2012-05-31

Hitchiking 2.0: From LA to Bonnaroo with no money, no phone, just Twitter.

Post 116515 by EvilPRGuy deleted for the following reason: can't promote your friend's stuff here AT ALL. This should have been very very clear from the posting page. -- jessamyn

Penultimate Tweet?

Post 116502 by bonefish deleted for the following reason: Funny twitter exchange is a little thin for a post. -- cortex

ISNER!!

Post 116499 by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates deleted for the following reason: There needs to be a whole lot more to the "doing" part for this to make sense as a thing to post about. -- cortex

The Meme Generation

Post 116498 by ThatFuzzyBastard deleted for the following reason: Link appears to be hard down and not cached Since it doesn't seem to be time sensitive, let's have a do-over tomorrow or some other time? Otherwise there's nothing to talk about except the words in your post which aren't much to go on. -- jessamyn

2012-05-30

Life After Life

Post 116474 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Our Partners in Peace

Post 116461 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: This feels like not such a great way to make a post. -- cortex

Reports on Fukushima radiation.

Post 116458 by karmiolz deleted for the following reason: Heya, maybe rework this a little and repost tomorrow without the ending-your-post-with-a-rhetorical-or-not-question thing going on? -- cortex

Honor and Error

Post 116455 by furiousxgeorge deleted for the following reason: This is sort of an interesting little diplomatic clusterfuck but weighing it down with the op-ed angle and several paragraphs of pullquote therefrom feels like a good way to turn this into a discussion not so much about the diplomatic stuff as about the content of that op-ed. Maybe a do-over with less baggage. -- cortex

i will not make any more boring art

Post 116448 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: Double. -- vacapinta

Robert Mugabe and Tourism

Post 116446 by thermonuclear.jive.turkey deleted for the following reason: Sorry, it seems this is just too misleading as presented; please repost with more exposition about the situation, or perhaps someone else can make a post that takes a wider view. -- taz

2012-05-29

The Berlin Patient's results are in. And they look good.

Post 116431 by lazaruslong deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

NO FUTURE

Post 116417 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Detropia

Post 116411 by deathpanels deleted for the following reason: Heya, fundraiser posts (active Kickstarter projects very much included) really aren't okay for the front page. -- cortex

This is not a Gaga post

Post 116407 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: This is two minute of shakycam footage of a largely-obscured jumbotron showing footage of a concert rehearsal. I realize there's some like Madonna/Gaga singularity event wrapped up in this for folks who find that exciting but this is not a good Metafilter post. -- cortex

This has to be one the strangest quotes...

Post 116405 by jdhinckley deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this isn't actually a post at all, much less a good one for Metafilter. Stick around and read the site a lot more, and you'll get a better idea of what we're about. -- taz

2012-05-28

Is this finally the start of the Zombie Apocalypse?

Post 116392 by empatterson deleted for the following reason: Still not doing this. -- cortex

Hollywood never gets it right

Post 116389 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: Yeah, as neat as the idea is its kind of hard not to look at AMAs of questionable provenance with other than a jaundiced eye. -- cortex

2012-05-27

" ...flesh in his stomach that wasn't his own."

Post 116366 by kittensofthenight deleted for the following reason: This was an impressive attempt, but really no depth of framing is going to make this work here. -- restless_nomad

Anyone tried Genf20 Plus?

Post 116360 by HGH deleted for the following reason: Boy does this look like HGH spam. -- cortex

Teen solves Newton's 300-year-old mathematical riddle

Post 116356 by FunGus deleted for the following reason: That's kind of neat but with just a news blurb and no discussion of the actual problems or solutions this is pretty thin. -- cortex

Max Brooks Told Me to Keep an Eye Out for This...

Post 116353 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: Not a good post for Metafilter -- taz

2012-05-26

Adopt A Revolution: Syria Democracy & Human Rights

Post 116341 by travelwithcats deleted for the following reason: While it's possible there's an interesting post to be made on this topic, it would need to be more analysis than "donate here!" -- restless_nomad

Or is it the dancing Jews?

Post 116330 by caryatid deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

2012-05-25

Mathemagical Repasts

Post 116319 by frimble deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Oh, crap. There goes my budget.

Post 116303 by davismbagpiper deleted for the following reason: Uh, this just seems like some "buy stuff and earn me some referrer cash" blog. -- cortex

What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air?

Post 116302 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

SWATting your enemies

Post 116301 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: That's a super shitty thing to do to someone, but this doesn't seem like a great idea for a post. -- cortex

2012-05-24

Drinks, Very Often

Post 116279 by netbros deleted for the following reason: Gross. -- jessamyn

Ex-football star released after 6 years in prison

Post 116266 by marcusesses deleted for the following reason: Seems like an interesting and pretty fucked-up case, but most of the links here seem like they're kind of filler material and if the meat of the post is essentially "read this legal PDF" it might need to be presented a lot more in those terms, or with some good long-form journalism or analysis. Otherwise we've just got folks arguing about rape charges yet again. -- cortex

Egyptian Student Invents New Propulsion Method

Post 116257 by heyho deleted for the following reason: Maybe hold off for a bit more substance for a "crazy science breakthrough" type story; pop-sci reporting on this stuff tends to sketchy at best and too credulous by half. -- cortex

2012-05-23

It's The Internet Stupd

Post 116244 by mroben deleted for the following reason: This looks like additional attempts to googlebomb this guy's name and it's either an epic troll or an epic dumbass neither of which need more eyeballs from us. -- jessamyn

2012-05-22

Injunction junction, what's your function?

Post 116186 by AElfwine Evenstar deleted for the following reason: This is probably worth presenting a bit more in-post context on since for the folks who have read the previouslies it may be an obvious followup but for anyone else this is super opaque and requires a bit of back reading to even know what the new developments are about. -- cortex

Five Point Penalty for Including Ayn Rand, Bro

Post 116175 by Ipsifendus deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Badoo alcanza 150 millones de usuarios

Post 116171 by puraco deleted for the following reason: Si es interessante, se requiere algo más que una pagina de login. (this also looks like a phishing attempt. banned)-- vacapinta

Where House and Wilson always ride together.

Post 116165 by markkraft deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I dunno. Maybe sell the "and here's a bunch of House slashfic" thing a little harder if this is actually worth linking to for anything other than lulz value? -- cortex

2012-05-21

Robin Gibb has died.

Post 116135 by Cosine deleted for the following reason: This is awfully perfunctory, maybe someone will take a little time and put together a stronger post? -- cortex

2012-05-20

Mark Zuckerberg's Status Update: Married

Post 116125 by nikayla_luv deleted for the following reason: Maybe something more could work? As is this is kind of thin. -- mathowie

2012-05-18

Shh. Someone might hear. Don’t talk about that.

Post 116086 by SkylitDrawl deleted for the following reason: A single link to a personal blog post with a lot of she-said-he-said-they-said about a messed up situation is not really a great post. Maybe this could fit into a post with more context, or larger-picture framing. -- taz

In the role playing game known as The Real World, “Straight White Male” is the lowest difficulty setting there is.

Post 116078 by deathpanels deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Future Robot Uprising Survival Tips

Post 116071 by cashman deleted for the following reason: BEGUN, THIS CLONE WAR HAS -- cortex

Mitt Romney looks a little uncomfortable

Post 116063 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: deleted a couple of times already. -- taz

Okay, some ideas -- maybe we don't want to spread so much.

Post 116062 by delmoi deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2012-05-17

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

Post 116046 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: This is weird, probably better for a personal blog instead of here. -- mathowie

"Like the multi-color coat, I'm multi-dimensional."

Post 116037 by blucevalo deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and toss this into the open one as a comment. -- cortex

She worked hard for the money

Post 116035 by pjern deleted for the following reason: Second post is stronger, we'll keep that one. Always a good idea to give an obit a few minutes if it's a big one, it's likely folks are taking a little time to put something more substantial together. -- cortex

"You don't know how long I've been waiting for this......"

Post 116031 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This can go in the open thread, if it's not there already. -- taz

Placental jellyfish

Post 116028 by wilful deleted for the following reason: Double. -- vacapinta

2012-05-16

Better late than never.

Post 116015 by Cosine deleted for the following reason: This is not so much a neat thing on the web as an event announcement - if you can find some articles *about* the event, before or after the fact, and make a fuller post about it, go for it, but this won't really do. -- restless_nomad

Your score, taboo version

Post 116006 by gregv deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and add this to the open thread. -- cortex

The unholy mating of republican statistics and sex toy sculpture

Post 116004 by dfm500 deleted for the following reason: Deleted earlier. -- taz

Grand Old Party

Post 115991 by backseatpilot deleted for the following reason: Cute but pretty darned thin and I think we're feeling a lot of primaries fatigue still. -- cortex

Gold drops as Greece batters global markets

Post 115990 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: Another one of these Yahoo news things? Really? -- taz

2012-05-15

Such actions simply have no place in our society.

Post 115976 by hermitosis deleted for the following reason: Seems like the order of events here is out of whack, the statement in question was from a couple years ago. -- cortex

2012-05-14

kamra-e-faoree

Post 115946 by Confess, Fletch deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

It is Eurovision Time. This year is a little different because it will be held in authoritarian Azerbaijan.

Post 115938 by k8t deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure what "You can't link to your own stuff" is at all unclear. Super duper not okay. -- jessamyn

In Honor of Mother's Day (late)

Post 115931 by daydreamer deleted for the following reason: Eh, I'm happy she's had a good outcome from this and go kiddo, but the presentation on this is really sort of drawn-out and glurgey and people don't seem to be liking it. -- cortex

"But who are they—I mean, we? What do we call ourselves?"

Post 115928 by a_girl_irl deleted for the following reason: Make this post differently if you are going to make it here. The provocative pull quote and the really touchy topic need to be done differently if you are going to do them on MetaFilter. We don't need to know that the National Review have a bunch of really non-standard and racist opinions. If you want to make a good post that goes well here, do it differently, not as "outrage of the day" Thank you. -- jessamyn

Back-ups only help if they are actually working.

Post 115919 by Kimberly deleted for the following reason: If it's any comfort, this double post isn't as bad as Cars 2. -- cortex

2012-05-13

Bush found guilty of war crimes.

Post 115890 by Meatbomb deleted for the following reason: This is interesting, but a bit misleading. Perhaps a repost with more info about the official/legal nature of the action, or a wider look at such tribunals. -- taz

2012-05-12

Bitterroot

Post 115886 by x_3mta3 deleted for the following reason: This really seems like a viral marketing campaign, and the framing is sort of feeding into that. -- restless_nomad

When youth culture grows up.

Post 115881 by lkc deleted for the following reason: We don't allow open Kickstarter projects on the front page, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Game over, man! Game over!

Post 115877 by j03 deleted for the following reason: Single-link op-eds are not usually great FPP material, and this one isn't really rising above. -- restless_nomad

Rome Sweet Rome

Post 115874 by wallstreet1929 deleted for the following reason: Render unto 114055 what is 114055's. -- cortex

"If you guys were the inventors of the Gettysburg Address, you'd have invented the Gettysburg Address."

Post 115873 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This seems like not so much an interesting thing as a made up thing, and if the made-up-ness of the thing is interesting enough for a post there could maybe be a post from that perspective but this isn't it. -- cortex

How to get and stay anonymous

Post 115868 by Cuppatea deleted for the following reason: This is not really okay, Cuppatea; please reach us at the contact form if you're not clear why. -- cortex

2012-05-11

"If you don't go do what you wanna do, you're just bullshitting yourself."

Post 115864 by maxwelton deleted for the following reason: second one looks better -- mathowie

Catholic Bishops Scrutinize the Girl Scouts

Post 115862 by chrchr deleted for the following reason: This is basically a single Yahoo news link grar filter post that has already turned into people talking about pedophile priests. If the story needs to have a MeFi post made about it, please make a more thorough and less provocative one. Thank you. -- jessamyn

No words.

Post 115850 by whatgorilla deleted for the following reason: If the thrust of a post is basically "stay classy!", it pretty much just doesn't need to be a Metafilter post. Let Gawker do this shit. -- cortex

Knight mated by a Knight.

Post 115848 by unSane deleted for the following reason: Yup, had a recent post about this. -- cortex

'Please, sir, I want some more.'

Post 115844 by fearfulsymmetry deleted for the following reason: Seems like a neat enough idea but there's almost no content yet. Maybe revisit this in a month or two when there's more there there? -- cortex

$11,500 and 10 weeks will get you a web development job

Post 115839 by COD deleted for the following reason: This does seem like a pretty thin post as is. -- cortex

A convoluted tale of web ripoffenry

Post 115838 by milkwood deleted for the following reason: Not seeing how this is particularly noteworthy... just seems like a long forum thread on an SEO/internet marketing scammy business -- taz

2012-05-10

Anatomy of a thought process

Post 115834 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: Hey, this is a little thin for a Mefi post, and the presentation is more appropriate for something on a personal blog. -- taz

You find it shocking, the way we live?

Post 115824 by dubold deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

A Rebuttal

Post 115810 by Stagger Lee deleted for the following reason: Yeah, probably makes more sense to just include in the previous recent onion thread if it's not already there. Cheers! -- cortex

Having the other gay talk

Post 115795 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: This looks like a good post with a bit of a confusing lead-in that makes it seem like it belongs in the already open Obama thread. Maybe this can be edited to clear things up? -- taz

2012-05-09

Oh, your head hasn't exploded yet? This should do it.

Post 115792 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Dear boo_radley, I am very very happy to see you but not at all if you feel terrible, so let's do a do-over on this and you can post something tomorrow and we will all say welcome back. That work for you? -- jessamyn

Obama supports same-sex marriage

Post 115774 by Dasein deleted for the following reason: Later post is slightly better, so we'll go with that one. -- cortex

Mentally ill man beaten to death by cops

Post 115767 by blueberry sushi deleted for the following reason: This is an awful thing but it's also not something that seems like a good idea for a Metafilter post. -- cortex

The Eagleman Stag

Post 115764 by From Bklyn deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Paranoid Americans eating from buckets

Post 115753 by littlemanclan deleted for the following reason: This is an image png. This is not a Metafilter post. -- taz

2012-05-08

Google violated copyright but no damages

Post 115735 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: You are three for three on weird little yahoo news release posts with no context. This is strange and you need to stop. -- cortex

Gone where the wild things aren't

Post 115729 by Runes deleted for the following reason: Already posted. -- taz

2012-05-07

Facebook execs hit the road to persuade investors

Post 115698 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: This is a lightweight cookiecutter news service article that doesn't offer any new info on the Facebook IPO. -- taz

2012-05-05

Project Prevention

Post 115665 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: This is actually the fifth time this woman and her organization has been posted here over the years, and this version offers very little new info. Perhaps something that's not a retread of the same thing if there's a larger picture this might fit into? -- taz

"He does not need the validation of being called the best referee of all time."

Post 115663 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: *tweeeeeeet* Double! *obscure hand signal* -- restless_nomad

2012-05-04

Tough enough.

Post 115641 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: Posts about research where the actual research isn't publicly available are kind of needed from the get-go; if there's some more substantial discussion available that might work for a post but shortish digestions of studies tend not be great post material. -- cortex

Thallus - To Gain Volatility

Post 115640 by Frobenius Twist deleted for the following reason: Looks like the album is no longer free, alas. -- restless_nomad

You Fought Hard for our Right, MCA.

Post 115630 by Lutoslawski deleted for the following reason: please post this in the open thread. -- jessamyn

My girlfriend thinks you're hot.

Post 115629 by w0mbat deleted for the following reason: This is a sort of thin "Let's make fun of people who are different from us" article. -- jessamyn

Adam Rauch Dead at 47

Post 115626 by Curious Artificer deleted for the following reason: Better post please. -- jessamyn

NYPD sexually assaulting female OWS protestors

Post 115624 by crayz deleted for the following reason: Combination OWS + lousy cops + provocative pullquote +single link outrage filter really needs to be a different sort of post for MetaFilter. Otherwise it's just outragefilter with nothing much to discuss and a bunch of people angrily agreeing with each other with a lot of free ranging bad feeling that they use on each other. If this is going to be a MeFi post, make it differently. -- jessamyn

Life in Australia

Post 115623 by KathrynT deleted for the following reason: I get that it's sort of a cute cartoon, but it's also a single cartoon which is kind of thin for a post. -- cortex

Obama's "Fake Girlfriend" Non-controversy

Post 115611 by LondonYank deleted for the following reason: Poster request -- vacapinta

2012-05-03

Jon Will's Gift

Post 115588 by BobbyVan deleted for the following reason: This is like three quarters nice little photo essay by a dad about his son who he cares about and one quarter really jarring ABORTION SHAME ON YOU ENTITLED JERKS stuff sandwiched in there and as much as I like the idea of a nice photo essay that makes for kind of a weird stealth op-ed post. -- cortex

J.T. Ready Confirmed Shooter in Gilbert AZ Massacre

Post 115583 by a_girl_irl deleted for the following reason: Ugly situation all around and maybe there's a meaty post to be made about the overall situation, but this is a little thin as is and we probably don't need to link to folks like the Minutemen's site on the front page. -- cortex

Stekys Media Help Calm Client Fears Amidst Google Penguin Update

Post 115578 by raheelnajmi deleted for the following reason: This is a press release. A press release is not good post material. -- cortex

Birth of the Microphone: How Sound Became Signal

Post 115564 by Confess, Fletch deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2012-05-02

I Kinda Want A Tartan Suit Now.

Post 115552 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: Cool but looks like just the tumblr adjunct of this recent post. -- cortex

What secret could ruin your life if it came out?

Post 115548 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: Reddit thread full of unverifiable anecdotes is kind of not-great post material. -- cortex

Low-level radiation epidemiology

Post 115543 by jeffburdges deleted for the following reason: Something seems to have gone wrong here; maybe repost tomorrow when you have time to double-check the post text? -- cortex

Student left in holding cell

Post 115542 by cedar deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is kind of news-of-the-terrible that isn't much to go on besides outrage. -- mathowie

2012-05-01

He'll only have his billions of dollars to console him.

Post 115513 by DoctorFedora deleted for the following reason: for such major news, maybe more than a single tumblr post? -- mathowie