to various financial data (like PayPal), working with frimble on what can be done to prevent future site downtime's similar to what occurred on 7/26/25, getting the BiPOC minutes for a recent meeting finished, and keeping members informed about any policy changes, updates or discussions.

Note that MetaFilter does have a free account with UptimeRobot to monitor if the site is up and running (it checks every five minutes). This was done to help non-development staff know if and when the site goes down so we can communicate information to the community and as a backup to development monitoring.

UptimeRobot did report when the site was down yesterday, enabling staff to ping frimble and post to our Bluesky account that the site was down, along with updates. Will also check with frimble about making sure the status page accurately reflects whether the site is up or down.

Finally, I think (without consulting with other staff members yet) that it would be good for staff to establish goals with each site update for the next month's site update. Doesn't have to be anything huge, especially as we're still in a transition phase with management, but definite goals to keep the site and community running as smoothly as possible, something like what is mentioned in the second paragraph of this comment.

Indeed, I think part of the point is that trump definitely isn't hung. Just using this comment to point out that mocking male genital size is similar to mocking and judging physical aspects of women, so please choose your words with care. There's plenty of things to judge and mock President Trump without resorting to insults about dick size so let's try to avoid doing that going forward.

Previous username Jacen: "Will anyone be able to explain the reasoning for the sudden unexpected promotion of notlost? "

That sounds like a question for the Interim Board to address.

NotLost: "This sentence is incomplete: "Fixes to get the daily full backup to run with no downtime".

Are the fixes done, in process, pending or what?"

NotLost: "I realized it's the same situation for these fixes: "RSS fixes for both main feeds and tag pages". Would you check on those, too, please?" ]

Yes, both of the backup and RSS fixes have bee

Several comments deleted. outgrown_hobnail's comments have been removed and they have been banned for a week. All replies have been left for context. Thank you for pushing back against this kind of Hateful and Insensitive comments. Calling homeless people “shitbirds” is unacceptable. Please refer to the very top of the Content Policy. Also, let’s avoid. Turning this, and any US politics post into a relitigation of the past elections; let's focus on the issue at hand instead.

You probably want to update whatever source doc you're mindlessly copying these out of is updated.
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sickos haha yes dot jpg: " stop making up guys to get mad at in the body of the FPP." Lemkin: "Stop shitting in my thread." Please keep criticisms about a post respectful and about the topic, not the person. Likewise, if the OP wants to rebut something, keep it respectful, and remember that creating a post doesn't make you the decider on what comments can or should go in a post.

St. Peepsburg: "You won’t be able to reset her attitude for her. Thats her journey to undertake."

Hi, please note that the OP did not specify the gender of the child, and simply said "they" or "them".

Going forward let's avoid assuming the gender and just use the indicators the OP wrote in the post, thanks!

Here's a possible solution that member Richard Daly emailed to the mods:

The answer that worked for me was to use the DEL command in Windows Command Prompt, but to give it a slightly different parameter than the original poster, fantasticness, tried. Specifically, in Windows Command Prompt, from the path C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\ I ran the command

del "\\?\C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\[the entire ~255 character filename here].pdf"

The quotation marks are part of the command, the square brackets and the description inside them are not.

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One comment removed at the member's request, turns out it was a fake rumor. Responses to the original comment have been left up for clarification.

AlSweigart: "At this point in their 9-month-old account, Lemkin has a pattern of antagonizing behavior and doubling down. When (not if) he gets his account banned, we'll all have wished it had been done months ago."

It's ok to disagree with another member, but this sort of personal attack doesn't help discussion or the community. Please just focus on the comments and not on the person.

ch1x0r: "Since you provide your location in your profile, I researched the housing status there." As noted in the FAQ, do not publicly mention details from someone else's profile page unless you have explicit permission from the individual. Your comment has been removed. Folks, don't go through another member's profile, and try to use that information in any way. Doing so can result in ban.

Removed one comment that was supposed to go in the Fox in the Library thread and its replies, please carry on.

Diskeater: "Can this be updated with a list of current board members? Or can that list live somewhere on the site?"

I've updated that FAQ entry to link to the Site Information FAQ that NotLost mentioned, which is also linked in the footer on every page.

coffeecat: "Can the mods via the site backend see which users are filtering out USPolitics? "

Nah, there's no information about tag usage on the backend.

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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.

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.

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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

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.

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?

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Thank you to the original commenter for flagging that comment!

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