2014-10-30

How To Correctly Use Article Spinners For SEO and Ranking

Post 144059 by colinjrook deleted for the following reason: Screw off, spammer -- mathowie

King! King! King!

Post 144044 by justkevin deleted for the following reason: This isn't substantial enough to warrant its own thread, sorry. -- restless_nomad

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!!!!

Post 144034 by Muddler deleted for the following reason: Yeah, the active fundraiser is a problem here. Feel free to repost without it, or after it closes. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

Child sex exploitation 'social norm' in Greater Manchester

Post 144030 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: Big, terrible story; breaking today, it seems. A bit thin then given the subject matter, leaving little to discuss but our collective outrage? Feel free to repost in a few days or so when more will have come out / been written on this. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2014-10-29

A Girl, a GoPro, and Over 100 Counts of Sexual Harassment

Post 144006 by ourt deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Ponies being tortured!

Post 144005 by metasonix deleted for the following reason: This probably needs more context/explanation -- mathowie

2014-10-28

I just saw a thousand dollars

Post 143995 by swift deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

this is the song that never ends, it will go on and on my friend

Post 143982 by divabat deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

An interactive education

Post 143972 by Joe in Australia deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2014-10-27

If I = PAT, then what can we do about P?

Post 143966 by wilful deleted for the following reason: Heya, seems like an interesting piece of work, but if the paper itself isn't available to most readers and the balance of the post is just a pretty short blog commentary on it, that's probably not the best setup for a post to the front page. -- cortex

Public Health or Public Relations?

Post 143950 by entropone deleted for the following reason: We have quite a few Ebola posts currently active, and this is has been brought up in at least one; probably better to add extra links to the discussion there rather than splintering the conversation further. -- taz

2014-10-26

Neither Q nor A for the moment

Post 143941 by GhostintheMachine deleted for the following reason: Seems like if this is a thing where there's an expectation of some sort of detailed reporting coming out soon, it'd be better to specifically wait until that has happened and/or there's some other less-rumor, more-facts-on-the-ground stuff shaking out. -- cortex

Did you mean to type oiligarchy

Post 143925 by infini deleted for the following reason: This article dates to April of this year, when we had a thread on the subject. -- cortex

2014-10-25

1st thing to come up when googling "Why some are people such assholes?"

Post 143913 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: This isn't really a remarkable Cracked listicle, we've had a ton of them in the past, a little thin for a post. -- mathowie

Becoming post-Israeli: Why I immigrated to Berlin

Post 143912 by josher71 deleted for the following reason: Sorry, paywalled, we can't comment on it if we can't read it. -- mathowie

2014-10-24

Should I Work For Free?

Post 143899 by Mchelly deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Run the Jewels Redux

Post 143878 by dortmunder deleted for the following reason: Yeah, active fundraiser is a problem. Fine to repost without, or contact us if you want the post edited. Sorry for the trouble! -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2014-10-22

Heartbreak... it tastes like chicken

Post 143834 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is sort of goofy news-of-the-weird with a sprinkle of the Colonel's let's laugh at depressed people seasonings. -- mathowie

Pax Dickenson: Rebel

Post 143828 by lkc deleted for the following reason: However it was intended, this appears to be a great excuse for everyone to get their hate on, and that doesn't make for a worthwhile thread, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Quality auto loans from the UBIK loan company

Post 143816 by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2014-10-21

Gender Inequality, Gender Inequality Everywhere

Post 143805 by ourt deleted for the following reason: Double. Earlier today... -- mathowie

My hoverboard is full of squeals

Post 143785 by adamrice deleted for the following reason: Neat idea but post should wait until after they've finished their kickstarter campaign in a couple months. -- cortex

2014-10-20

Poetry in an unexpected place.

Post 143760 by rhombus deleted for the following reason: This is a little too point-and-laugh, sorry. -- restless_nomad

The UKIP Calypso

Post 143755 by colie deleted for the following reason: This guy is an asshole, but a "hey look at this asshole" outragefilter post isn't really great for Mefi -- taz

2014-10-19

Social Media Feeds Eating Disorders

Post 143750 by ourt deleted for the following reason: Heya, posts to the front page really need to not have bloggy personal-perspective framing like you've got in the more inside here. Posts should basically be about the link(s), not your opinions/thoughts about them. -- cortex

A List of Pointless Websites

Post 143733 by brunathan deleted for the following reason: Self link; banned -- taz

2014-10-18

We were a bunch of eighth-grade boys. Not an ensemble of stout-hearted

Post 143721 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Mid-Career and Pregnant

Post 143714 by ellieBOA deleted for the following reason: oops; looks like we posted this the first time around -- taz

TOO EARLY!!

Post 143713 by Trinity-Gehenna deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

2014-10-17

They're a feature, not a bug

Post 143704 by localroger deleted for the following reason: Yeah, kinda too thin for a post. -- mathowie

Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse

Post 143690 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

Post 143687 by 256 deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

"The Basic Bitch"

Post 143676 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: This is kind of gross and off-putting that calling a woman "basic" or mainstream is equated with "bitch". Seems needlessly charged and awful. -- mathowie

2014-10-16

Stand your ground, unless it's your spouse

Post 143652 by escabeche deleted for the following reason: There's a recent, open thread about domestic violence and the law. And terrible as story this is I feel a post on it could do with some fleshing out so as not to be a "here's a terrible thing that happened" outragefilter type post, sorry. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

"Gender reassignment is not [...] commercially viable content."

Post 143646 by winterhill deleted for the following reason: This doesn't appear to be going well at all. Maybe a do-over tomorrow taking into account the issues raised? -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2014-10-15

Why do people act like sexism is surprising?

Post 143641 by ourt deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible post for MeFi, sorry. -- mathowie

John Malkovich and iconic photos come together

Post 143626 by PussKillian deleted for the following reason: Malkoviiiiiiiiiich! -- cortex

Naughty passengers will be crushed

Post 143618 by dfm500 deleted for the following reason: mind the dupe -- cortex

GMP's Failure To Investigate Asian Rape Gangs

Post 143617 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: -- cortex

I Struggled With This Decision For A Week: Zatchel vs. Satchel

Post 143616 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: This is kinda niche-without-being-deep in a way that feels just kinda thin for the front page. -- cortex

2014-10-14

The Womansplainer: now accepting Paypal.

Post 143609 by nicebookrack deleted for the following reason: it's amusing but kind of a thin single-page post, probably better in one of the existing threads about the subject. -- mathowie

2014-10-13

Dwight Schrute would love this thing

Post 143575 by ericbop deleted for the following reason: And / when I awoke / I was alone / this plane had flown -- cortex

2014-10-12

kids go nom

Post 143549 by divabat deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Breadbreadbread

Post 143531 by ourt deleted for the following reason: This seems like... a Tumblr blog indicating there's maybe going to be a game sometime? If there's more to this, perhaps you can repost with a little more exposition. -- taz

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy

Post 143530 by Wolof deleted for the following reason: Yeah, it looks like we've covered this a few times before... if there are any newer findings, an update sort of thing might work well, though. (Notice: They told me to say that no cats were involved in the deletion of this post.) -- taz

"It ambles along blithely ..."

Post 143529 by mph deleted for the following reason: Eh, this feels like kind of trod ground with a grabber of a pullquote for the post. -- cortex

2014-10-11

Sketches from Raqqa by Molly Crabapp; Redux.

Post 143525 by xtian deleted for the following reason: Heya, the framing here is way too personal-voice/bloggy for a post, and in any case it'd be better to just add this to the open thread from a few days ago that you referenced here. -- cortex

Wolves, Yellowstone and Trophic Cascades

Post 143516 by quin deleted for the following reason: this is a double but if you're seeing this just watch it anyway because it's pretty dope -- cortex

2014-10-10

They didn’t see the whole system was going to sour so quickly

Post 143487 by Diablevert deleted for the following reason: link seems broken -- LobsterMitten

2014-10-09

Sarah Palin House Party Brawl, coming to Xbox this holiday season

Post 143467 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: eh -- cortex

Geocities 2.0

Post 143456 by TypographicalError deleted for the following reason: I am in love with the new site/community/what-is-it and really like ~ford's piece today, but we juuuuust had a post about tilde.club. -- cortex

Fuck you. I’m a feminist. (SL Playboy, possibly NSFW)

Post 143436 by huguini deleted for the following reason: Hey, we're kind of full-up on our Arguing About Feminism posts at the moment, and this is a super-short personal commentary with flamebait framing that doesn't cover anything we haven't already discussed extensively here. -- taz

2014-10-08

This is counterproductive, right?

Post 143432 by ourt deleted for the following reason: This is a weird post for MeFi, did you mean to ask this as a question on Ask MetaFilter instead? -- mathowie

Chromatic Pill Factions

Post 143418 by nicolas lĂŠonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: Eh, as basically a single image this is sort of thin inside-baseball weirdness. -- cortex

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Post 143412 by Ipsifendus deleted for the following reason: Brand new production that some random dude has tossed up on his little-trafficked youtube channel seems kinda sketch. -- cortex

2014-10-07

The Womansplainer

Post 143396 by Ragini deleted for the following reason: This is clever but there's not much there to talk about. If there are transcripts or something that might actually end up being a neat post, but the price sheet alone isn't really enough. -- restless_nomad

2014-10-06

Hattitude

Post 143355 by 724A deleted for the following reason: It looks like this isn't actually freely available, sorry. -- restless_nomad

2014-10-05

That hairspray is made from imported Tibetan yak tears!

Post 143340 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: eh, kinda thin for a comic post -- mathowie

The Man Who Smuggles Trader Joe's Into Canada

Post 143338 by spitefulcrow deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

"Their moralizing is selective, bigoted and very sad."

Post 143336 by davidstandaford deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is an Op-Ed on a pretty well-trod topic that doesn't really cover any new ground. -- mathowie

2014-10-04

Meatball! What are you wanting to do?

Post 143329 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: Time is a flat corgi on a carousel. -- cortex

2014-10-03

And then there were eight

Post 143316 by dejah420 deleted for the following reason: It's not clear if this is quoted material or just framing - it needs to be crystal clear and less editorially framed to have a chance of being a civil thread. -- restless_nomad

Vietnam handicraft orders increase

Post 143283 by Alo_Trip deleted for the following reason: Spam, banned. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2014-10-02

"a pleasurable substance that also conveys health benefits"

Post 143269 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: This was brought up and discussed in fair depth in the recent drinking stats thread. -- restless_nomad

Bitter

Post 143254 by Caskeum deleted for the following reason: No accounting for taste but this is kind of thin gruel as front page posts go, sorry. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2014-10-01

It's not like she was ordering pizza.

Post 143243 by joedan deleted for the following reason: This is kind of a short goofy news of the weird about some ugly stereotypes, not a great post for MeFi -- mathowie

Swagon Waggon.

Post 143227 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: Heya, this'll need to wait until the Kickstarter campaign has finished up. -- cortex