Post 111139 by techno blogger deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for MetaFilter. This might be a good post for your own blog, but not here. -- jessamyn
2011-12-31
2011-12-30
Philosophy Only A Philosopher Could Love?
Post 111120 by Jonathan Livengood deleted for the following reason: Posting the work of friends and colleagues is very much not ok here. -- restless_nomad
King William's College Quiz 2011
Post 111097 by goofyfoot deleted for the following reason: Where have I seen this before? -- jessamyn
2011-12-29
Random Unicode Characters Superimposed
Post 111071 by LogicalDash deleted for the following reason: I know this is cool to those who can see it [or maybe it is] but there needs to be some "there" there for this post to be more than a bunch of boxes or other mess to the majority of people reading it. Maybe try again with a different presentation tomorrow? Thanks. -- jessamyn
Hubris, Hold the Public Shaming
Post 111064 by richyoung deleted for the following reason: While this is a neat idea it's pretty much the exact definition of editorializing and not appropriate for an FPP here. -- restless_nomad
2011-12-28
unfulfilled dreams
Post 111050 by Heliochrome85 deleted for the following reason: That is a pretty unhappy deal, but I'm not sure it's really post material. -- cortex
"Before I joined Reddit, I never thought of myself as a masochist."
Post 111026 by beaucoupkevin deleted for the following reason: I kind of feel like the "there are a lot of immature jerks on Reddit" thing is a known issue to the point where there probably needs to be more to a post than just a link to someone complaining about it. -- cortex
The Master Would Approve
Post 111025 by El Sabor Asiatico deleted for the following reason: no kickstarter please. -- jessamyn
A crime fighting dog and a gun.
Post 111020 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: Bad Brandon! Bad! Now go to your crate. -- taz
2011-12-27
Golden Loves Guitar !!
Post 111012 by andoatnp deleted for the following reason: This is both slight and commercial viral-y and didn't go over all that well the first time -- restless_nomad
2011-12-25
It may have to do with Christmas, I'm not sure
Post 110954 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: I know we all(?) like hot(?) girls but there's really not much here to discuss. -- restless_nomad
2011-12-24
Kind of the best Christmas song ever
Post 110916 by Nibbly Fang deleted for the following reason: This is super-delightful but we saw it just last year and there's an open "Xmas music!" thread a few doors down. -- jessamyn
2011-12-23
Pole Dancing
Post 110909 by sgt.serenity deleted for the following reason: This is a bit too mean and HAHA FAIL!!! of a video to be the greatest of anything. -- mathowie
Too bad, sucker
Post 110902 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Eh, this kind of feels like it's better left as just a rant on their blog. -- cortex
2011-12-22
More on the group behind the crackdowns on "Occupy"
Post 110865 by evabraunstein deleted for the following reason: This is weirdly axe grindy. I know it's a topic close to your heart, but it's really not okay here as a post an MeFi and it looks a lot like an excuse to publish your article as a first comment which is not really spirit of the law ok. -- jessamyn
2011-12-21
Silence better part of brother's keeper.
Post 110813 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: We wanted to give this thread a little time to sort of find itself but that is not happening. The BBC article is almost indistinguishable from trolling and this thread isn't going much better. -- jessamyn
Not lost in translation
Post 110780 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty thin outragefilter sort of thing. -- taz
2011-12-20
Amazon, huh?
Post 110770 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this has nothing to do with Google, and won't make any impact since no one will install it anyway... -- mathowie
Just goofin' on that thing.
Post 110762 by nutate deleted for the following reason: There's an open thread on this from a few days ago, please post this there? -- jessamyn
2011-12-19
What kind of BSA Motorcycle is this?
Post 110679 by leecohen deleted for the following reason: Hi, you need to post this at Ask Metafilter. -- taz
2011-12-18
2011-12-16
2011-12-15
All the rage in Chicago: Incredible stick-handling and shootout goal
Post 110564 by NormsAndNedums deleted for the following reason: Looks like you're linking to your own site here. That's totally against the posting guidelines. -- cortex
2011-12-14
Ohio landlord: whites only in this pool. Yes, it's 2011.
Post 110490 by andrewesque deleted for the following reason: This is a crappy thing that happened that was done by one crappy individual but to make it more than single-link outragefilter, it should be a different sort of post on MetaFilter. Please let us know if you have questions. -- jessamyn
Christmas Bored Games
Post 110481 by DuchessProzac deleted for the following reason: Not much to this, plus editorializing. -- taz
2011-12-13
Ski Good or Eat Wood
Post 110476 by Chipmazing deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but the original post is still open; please add these great links there. -- taz
2011-12-12
Is my quick Jalapeno pickling method/recipe safe?
Post 110424 by 5lbauthority deleted for the following reason: This should be posted in ask metafilter -- mathowie
First Date Horrors
Post 110400 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: Yeah, it's pretty much just unverifiable point-and-laugh, we nixed the previous post about it too. -- cortex
2011-12-11
Twine teaches objects how to speak, you just have to tell it what to say.
Post 110388 by FirstMateKate deleted for the following reason: No kickstarter posts, please. If this is an interesting enough project to stand on its own, please make a post with no Kickstarter links, thank you. -- jessamyn
2011-12-10
Accused Rapists Cross-Examing Victims
Post 110355 by thelastcamel deleted for the following reason: Sorry: overly editorialized, single view presentation of a very complex and difficult issue, plus flagged like mad, equals not a good post this time. There might be a better way to do this, but this one isn't working. -- taz
No DRM, no regional restrictions, no crap.
Post 110338 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: This is an interesting thing, but a single link to a "buy now" page is not a great way to present it. It's be great if someone made a more substantial post about this. -- restless_nomad
2011-12-09
Canadian Flag V2.0
Post 110321 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Kind of amusing but not worth a post. -- taz
Newsflash: Real Job Creators Are Smarter and More Honest Than Republican Politicians
Post 110308 by oneswellfoop deleted for the following reason: Maybe post this without the quippy framing if it's worth posting. -- cortex
2011-12-08
Shots fired at Virginia Tech
Post 110261 by DMan deleted for the following reason: I appreciate your good intent but we really can't have folks using the front page as a "heads up!" sort of thing. If someone wants to make a post about this once it's clear what's going on and there's real post to be made, that's fine, but this isn't it. -- cortex
Life of Brian Costume Help
Post 110246 by slashee deleted for the following reason: You're looking for Ask Metafilter, down the hall. -- taz
Coffee Cups Need Not Apply
Post 110245 by DuchessProzac deleted for the following reason: This is an ad; not a good post for Mefi. -- taz
2011-12-07
Dr. Luc Montagnier, Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of HIV
Post 110234 by watercressprincess deleted for the following reason: This is a very controversial medical/scientific topic which needs more than a one hour video to be able to make a good post for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn
Not SNL.
Post 110225 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: It's gonna be a long election season; hail mary passes by trailing candidates probably aren't gonna clear the bar most of the time as post material. There's a thread from yesterday about primary stuff, feel free to take this there. -- cortex
Retro Music for a modern era
Post 110205 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: and it's beeeeeeeen / the ruiiiiiiiin / of many / a poor pooooooost -- cortex
2011-12-06
2011-12-05
The Fed Grants $7.77 Trillion in Secret Bank Loan - Now Do You Understand Occupy Wall Street?
Post 110137 by noaccident deleted for the following reason: OWS posts really need to be more substantial to stand on their own - this can totally go in one of the existing threads on the subject. -- restless_nomad
2011-12-04
How important is the 99%'s diversity
Post 110110 by Net Prophet deleted for the following reason: I appreciate that you came back around for another go at pulling together sources on this, but the personal-thoughts stuff you've got mixed in here is basically a total no-go for a post to the front page. -- cortex
Just look inside!
Post 110080 by clarknova deleted for the following reason: This can go in the Cain thread that's still open from a couple of days ago. -- taz
2011-12-03
Adam Carolla explains the OWS Generation (SLYT, NSFW for language)
Post 110073 by weirdoactor deleted for the following reason: We're a little full up on OWS single link posts. Maybe put this in an existing thread? -- jessamyn
OWS from diverse perspectives
Post 110055 by Net Prophet deleted for the following reason: We already have a ton of OWS posts. If you'd like to make a post about this aspect of OWS, put together some non-random links that are more than "read Racialicious" and it would make a good post here. This is a little too much of "link that should be in an exiting thread" sort of thing, but please feel free to put something together for tomorrow if you want. -- jessamyn
2011-12-02
Liberal Media Doesn't Seem to Bad After All, Does It?
Post 110047 by astapasta24 deleted for the following reason: A one-note anti-republican rant is really not great Metafilter fodder. -- restless_nomad
OWS and Anarchism
Post 110022 by anotherpanacea deleted for the following reason: We've got a bunch of OWS threads already, maybe add this to one of them. -- cortex
Death to Pennies
Post 110000 by babby始); Drop table users; -- deleted for the following reason: Double, and poster's request. -- taz
2011-12-01
"So, uh, sorry about that. Our bad."
Post 109969 by fightoplankton deleted for the following reason: Cracked articles lists are famous for being sucky linkbait and this is no different. Possibly post it in the existing OWS threads here. -- mathowie