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Mod note on 'How do I let people know they can have some fun in the steam room?'

Several deleted. Yes, this is probably against the rules of the establishment, and i am sure that the Asker knows that. However, responses need to answer the question that was actually asked.

Mod note on 'How do I let people know they can have some fun in the steam room?'

Folks, just an fyi: this has been flagged a couple times but it seems to be within the guidelines, and it's attracting helpful answers, so i'm going to leave it for now. Please keep answers on-topic and respectful, thanks.

Mod note on 'Tag RSS feeds return Cloudflare challenge (403) for non-browser reader'

I've fixed the broken link in your comment, soelo, and removed your correction comment!

Mod note on 'Strange game. The only way to win is not to play'

Fixed broken link in OP and deleted two comments about the correction.

Mod note on 'Lanterns: OutKast'

Fixed typos in OP and deleted a comment about the correction!

Mod note on 'How I'm supposed to see our dog the same way again'

I have changed the post title and moved all the post below the fold, leaving a trigger warning above instead. In situations like this, please consider how your trauma might trigger other people's trauma.

Mod note on 'Balcony solar comes to UK'

Made link in this comment clickable.

Mod note on 'Six decades'

One deleted as not really an answer.

Mod note on 'Some more games for you to play'

Fixed typo in OP at user's request.

Mod note on 'NeXt up'

One deleted. Just a reminder that commenting several times back to back is discouraged. Weโ€™d appreciate leaving room for others to discuss. Thanks!

Mod note on 'Looking for a scheduling tool for staffing'

Fixed weird/broken markup in this comment.

Mod note on 'โ€œOh.โ€'

Fixed broken link in this comment. Rash, if this isn't the link you intended, let me know and i can change it; we tried to get in touch but never heard back.

Mod note on 'Recommendations on how to try CBD to help with sleep/nightmare issues?'

Changed link in this comment at user's request.

Mod note on 'Out, out, damned grease!'

Fixed links in OP; removed one comment that was entirely about the correction. Sunburnt's comment has been left up because it also contains an answer; it may, with the user's permission, be edited later to remove the now-extraneous links.

Mod note on 'Aboriginal artist recreating oldest living weaving practice with glass'

Removed a wrong-thread comment at the user's request.

Mod note on 'Books like "The Goblin Emperor"?'

One removed as noisy (the book was mentioned in the Ask as already-read).

Mod note on '2026 MetaFilter Board Elections: Setting the table'

Fixed the Monday dates in the OP!

Mod note on 'Open Executive'

Made link clickable in this comment.

Mod note on 'AI Analyzes AI Behavior'

Fixed broken link in OP. Folks: yes, the primary link is LLM-generated text. It's clearly marked as such both in the post's text and using the "AI" tag. I swear we are working out policies about how to treat slop links in post, but that's a longer-term process; in the meantime, it really is okay to just skip things.

Mod note on 'NeXt up'

Folks, this thread needs to not end up with people sniping at each other like this. It's true that Elon Musk is a Nazi. It's also true that many communities, especially of people in the Global South, are still mostly on Twitter rather than anywhere else. That sucks for a lot of reasons! But pretending it isn't true, or that there are replacements for the information and sharing happening in those communities, doesn't help anyone.

Mod note on 'Nail Me'

One deleted as a misunderstanding/non-answer.

Mod note on 'How to Spot a Psychopath'

Fixed typos in this comment and this comment.

Mod note on 'Scientists say Australia is the best place to go in a catastrophe'

Fixed the borked markup in this comment.

Deleted mefi post '"Beauty emerges from chaos, art born from the ruins of play"'

MetaFilter post "Beauty emerges from chaos, art born from the ruins of play" deleted. Seems to be AI-post with not much substance. Maybe not best for the site.

Mod note on 'What's the word for this?'

One deleted for noise. Please keep comments on-topic.

Mod note on 'The Age of Spiraling Machines'

One comment removed for violating the content policy. Even in threads about "AI", if you use an LLM to generate your comment you must label it as such. (Sorry, folks, i didn't spot this one earlier and it wasn't flagged until just now.)

Mod note on 'The Quiet Grief of Adult Friendship'

Please be aware that this post is being flagged as probable LLM output. I'm not removing it, but i wanted to leave this note here so folks know if they want to avoid it. We really are still working on guidelines about how to deal with this sort of thing, but in the meantime, please do not derail the conversation; either read it or don't.

Mod note on 'Why does this even bother me? How can I stop?'

(Also, folks, sorry for missing this earlier. "AFAB" != "woman", drug tolerance is very complicated and doesn't break down cleanly along sex-assigned-at-birth lines, and just in general it's language you should be careful about using.)

Mod note on 'Why Is Anti-Indigenous Racism on the Rise?'

Folks, please be careful with each other and with the topic of the thread. A couple notes:
  • Indigenous/First Nations people are welcome to express their feelings, and those feelings aren't automatically destructive to the thread. If you think something violates the guidelines, flag it, but it's not anyone's job to tone-police angry victims of racism.
  • While there certainly are commonalities between anti-Indigenous racism in Canada and anti-Black racism in the US (and other varieties of racism globally), please use care so as not to derail the thread away from the topic of anti-Indigenous racism in Canada.

Mod note on 'A cartoon episode with narwhals?'

Two deleted as noise.

Mod note on 'what problems do you have in your long term relationships?'

Folks, this question has gotten flagged a couple times so i wanted to note here that i'm choosing to leave it up. It's a little chatty/research-y, but it's getting solid answers and i don't see any reason to nuke it.

Mod note on 'Open Executive'

Fixed typo in post title/URL; also made links clickable in this comment.

Mod note on 'Why does this even bother me? How can I stop?'

One deleted for not answering the question.

Mod note on '"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."'

Removed two comments (one in the wrong thread, one correcting themself about the thread). Left one reply up because it also had a bunch of other info in it.

Deleted mefi post 'Lake News'

MetaFilter post Lake News deleted. News posts are fine but they have to actually have *words* in them.

Mod note on 'Hey pledge, can you write up this FPP for me RIGHT NOW!'

Folks, please do remember to let threads breathe rather than arguing in detail with everyone who disagrees with you. Also, anoldfriend6, check your MeMail.

Mod note on '2026, the year of Linux on the set-top'

Edited this comment to remove misinformation, at user's request, and removed two replies about the misinformation.

Mod note on '"They Will Talk Anyway" Roycroft Inn Photo'

Made link clickable in this comment.

Mod note on 'Please help me find a new candy.'

Fixed typo in post at user's request.

Mod note on 'Meds that make the heat worse'

Added archive link to OP at user's request, and deleted a comment about the correction.

Deleted mefi post ''Cause I've Seen Blue Skies Through The Tears In My Eyes...'

Mod note on 'Steganography, previously'

Corrected post from 14th century to 16th century.

Mod note on 'Reddit question Reddit can't answer.'

Moved first paragraph of OP above the fold (some themes do not display titles, so some actual content must always be above the fold).

Mod note on '"Little clarity is gleaned from the strange one-show wonder"'

Made link clickable in this comment.

Mod note on 'Cute Animal Farm'

Fixed tags in OP to hopefully avoid causing annoyance to screenreader users.

Deleted mefi post 'Trade policy by Dunning-Kruger'

Deleted mefi post 'Trade policy by Dunning-Kruger'

Deleted mefi post 'Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler'

MetaFilter post Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler deleted. This post is a single link to Substack and members are reporting it as AI Slop. OP has now retracted his post. Please direct your comments about this subject to this general thread instead

Deleted mefi post 'Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler'

MetaFilter post Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler deleted. This post is a single link to Substack and members are reporting it as AI Slop. OP has now retracted his post please direct your comments about this subject to this general thread instead

Mod note on 'Comedian/musician Reggie Watts accused of coercion by multiple women'

The words suicide both in the content warning and in the post have been un-redacted and the content has been placed below the fold.

Mod note on 'Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler'

Folks, please pause on any further back and forth in this thread about the use of AI. There is a MeTa where you can share your opinions on how you would like these types of posts to be moderated etc. Thank you.

Mod note on 'Europeโ€™s heat has become too lethal to ignore'

One deleted, seems to be posted in wrong thread.

Mod note on 'Comedian/musician Reggie Watts accused of coercion by multiple women'

As highlighted by a user above, please refrain from derailing this thread to discuss the issue of redacting certain words and take it to MeTa if need be.

Mod note on 'Europeโ€™s heat has become too lethal to ignore'

Edited archive link in OP and deleted two comments about the correction.

Mod note on 'Canada/US Trade Talks Collapse'

Yeah, i'm not going to re-delete it, but let's not continue with the military derail, please.

Mod note on 'Canada/US Trade Talks Collapse'

One deleted; wrong thread.I misread something badly; i've restored the comment. Sorry, Paul Slade!

Mod note on 'Canada/US Trade Talks Collapse'

Also, folks, the "how people are treated" derail should either stop or go elsewhere.

Mod note on 'The cleverness of the arrangement is it leaves no one to rebel against'

Added Substack tag, and one comment deleted. Folks, Pangram is more accurate than other "AI" detectors, but it's less accurate on this kind of very formal writing than it is on other kinds of writing, because this kind of thing is overrepresented in the training corpus. Philosophers, in particular, are trained to write like this. So i don't know if the content at this link is "AI" or not. And while i personally hate "AI", the community keeps making it pretty clear that they're not thrilled about every discussion getting derailed by that question. If you must say something, please keep it to one comment; but in general, the better practice is probably to flag it to our attention and/or just not engage with the post.

Mod note on 'Canada/US Trade Talks Collapse'

One deleted; we do not need to relitigate the 2024 US election in a thread that's primarily about Canada.

Mod note on 'Its hands are indecent and have been censored out'

Fixed broken markup in OP and deleted a comment about the correction.

Mod note on 'Suck It Suits'

One comment deleted at user's request, and a second comment deleted because the user was under the mistaken impression that this is an obit thread (Felicia Day is not dead!) Also fixed the spelling of Patton Oswalt's name in this comment.

Mod note on 'The Catcher in the AI'

Fixed typo in OP.

Mod note on 'Revisiting spurious bans'

anoldfriend6: "lol women users fighting on the interwebs, rawr"

Sorry for the delay in responding to this, folks; mod coverage is light on Fridays. To be clear, this is completely unacceptable and it needs to not happen again, anoldfriend6.

Mod note on 'Oh Shit! I'm Autistic'

One comment deleted at user's request. I've added the "AI" tag to this post so folks who want to skip this kind of thing entirely have the tools to do so. Also, folks, this comment has gotten flagged a few times for being LLM-generated, and it's definitely true that part of it is, but that part is directly quoted from the linked source, which is currently a weird gray area. hankscorpio83, you're not in trouble! But it'd be good if in the future you would use the <blockquote> tag or otherwise make clearer that you are quoting content from elsewhere, especially if that content bears the hallmarks of being generated by an LLM.

Mod note on 'Next steps in healthcare complaint'

One deleted for not answering the question.

Mod note on 'Solar Eclipse Cats'

Deleted a dupurrlicate comment.

Mod note on 'Trans New Weird'

Thanks, DoT! I've edited my previous mod note to reflect correct information. (Folks have definitely been using both)

Mod note on 'Movie: Contact'

One comment deleted as noise. It's fine to think something sucks but you gotta talk about why.

Mod note on 'Trans New Weird'

Just a quick note that Jane Schoenbrun is a "she", not a "they", and it's especially important to be careful about pronouns when talking about trans folks because they get misgendered and degendered all the time. It was clearly unintentional and i'm going to leave it, but i did want to remind folks to use care! Okay, apparently i am wrong (thanks DoT) and Schoenbrun does in fact use they/them pronouns! So i'm a shining example of my own mod note here; sorry, folks. (A number of other people do use "she" in the thread, so my point stands that we need to be careful! But i am sorry for having failed to double-check the details.)

Deleted fanfare post 'Book: Moonflow by Bitter Karella'

Mod note on 'Opinion on AI-generated comments'

Hi, folks. Just to reiterate in an official capacity: we do in fact have policy on this. You should not use "AI" to write your posts or comments, and if you feel it's absolutely necessary to do so, you must label that content. (The relevant section of the Content Policy is here.)

Obviously we don't actually have a magic way to detect every use of "AI" for posts and comments on this site. We're on the honor system, and you can probably get away with it, at least some of the time. But choosing that path means that you are deliberately deceiving your fellow community members. It is disrespectful and gross; people are definitely going to be mad if and when they discover it, and you will fully deserve that anger.

Mod note on 'Looking for kind, sci-fi books'

Fixed a typo in this comment.

Mod note on 'Help me build a list of personal catostrophic disasters and failures'

Several deleted. Things got very chatty and not at all answer-y in here; anoldfriend6 and okayturnip, please take the chatting to MeMail and stick to answers and/or clarifications in Ask, thanks!

Mod note on 'Its hands are indecent and have been censored out'

Fixed link in this comment and deleted a follow-up about the error.

Mod note on 'Movie: Police, Adjective'

Fixed broken link in OP!

Mod note on 'Looking for kind, sci-fi books'

Fixed a typo in the OP

Mod note on 'My house is the house of a depressed person'

Duplicate comment deleted.

Mod note on 'Cool lil stickers'

Fixed link in this comment.

Mod note on 'How does Mamdani do it?'

One deleted for not answering the question. If you'd like to ask a related question, it's fine to make a new post on Ask for yourself!

Mod note on 'Opinion on AI-generated comments'

Fixed broken link in this comment.

Mod note on 'Opinion on AI-generated comments'

Fixed HTML in the comment above. Also, phunniemee, thank you for articulating what many of us think (speaking both as a member and as a mod); but, for the record, there's no need to name call people reading your comments, y'know. Hopefully they got the point.

Mod note on '90โ€™s sitcoms and where to watch'

One deleted. Please read the thread in full and respond only if you have an answer that addresses what OP is looking for.

Mod note on 'What Pavement song is this?'

Fixed typo in OP.

Mod note on 'Silo: The Drive'

Fixed post to be "Show Only" so that the episodes connect up.

Mod note on 'Seeking a quote about Princess Diana'

Fixed typo in post title/URL

Mod note on 'Please Share Your Favorite Red Velvet Cake Recipe'

One deleted for not answering the question.

Mod note on 'LARPing the โ€œBroken American Dreamโ€'

Two deleted. Ideefixe, this is the second comment of yours i've seen today where you seem to be trying to bait people into a fight about racial justice issues. Knock it off; the next one gets you a timeout. (sickos, you're fine, your comment was deleted because it was a direct reply to the other one.)

Mod note on '"A Tragedy On So Many Levels"'

Removed a comment referencing Rachel Dolezal that was absolutely going to start an irrelevant fight.

Mod note on 'A Recounting of D&D Dice'

Added an archive link to the OP, in consultation with the user. Again, folks, it is not against the guidelines to link to social media, and complaining about it (especially in the first few comments) drags down threads and irritates people. If you cannot access a link for whatever reason, it's totally fine to skip a post!

Mod note on '"A Tragedy On So Many Levels"'

Hi, folks. Many things in this thread are being flagged. One comment has been deleted for being callous; i've also added a "suicide" tag to the post. A couple notes for the conversation more broadly:
  • Suicide is a very fraught topic in general, and this incident is particularly ugly for many reasons; please be very aware that conversations like this can trigger or exacerbate suicidal ideation in your fellow community members, and exercise care in making your points.
  • If you are struggling with depression or suicidal ideation, we do have a page on the wiki with mental health and suicide-prevention resources. Please, do not damage yourself for the sake of this thread, and ask for help if you need it.
  • The pushback on the framing of the post is very valuable, and i am letting it stand (sickos, thank you in particular for being vigilant here). I do think the point has been made and further discussion about it should probably go to MeTa.

Mod note on 'Branching out from Disney and Pixar for a young 20 something'

Fixed typo in this comment.

Mod note on 'One must imagine Sisyphus happy... I guess???'

One deleted as noise.

Mod note on 'Uniquely bad, badly unique'

One deleted at user's request.

Mod note on 'I'm done coding with AI'

Folks, i'm not going to delete anything right now, because i'd have to leave giant holes in the thread, but conversation about people who have buttoned is absolutely off-topic here and needs to go to MeTa if you want to continue it.

Mod note on 'Help me Swear Atheistically! And Aesthetically!'

One comment deleted at the user's request.

Deleted mefi post 'Simultaneously Miraculous and Mundane'

MetaFilter post Simultaneously Miraculous and Mundane deleted. User's request

Mod note on 'Chucklehead petition showing exponential growth'

Deleted a comment that related to a now-fixed error in OP.

Mod note on '48 in 28'

Added to USPolitics sidebar. Also, one comment deleted as noise.

Mod note on 'American Military in the Age of Trump'

One deleted. Please keep comments on-topic and refrain from directing comments at individual users.

Mod note on 'Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?'

Added Substack tag; edited links to be clickable in this comment and this comment.
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