Contents

Introduction

FrequentlyAskedQuestions | MetaFilter | MetaTalk | AskMetaFilter | MetafilterProjects
About MattHaughey (the creator of MetaFilter)

Practical Points

• Guidelines for posting to MetaFilter
• Register to become a member and add posts and comments
• Formatting posts and comments

• Post
  • WhatIsAGoodPost - tips and examples
  • WhatIsABadPost - and special types:
    • DoublePost
    • LinkLessPost
    • SelfLink
  • Preview

• Comment?
  • WhatIsAGoodComment
  • ImageLinks

• Thread
  • DeadThread
  • DeletedThreads

• Member Information
  • Profile (displays optional information about MetaFilter members)
  • Customize your view of MetaFilter
  • UserNumber and NickName (what are they, and what do they mean?)
    • GoldStar

• Search
• Bookmarklets
• The SideBar on the front page
• MiniMefi Side Bar for internet browsers
• TextAd (advertising on MetaFilter)
• Sitemap of Metafilter

Community

• Donate towards the running costs of MetaFilter
• Buy MetaFilter Swag such as T-shirts and mugs

• MetaFilter Terms
  • DoublePost
  • InJoke
    • Pancakes
    • Ponies
  • FPP - what does it mean?
  • NSFW - means Not Safe For Work
  • boyzone - locker-room atmosphere
  • MoreInside
  • NewsFilter
  • OnPreview
  • PepsiBlue
  • SelfLink
  • SelfPolicing
  • Eponysterical
  • Metageist

• Metafilter Resources
  • Current Status of MeFi
  • Metafilter FAQ - key MetaTalk threads
  • [Metafilter statistics] - last updated (at this writing) in October 2002
  • MoreResources

• MetafilterIRC - a chat channel for MetaFilter members
• Regional MeetUps for MetaFilter members
• RelatedWebsites
• SimilarWebsites
• Is MetaFilter SuitableForChildren?
• Trolling
• MeFi Gmail
• Famous MeFites

Everything Else

• The MetaFilter server
• The future of MetaFilter
• Ideas for improving MetaFilter
• Best All Time Links
• Fleener's List Of Crap
• RIP List of deceased members

MetaWiki

• Home (a link to the front page of this wiki)
• An alphabetical [index] of all the pages on this wiki
• [Recent_Changes] made to this wiki
• WhyWiki - the advantages and disadvantages of using a wiki