One deleted. Poster's request.

humbug: "uspol tag please?" Added!

One deleted. Insensitive comment that fails to contribute to the thread in a substantial way.

martin q blank: "A group of Washington Post reporters has started a GoFundMe to get their colleagues home and pay for relocation, housing, legal support and more. IIRC we're not supposed to post fundraiser links here, but it's easy to find on the site." Generally speaking it's best to avoid GoFundMe type links in a post. But as a comment and for reporters dealt another crappy hand by a billionaire? Share that link(s) in the comments!

growabrain: "I've wanted to post an academic FPP on Metafilter about pornography, in order to stimulate a general debate about the topic (which is dear to my heart) and I wonder if it can be done without it being deleted. I know that the community is very politically-correct and protective and lots of people are offended by various subjects. So is it possible? The links I discovered are Wikipedia-worthy and couldn't pose any offense to anybody. So, if the consensus is 'better not', I'll keep them to myself. Your opinion?... Grazie." Moderator here, but not on duty. There's no inherent restriction against a post about pornography, but obviously it's a sensitive topic that can spark various reactions in the comments. So be mindful of that and lean into the academic side of things. Probably a good idea to leave include a Content Warning and put the bulk of the post inside. Feel free to email the mods a draft of the post if you want any feedback about whether it's ok as a FPP (which you're not bound to follow). I imagine that as long it's handled with care and sensitivity, it should be fine.

tiny frying pan: "What is this post actually about? The range of topics seems all over the place." Hi, friendly reminder that there is a list of tags/keywords for every post, located on the right side of the post on desktop or at the bottom of the page on mobile. Granted, that's not easy to find on mobile, especially for this particular post, but it IS there, if people are wondering what a post is about. Remember, folks don't have to read, enjoy, or understand every single post. It's perfectly fine and even encouraged to just close the tab or window if you don't like or understand a post and move on to another one.

Added AI tag.

Removed a snarky comment that was attacking another member and a response to it. Please remember that AI can be a pretty heated topic, but that doesn't mean you have to get nasty with other community members, that's a choice you're making. Knock that off.

One comment removed for being more about what that person things MeFi's attitude is about AI instead of the thread subject.

I've deleted the whole "BDSM is a Thing" derail. This is a serious discussion about a sensitive subject, so please Be sensitive to context. CynicalKnight please take a step back and let the thread move on.

plagued out moggies: "Maybe I’m just greatly misreading you, but this reads like a ChatGPT hallucination to my eye." Obviously feel free to disagree with others, but insinuating that another member is AI or using AI is an insulting and unhelpful path to take, so please avoid doing that in the future. It's also ok to move on if other members don't want to discuss a particular take with you or explain themselves to your satisfaction or understanding. Please just move on, thanks.

Member Kadonoishi has been banned for 24 hours for continuing the Elon Musk derail after being asked to stop and not doing so.

Kadonoishi, you're derailing the thread by making it about Musk, and/r how MetaFilter doesn't like Musk, instead of the actual subject. Stop it. You're free to make your own thread about Musk if you like, but you absolutely need to stop derailing this thread. If you can't, a timeout will be issued. Several comments are in the process of being removed.

kadonoishi: "Imma sharply criticize the MeFi community right now by pointing out that, if you like Technology Connections's presentation, then you need to acknowledge that Elon Musk has been doing exactly this since he bought into Tesla in 2004, with the exact eventual purpose that TC laid out very ably in this video." Hey, it's totally ok to leave Musk out of this thread since it's not about him or his company. There's plenty of other threads and places on the internet you can talk about him. It's also ok and even preferred to refrain from lobbing accusations at the entire community. No comments have been removed, but please move on from that derail.

Added "Melania: " to the post to make it clearer what the film is.

One deleted as it was noise and posted more than once.

One deleted. Poster's request.

Folks, the fighting and back and forth needs to stop now. Nothing deleted yet, please stop commenting if you've commented several times already.

An hour ago I got an actblue donation SMS for the Democrats that included Alex Pretti's name." Got a note asking that this comment be deleted because after further investigation it looked like it might be a scam unaffiliated with the Democrats.

Glegrinof the Pig-Man: "Dropping into a thread to "well ackhsually" collective action and demand "numbers" is some infiltrator shit." It's totally ok to disagree with someone WITHOUT accusing them of being an infiltrator, so please knock it off.

One comment deleted at poster's request.

Aye sir, edit so made. Ever an honour.

Obvious maybe, but yeah, we’re leaving this one up, ‘cause why not?!

cooker girl: "FYI: I incorrectly only included trans girls in this; GSUSA welcomes any trans kid; I have asked mods to correct the post." Correction made!

alexjesus: "This also makes me think about how meaning gets constructed now. It’s not delivered top-down; it’s decoded, negotiated, played with. That’s why this reminded me of kuakua.app" Hi there alexjesus and welcome to MetaFilter! Please take a moment to check out our Content Policy and what it says about spam, commercial content, and self linking. All are welcome on MetaFilter, but violating the Content Policy about spam can result in an immediate ban with no warning. So if you're here to share your thoughts with the community, then again, welcome! But if you're here to promote something, don't. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the moderators via the Contact Us form at the bottom of every page.

Extra spaces added in the title to prevent the post from breaking the mobile page on some devices.

Two deleted. Poster’s request.

Comments removed at the writer's request.

Fixed links in the original post.

One comment and it's replies deleted. Let's avoid doomsday predictions.

Do not call for the death of Trump or anyone, it violates the Content Policy and is generally in poor taste. Comment removed.

Yeah happy to call it: new developments, not a double.

One comment removed. This is not the thread to rehash the 2024 election.

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.

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.

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.

Flagged comment that was a duplicate has been removed

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

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.

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.

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.

Added AI tags.

One deleted. Poster's request.

. 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?

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Link updated and post reinstated upon poster's request.

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.

One deleted: noise.

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.

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

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.

One deleted. Poster's Request.

***** Panorama team should be put up against a ******* wall and shot. The entire comment that contained this phrase has been removed, because while having a strong reason to anything is fine, MetaFilter's Content Policy does draw the line at advocating for people to be killed or other threats and/or wishes of violence. Don't do that on this site.

Added content warning and fixed up tags. Note that the system doesn't allow spaces in tags, it'll split those words into two or more tags. Just leave the spaces out or or add underscores between words. So instead of "growing up" do "growingup" or "growing_up" to make the tags appear as one.

Removed two comments seemingly posted in the wrong thread, along with a response to them.

ShooBoo, you've been killing it with your last few posts! They've been interesting and great reads, so thank you sharing them with us!

Think I got it!

Link fixed!

One deleted. Poster’s request.

Fixed a content editing error on my part. I made an incorrect edit to the post content based off of a flag’s suggestion, another flagger brought the error to my attention. Thanks all!