2011-10-31

Another $700 million "missing", another high end Wall Street firm scrambling, markets dipping.....

Post 109012 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: Less editorializing more "neat stuff I found on the web" please. Thank you. -- jessamyn

Pssssst! Hey buddy! Wanna buy some crystals?

Post 109008 by Tech Historian deleted for the following reason: Hey, buddy, it sure looks like you're actually "that Jovan guy" and this is really weird and not an okay use of Metafilter. -- cortex

Last Night Night As I Slumbered...

Post 109002 by PapaLobo deleted for the following reason: Yep, it's a classic. -- cortex

NetNostalgia Forum – Television (local)

Post 108992 by kipmanley deleted for the following reason: Ask Metafilter is thattaway. -- taz

2011-10-30

Mongol ship found near Nagasaki

Post 108975 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Cool story, but posted previously -- jessamyn

Stop Protesting

Post 108963 by OverlappingElvis deleted for the following reason: This is super thin for a fpp -- restless_nomad

Tutorial on scientific spin

Post 108955 by pjenks deleted for the following reason: This is written like your own blog post; less OP editorial voice, please. -- taz

The marriage between capitalism and democracy is over.

Post 108953 by dunkadunc deleted for the following reason: We just had a Zizek interview video a couple of days ago; maybe this can go there. -- taz

"an appalling lack of compassion"

Post 108952 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: Appalling, indeed... but this is an unfortunate combo of S/L op-ed, outrage filter, and thin on the ground. -- taz

2011-10-29

Foodies behold: The Big Green Egg

Post 108941 by mikeand1 deleted for the following reason: This really reads more like an ad than a FPP and is picking up a lot of static. -- restless_nomad

Entropy's little helper

Post 108936 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: An awesome double, but... -- restless_nomad

Are blood toxins making me fat?

Post 108920 by Carlo deleted for the following reason: This is probably meant for Ask Metafilter -- taz

2011-10-28

Bravo to Andrea Rossi and cold fusion

Post 108916 by Brian B. deleted for the following reason: You've made several posts this year about this guy and it seems like there's just not that much there to warrant it. -- restless_nomad

Behavior Analyst vs. Staff

Post 108908 by edgeways deleted for the following reason: I think xtranormal as a delivery channel for content is pretty much one of the circles of hell at this point. -- cortex

Occupy eBay

Post 108905 by jasonsmall deleted for the following reason: We're pretty saturated on OWS stuff, maybe throw this in an open thread? -- cortex

2011-10-27

Disaster logrolling

Post 108873 by InkaLomax deleted for the following reason: Short Forbes writeup and a couple of links to the company's own website feels sort of thin and where's-the-beef for a post to the front page about this. -- cortex

Top Pop Culture Halloween Costumes [Infographic]

Post 108864 by MaDonna Flowers deleted for the following reason: Posting your own content is not allowed. -- restless_nomad

Anyone know where this video is from?

Post 108861 by theNeutral deleted for the following reason: Can't be moved but you can repost it there! -- restless_nomad

Scared Bros At A Haunted House

Post 108859 by Devils Rancher deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Jobs' biography in Trebuchet typeface

Post 108839 by mailhans deleted for the following reason: This is silly. -- taz

2011-10-26

Iraq War Vet Critically Injured In Occupy Oakland Protest

Post 108832 by mikeand1 deleted for the following reason: Please follow up in the existing Oakland OWS thread. -- cortex

Have You Seen The Wire and Read War And Peace?

Post 108827 by reenum deleted for the following reason: This is just a super lazy cracked-style list that appears to be resoundly disliked. -- jessamyn

Bad Lip Reading

Post 108816 by Effigy2000 deleted for the following reason: Loving this, but it looks like we saw it recently. -- cortex

Keynes smiles from heaven.

Post 108810 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: Your whole more-inside bit here reads like a personal blog post, not a metafilter post. You need to avoid personalized framing like this for posts to the front page. -- cortex

Laugh and the world laughs with you.

Post 108799 by nam3d deleted for the following reason: You appear to have been serially self-linking to your own company for longer than we'd like to admit was possible and this really super duper sucks. You are very seriously banned. -- jessamyn

Politician Sues Critics Over Election Loss

Post 108797 by 2manyusernames deleted for the following reason: This maybe needs to be rewritten in a totally different way if it's going ot be okay for MeFi. As it is it's outragefilter on an already touchy topic. Thanks. -- jessamyn

"I am Sargent Faith"

Post 108789 by Shit Parade deleted for the following reason: Metafilter is not a news site, and isn't the best spot for reporting every single new development on the OWS story; if OP or someone wants to work this news into a more in-depth MeFi sort of thing, that might work. -- taz

Kickstarter's scrappy little brother works in advertising

Post 108788 by nickrussell deleted for the following reason: Sorry, MetaFilter is not for fundraising. -- taz

2011-10-25

Attack of the Fridgebots!

Post 108784 by JoeGoblin deleted for the following reason: Sorry, promoting Kickstarter projects is not what MetaFilter is for. -- taz

It's the State, Stupid.

Post 108779 by fantodstic deleted for the following reason: This is maybe not going over so well here. There may be good single link articles about this issue, but this one is not it. -- jessamyn

Steve Jobs the Jerk

Post 108778 by SEOdegreeo deleted for the following reason: There's an open thread about the bio, this isn't really all new enough from that to merit its own post. -- jessamyn

Plink, a multiuser music toy

Post 108766 by gwint deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

The Man Who Would Be Queen?

Post 108744 by saulgoodman deleted for the following reason: Ah, yeah, looks like we looked at this recently, feel free to add to that thread as appropriate. -- cortex

Hump and Jump

Post 108740 by Toekneesan deleted for the following reason: pour mourir par votre double -- cortex

Terry Isn't The Only Gross Thing

Post 108736 by munchingzombie deleted for the following reason: Double. Double sex! -- taz

2011-10-24

Anyone use Yahoo! Bookmarks? Now you need the Yahoo! Toolbar.

Post 108712 by no1nose deleted for the following reason: If this is a real thing/problem you need to link to the stories that are explaining it and not just the toolbar link on a Yahoo site. -- jessamyn

I want to go back

Post 108707 by Potomac Avenue deleted for the following reason: Double post -- taz

He hath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.

Post 108704 by ricochet biscuit deleted for the following reason: Not much ado here, really; maybe post again when there's more to dig into? -- taz

Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?

Post 108701 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: This seems to be one of a series of single link blog op ed posts about terrible people being terrible and while they seem to really get peopel going here, I'd suggest that people really interested in this stuff discuss it over at the blog where it is already linked so that MeFi does not become electionyellateachotherfilter. Thank you. -- jessamyn

WE HAVE TO GO BACK, KATE.

Post 108695 by likeso deleted for the following reason: CROCKETY BOAST / STILL PUT IN OTHER POST -- taz

2011-10-23

60 minutes interview on Steve Jobs

Post 108689 by sf9719 deleted for the following reason: using link shorteners to hide your own referral code is sketch enough to that you will need to post this tomorrow if you want to post about it. -- jessamyn

Salman Rushdie is Not Afraid

Post 108673 by reductiondesign deleted for the following reason: This is very confusing, leading with an out-of-date news blurb that isn't labeled as such, then a link to an old film before getting to the point of the post. Try again tomorrow? -- taz

Immortal Technique on #OccupyWallStreet

Post 108669 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: This can go into one of the open OWS threads. -- taz

2011-10-22

I AM GOING TO BUY SO MANY FLÖRGS AND BJÅRNBLÛBS IT WILL MAKE YOUR FACE FALL OFF OF YOUR FACE.

Post 108658 by schmod deleted for the following reason: CROCKETY BOAST / PUT IN OTHER POST -- cortex

Old Todd Boddingham lived in a shoe...

Post 108652 by obscurator deleted for the following reason: News-of-the-weird one-off thingies aren't really good posts for MeFi. -- taz

They got the day wrong.

Post 108650 by arse_hat deleted for the following reason: Fox got something almost right? Weird. But, sadly, a bit on the thin side for an FPP. -- taz

2011-10-21

Not just for piña coladas

Post 108649 by babby始); Drop table users; -- deleted for the following reason: Poster request. -- taz

...and of things that will bite.

Post 108637 by lazaruslong deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

Holy Shatner!

Post 108634 by Jon_Evil deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

The Social Media Guys Behind Lil Wayne and How Two Teenagers Broke In To Silicon Valley

Post 108626 by schlichtm deleted for the following reason: Seriously, you posted a Forbes article about yourself? -- cortex

2 cars, 18 people passed by

Post 108624 by stormpooper deleted for the following reason: I appreciate that this isn't the "here's raw footage of a 2-year-old kid being run over" approach of the post we had removed previously, but this is still a couple of short news bits about Terrible Thing That Happened without a lot of actual post meat. -- cortex

Lend it Forward

Post 108617 by ericbop deleted for the following reason: This is really more something-for-your-own-blog territory. -- taz

It's good to have friends in high places

Post 108612 by 445supermag deleted for the following reason: Maybe present this a bit better if it's worth posting? -- cortex

news from ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan

Post 108609 by ShawnString deleted for the following reason: Eh, it's gonna be a long-ass election cycle, and a one-note electionfilter tumblr joke is the sort of thing that's not so likely to make the cut. -- cortex

Photos by Margo Ovcharenko

Post 108606 by beshtya deleted for the following reason: This probably needs a bit more info, and a NSFW alert. -- taz

Einsteins of the surveillance world

Post 108602 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: This article reads like a press release; if there's something there, we need something with way more substance. -- taz

2011-10-20

93-B Hovercraft in t-minus 5...4...3...2...

Post 108601 by whimsicalnymph deleted for the following reason: THE ANSWER IS 42 -- cortex

Women: get to the back of the bus.

Post 108581 by Kokopuff deleted for the following reason: single link gothamist outragefilter. Maybe someone can make a balanced post about this that isn't just this? Thank you. -- jessamyn

Heywood Banks's new project

Post 108578 by MatthewTie deleted for the following reason: GeoPirates appears to be a project of one of your fellow Raleigh Village Idiots folks. This is totally not okay. -- cortex

"If humour can diffuse the subject matter, it will diminish their sense of martyrdom."

Post 108573 by jklaiho deleted for the following reason: This is pretty thin op-ed on it's own, but would go great in the existing Ricky Gervais thread. -- taz

Muammar Gaddafi either captured or killed.

Post 108572 by jeremias deleted for the following reason: Let's wait until there's confirmation of something on this. -- taz

WTF Florida? I mean, Ohio?

Post 108567 by bardic deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

2011-10-19

Out the ringers.

Post 108557 by lazaruslong deleted for the following reason: I A<3 him, but we've got an open Jay Smooth and a bunch of open OWS threads and this'd be better as a comment in one of those. -- cortex

Wingardium Leviosa

Post 108542 by unSane deleted for the following reason: It's totally great and we've seen it and I've added some tags to that post and I'm either happy or sad to report that your cat is either alive or dead. -- cortex

Hurry up, get more done, and die

Post 108541 by mandro deleted for the following reason: This is kind of a short puffy op-ed full of rhetorical silliness that's mostly grounds for people saying "no, that is rhetorical silliness". Seems pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

China traffic accident

Post 108540 by stbalbach deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure what makes this a good post for MetaFilter. If there is a reason this is a god post for MetaFilter, please make that clear in the post. Thanks. -- jessamyn

Marriage upheaval

Post 108531 by mathowie deleted for the following reason: oof, I even searched! -- mathowie

Canton Fair Is on the Spot

Post 108530 by gmc_manufacturer deleted for the following reason: This is against the rules and you are banned as of right now. -- jessamyn

Baby trafficking in Spain

Post 108517 by Trurl deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

From steam valves to high chairs - 100 years of Tomlinson Industries

Post 108513 by nekton deleted for the following reason: I don't know if you were going for "history of interesting company" with this or what, but as it is it basically reads like a press release and there's no real metafilter post meat. -- cortex

Occupy Antarctica

Post 108489 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: It's a nice pic but we're sort of drowing in OWS posts at this point and a single picture doesn't generally cut it for a post even under normal circumstances. -- cortex

Liters of Light

Post 108486 by mudpuppie deleted for the following reason: Yep, previously. -- cortex

2011-10-16

PSA for Swiss disability charity, Pro Infirmis

Post 108439 by Perodicticus potto deleted for the following reason: Nice PSA, but a little thin for a post, and some formatting/presentation problems... maybe a good candidate for a re-do. -- taz

We don't have a Steve Jobs here.

Post 108436 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: Posted last week -- mathowie

2011-10-15

The Daddy Of The Mac

Post 108429 by ovvl deleted for the following reason: This can go in one of the existing Jobs posts -- restless_nomad

Dictionary Near the Dinner Table?

Post 108421 by juifenasie deleted for the following reason: This seems like maybe it's an AskMe question? In any case, it's not a MeFi post. -- jessamyn

Neutrinos will not let you read this article any earlier

Post 108417 by DRMacIver deleted for the following reason: This seems like one of many circulating theories, but not a definitive "Answer Has Been Found!" so I think this can go into the open thread, at least for now. -- taz

2011-10-14

Maybe I'm Lonely Because I Hate Everyone

Post 108404 by netbros deleted for the following reason: Yeah, these seem like just sort of garden-variety "it's funny because I'm edgy" jokes. -- cortex

Dem Things

Post 108396 by rtimmel deleted for the following reason: Loving the irony of the double here. -- restless_nomad

Lunch: Fast, Cheap, 25 ideas.

Post 108391 by storybored deleted for the following reason: Eh, this seems like kind of run-of-the-mill clickbait stuff. -- cortex

Dudley Moore, Pianist

Post 108381 by winna deleted for the following reason: Hmmmmmm. Stream of consciousness thingy? Probably a little too loosey-goosey here. -- taz

2011-10-13

RIP DMR

Post 108366 by Crabby Appleton deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

TED Talks 100 Websites

Post 108360 by MechEng deleted for the following reason: Four year old list with no context is kind of thin stuff. -- cortex

Subtle undermining

Post 108351 by Baldons deleted for the following reason: It seems like this a post about a prank that isn't actually a prank so much as the intended editorial content, and "G&M; posts quirky photo set on purpose" isn't really post material on its own. -- cortex

2011-10-12

We are allowed to think about alternatives

Post 108333 by finite deleted for the following reason: We've had kind of a lot of Occupy Wall Street posts lately, maybe find a home for this stuff in one of the open ones? -- cortex

21st century history isn't one of my strong points. Too depressing.

Post 108323 by AugieAugustus deleted for the following reason: We've had a ton of Occupy-related posts lately - this can go in one of the open ones. -- restless_nomad

In A World...Where Six Diplomats Were Held Hostage...Hollywood Helped Plan A Daring Escape.

Post 108314 by EmpressCallipygos deleted for the following reason: Double. :( -- taz

2011-10-11

Tulle

Post 108301 by sdari0 deleted for the following reason: Not even a subtle one. -- restless_nomad

I know how Judith Butler feels about subverting the dominant paradigm and rejecting the naturalization of heternormativity, but I got you this flower.

Post 108293 by villanelles at dawn deleted for the following reason: Kind of a lame one note joke on tumblr. -- mathowie

Apps for Metro Chicago: Community Round

Post 108287 by kakarott999 deleted for the following reason: This is a neat thing going on but someone who is not you need to make this post since including a "vote for it" link to your own project basically makes this a "we could ban you" problem. So, maybe someone else who is not a finalist could make a similar post, but not this post. Sorry. -- jessamyn

Eviction the new abortion?

Post 108277 by FunkyHelix deleted for the following reason: Can we maybe have this discussion once something has happened and not "rar bad idea may become bad law"? Thanks -- jessamyn

2011-10-10

Rivers of ice: Vanishing glaciers

Post 108269 by wilful deleted for the following reason: Double -- taz

Must have penis to enter... er, wait...

Post 108267 by Defying Gravity deleted for the following reason: Short news blurb about an ad campaign is pretty much never going to make a good post for Metafilter. -- cortex

Warrior Open Golf Tournament

Post 108257 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Poster's request. -- restless_nomad

Happy birthday Kirsty Maccoll

Post 108227 by Schroder deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but much too thin for a post. -- taz

2011-10-09

Quoth the raven, "I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen."

Post 108202 by eric1halfb deleted for the following reason: This just seems like a promo post for a movie. -- taz

#ISwabbedForAmit

Post 108201 by ancillary deleted for the following reason: This is a great cause, but not what Metafilter is for. -- taz

2011-10-08

15th October

Post 108195 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: This needs way more context to even make sense, let alone be a good post for Metafilter. -- restless_nomad

Tweet it, sinners!

Post 108179 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: The irony is amusing, but this really isn't worth devoting more attention to the WBC. -- restless_nomad

Determinaci&#0243;n geom&#0233;trica de los n&#0250;meros primos y perfectos.

Post 108171 by beshtya deleted for the following reason: If this is something Metafilter users might like, perhaps it can be re-posted with some supporting/explanatory info, and perhaps a translation link. -- taz

2011-10-07

Hackers seek to benefit from Steve Jobs death.

Post 108159 by Paul Breeze deleted for the following reason: This is super, super thin for a FPP. -- restless_nomad

Who Goes To The Haunted House Alone?

Post 108156 by jtajta deleted for the following reason: Original flickr set was posted yesterday -- mathowie

Single Mattresses

Post 108136 by mattresses deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible post for metafilter, also you are banned -- jessamyn

2011-10-06

Storing half & half for coffee

Post 108131 by fishpatrol deleted for the following reason: I think you want to post this to AskMe, not here. -- jessamyn

The funeral of Steve Jobs to be picketed by Westboro Church

Post 108124 by busillis deleted for the following reason: This can go in the existing Steve Jobs thread. -- restless_nomad

Keep It Behind Closed Doors

Post 108117 by misha deleted for the following reason: This is a problematic topic at best and focusing part of the discussion on the comments section of a news site is not going to help either. -- restless_nomad

Bernard Capulong – founder of the Everyday Carry blog talks about the philosophy behind EDC

Post 108116 by samengland deleted for the following reason: Links to your own site are expressly forbidden. -- restless_nomad

Do you have what the Swedish Armed Forces are looking for.

Post 108106 by therubettes deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2011-10-05

.

Post 108099 by Danf deleted for the following reason: two posts down. -- jessamyn

Sad Mac

Post 108098 by spock deleted for the following reason: Two posts down -- mathowie

Steve Jobs has passed away

Post 108097 by DreamerFi deleted for the following reason: Couple posts down -- mathowie

Sarah will not run

Post 108095 by pyramid termite deleted for the following reason: That's super for her, but this is pretty thin stuff for a post. -- cortex

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

Post 108094 by fantodstic deleted for the following reason: one post down... -- mathowie

Steve Jobs Has Died

Post 108092 by k8t deleted for the following reason: A single link to a tweet makes a pretty terrible obit post. Let's please wait until there's some actual news at least. -- restless_nomad

Let’s unite to restore this country!

Post 108090 by furiousxgeorge deleted for the following reason: Single link newsfilter is non-awesome, and single link sarahpalinfilter is even less so. -- restless_nomad

Where's Mark Bosworth?

Post 108076 by Man with Lantern deleted for the following reason: I've been following this story, but yeah, not much of a post for MeFi. -- mathowie

Personal Trainers vs Fitness Instructors

Post 108066 by giftguru deleted for the following reason: Not fit for mefi. -- taz

2011-10-04

It's a Car!

Post 108050 by adamms222 deleted for the following reason: Sorry this is kind of a lame ad. -- mathowie

The Black Pit And The Bismarck

Post 108049 by GallonOfAlan deleted for the following reason: Two wikipedia posts isn't a good reason for a post on MeFi. -- mathowie

VE Day Riots

Post 108045 by LauraJ deleted for the following reason: if you think this is something that the MeFi community might be interested in, this needs to be a different sort of post. -- jessamyn

Dominion Over All His Creation

Post 108044 by crayz deleted for the following reason: This is horrific, but "here's a graphic description of something horrific, also here's a terrible video you probably shouldn't watch" is kind of a hardcore firestarter of a post and I'm not sure it's really a great idea for the front page. -- cortex

How Small is Small?

Post 108036 by Knigel deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and toss this into the existing thread if it's not already there. -- cortex

2011-10-03

The Ctr Alt Del Guy, Not Jeff's Dad

Post 108026 by Lovecraft In Brooklyn deleted for the following reason: This is sort of a GRAR hit piece. -- jessamyn

Everybody poops

Post 108022 by TheBones deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Stop hey what's that sound everybody look what's going down

Post 108017 by Mike Mongo deleted for the following reason: this sort of needs to go in the open thread. -- jessamyn

California decides to ban circumcision bans.

Post 108002 by handbanana deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post. -- cortex

what is this i dont even

Post 107995 by Sebmojo deleted for the following reason: If there's something interesting here, maybe try again with a new post pointing that out, but if it's mainly "What the hell is this? Please explain!" that's probably better as an Ask Metafilter post. -- taz

2011-10-02

This is a blog that actually has funny writing and comics

Post 107986 by mischiefmaker75 deleted for the following reason: Self-link and banned. -- restless_nomad

2011-10-01

top 10 books lost to time

Post 107961 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

So bad they're good

Post 107953 by AElfwine Evenstar deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but it seems that Spock's gaseous anomalies were not enough to save this post from the Wrath of Khan Mefi users. -- taz