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Mod note on 'Armed masked men in the neighbourhood. What could possibly go wrong'
Do not call for the death of Trump or anyone, it violates the Content Policy and is generally in poor taste. Comment removed.
Mod note on 'A viral Reddit post that turned out to be a deepfake'
Yeah happy to call it: new developments, not a double.
Deleted mefi post 'What is Hamas? Do all Palestinians support it?'
MetaFilter post What is Hamas? Do all Palestinians support it? deleted. We've already deleted a version of this post not long ago -- please don't try to post it again.
Mod note on 'Ladies and Gentlemen - The Peace President'
One comment removed. This is not the thread to rehash the 2024 election.
Deleted mefi post 'of course, of course'
MetaFilter post of course, of course deleted. -- loup
Mod note on 'Ladies and Gentlemen - The Peace President'
Just dropping in a mod note about treating other members with respect or at least less sarcasm tends to help difficult conversations go better.
Disagreement is fine, of course, but try to avoid making a thread about one particular person.
No comments have been removed.
Mod note on 'High School Men's Rhythmic Gymnastic Team from Japan'
The comment noting the sensual pleasure of watching underage males doing gymnastics has been removed (along with a response) and the member will be contacted directly about the comment.
Folks, please be mindful of comments you're making about children, as they give off an impression you don't intend.
Deleted mefi post 'Do Androids Dream of Epstein Island?'
MetaFilter post Do Androids Dream of Epstein Island? deleted. The post is on a controversial topic, but it's not exactly clear what the topic is, most of the links are too gated articles, and the inside portion has an editorial slant that geared towards making people angry, hence the deletion of this specific post.
Another post about the subject would be fine, but please post ungated links, consider a trigger warning, and avoid defining the post in the comments.
Mod note on '"... not epistemic agents but stochastic pattern-completion systems."'
Deminime: "Let's keep in mind that the authors of the paper are people whom Metafilter agrees should be put to death because they're working on AI."
This odd comment that has little to do with the link and is more of jab at the MeFi community has been removed, along with a response, for being a derail. It has been reproduced here for the public record.
Mod note on 'Whistleblower exposes food delivery apps'
Flagged comment that was a duplicate has been removed
Mod note on 'Jason Williamsom of Sleaford Mods "The mornings are my afterlife”'
Corrected Sleafod to Sleaford in title, passed on a flag, carry on!
Mod note on 'Go for Broke'
A comment deleted at the poster's request.
Mod note on 'The original cassettes never left, but'
Link updated!
Mod note on 'What’s the worst thing you’ve done with a spreadsheet?'
Two comments deleted. Poster’s request.
Deleted mefi post 'Where is Edward Snowden now (when we need him)?'
MetaFilter post Where is Edward
Snowden now (when we need him)? deleted. Hi there! This looks like it would be better to post in Ask MetaFilter, as it's an actual question as opposed to linking to something
interesting on the web.
Mod note on 'My first reaction was that, broadly speaking, all of this sucked'
dragon
garlanding: "This post was the impetus for me to finally look at and set up mymefi, specifically to
exclude items tagged with #ai."
For those unaware of MyMefi, here's the FAQ about
using it to remove posts tagged with particular keywords from your view
Mod note on 'My first reaction was that, broadly speaking, all of this sucked'
glonous
keming: "fuck everyone involved with this, including the OP for posting it here"
Original comment removed, reproduced here for the public record, replies to it left up to remind everyone this
comment was not ok.
This is a hateful comment against a fellow member of the site. The general 'fuck AI' was ok, but taking the time and
thought to extend it to the OP violates the Content
Policy and causes this one day suspension.
Mod note on '"tools replaced the clever nudge,"'
hilberseimer, if you can't contribute to the thread without calling someone names ("soulless"), please just move
on and avoid the thread.
One comment and response removed.
Mod note on 'The LGBTQIA+ News Post, December 23, 2025: No Whamageddons!'
Going forward, mephron will be using the 'LGBTQIAnews'
tag for these posts and previous similar posts of theirs have had the tag added. This was done so members have an
easy way of subscribing to these posts via RSS
Deleted mefi post 'The King William's College Quiz 2025'
MetaFilter post The King William's College
Quiz 2025 deleted. Double. Double
Deleted mefi post 'spam'
MetaFilter post spam deleted. Spammer doing spammy things. All of text removed from this post, as it was complete spam, but with no hyperlink to a specific site, so to avoid anything positive happenign, removed text.
Worth noting that the username used to spam the site was 'cometapi'
Deleted mefi post 'Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight'
MetaFilter post Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight deleted. Double.
Mod note on 'Giant God Bermydal'
2N2222: "Yes. People need to get over it. It's not going away, and it's going to get better."
1. Telling people to "get over it" rarely causes that to happen and usually just manages to make people angry. Please be cognizant of your fellow mefites and...
2. Indicate that it's a post with AI material and add 'AI' to the tags, because the Content Policy does request it. That helps who have issues with AI content to avoid it because...
3. One person's definition of better or good is different from others.
Mod note on 'Giant God Bermydal'
Added ‘AI’ to tags
Mod note on 'I was married for ten years, three months, and twenty-four days'
ambrosen: "I just think threadshitting is bad, that's all."
Just flag comments that you think are threadshitting, because at this point your repeated responses about the comment are creating a derail. Please stop and move on.
Mod note on 'Could this be the first hint of a tectonic shift in European politics?'
Pseudonymous Cognomen: "Trump is back in power because of Russian/Chinese propaganda
No, Trump is back in power because Democrats love genocide more than they do winning elections."
Original comment and replies deleted, relevant part reproduced here.
Pseudonymous Cognomen, you need to drop this derail, which has been a source of various other derails on the site. If you want to talk about subject, feel free to create your own thread with that subject. But no more in this thread or you'll be given a time out.
Mod note on 'A meme for a generation who aren’t reading a whole lot of books'
AlSweigart: "Cool. Thanks, ChatGPT. Now I don't have to read the article. Oh wait, "Come up with a short, witty, bon mot I could post as a Metafilter comment."
"
Please don't post output from ChatGPT, that goes against the Content Policy. Comment removed, relevant parts reproduced in this mod note.
Mod note on 'All milks made in house'
jacquilynne: "I think I inserted a period somehow. Will flag it for the mods to fix. In the meantime, here it is again."
Yep, link in main post has been fixed.
Deleted mefi post 'Trump buys nuclear company, lead scientist of rival company is murdered'
MetaFilter post Trump buys nuclear company, lead scientist of rival company is murdered deleted. Single link conspiracy.
Deleted mefi post 'Ego Death'
MetaFilter post Ego Death deleted. Spam
Deleted mefi post 'The Lost Generation'
MetaFilter post The Lost Generation deleted. This is likely not going to result in a calm and peaceful discussion.
Mod note on 'Is it Art...or Trash?'
Added AI tags.
Mod note on 'In the Hall of the Triscuit King'
One deleted. Poster's request.
Mod note on 'Rob Reiner and wife found dead, apparently stabbed to death'
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Just a reminder that this is a post about a developing situation. This will deserve a proper obituary post as more details are made available, but in the meantime, can we avoid speculating about what happened, who did it, their motive, and more importantly, about the mental health of the people involved?
Mod note on 'Revealing our online lives to the authorities - tourists first'
Changed 'reveling' to 'revealing' in post title and URL stub.
Mod note on 'Something weird happens when you teleport gravity through portals'
1 comment posted in the wrong thread. It and a response to it have been removed.
Mod note on 'Right to repair reforms to be expanded to farm machinery'
test test
Mod note on 'For anyone who wishes Season 4 of Stranger things had ended differently'
One comment deleted. While we support users posting links to make certain paywalled content accessible to the community, we do not encourage bypassing restrictions in place to maintain privacy. In this case, we cannot let the comment containing archive links stand.
Deleted mefi post 'What is this porcelain cup?'
MetaFilter post What is this porcelain cup? deleted. Hey this is question, so it belongs in Ask MetaFilter. Feel free to post this over there: https://ask.metafilter.com/
Mod note on 'Melting Spoons and Autistic Burnout'
Hey, just a friendly reminder that linked article and people in this this thread are taking the time to explain what autistic burnout feels like. So please be mindful of trying to explain or define this as something else and just listen to what people who experience this are saying.
No comments have been removed.
Mod note on '‘The nonviolence ship has sailed for me’'
Brandon Blatcher: "This comment and a response to it have been removed, because MetaFilter doesn't condone or support murdering people, so please keep your support for doing such things to yourself."
A MetaTalk discussion has been created about this mod action, please shift all related discussion to that thread.
Mod note on '‘The nonviolence ship has sailed for me’'
Tell Me No Lies: "Start killing off the people who work on it."
This comment and a response to it have been removed, because MetaFilter doesn't condone or support murdering people, so please keep your support for doing such things to yourself.
Strong reactions and/or statements to unfair situations or practices is totally fine, of course, but we are drawing a line at calls for murder.
Mod note on 'Cat-copy.com'
chasing: "God I hate TikTok…"
Comment removed, as it adds nothing to the conversation and is potentially derailing.
It's fine to not like a particular social media platform, but since it's a personal preference thing, there's no need to share that information with everyone else.
Mod note on 'Steve Cropper prolific guitarist (1941-2025)'
googly: "...and deserves better than this shoddy, low-effort post"
Suggestions on typo fixes and the like is great, but tossing in these sort of comments isn't, don't do this. Whatever good you may have intended, it just winds up making people feel bad.
DJZouke: "Sorry for the Mar-Keys typo. I did not intend for the post to be low effort. I was not feeling very well so..."
Thank you for taking the time to make a post about a great musician, it is appreciated!
Mod note on 'The downfall of JoAnn'
One comment delete for posting the output from ChatGpt, which goes against the Content Policy:
Please do not query ChatGPT or other LLMs and then post the output unless the discussion itself is about those types of tools, and in those cases, please clearly label what you are posting as coming from an AI tool.
Mod note on 'Thinking about posting isn't posting'
Link updated and post reinstated upon poster's request.
Deleted mefi post 'Thinking about posting isn't posting'
MetaFilter post Thinking about posting isn't posting deleted. Poster's Request
Mod note on 'Meet Splash, the Nation’s First Search and Rescue Otter'
One derailing comment and response to it removed.
Adrienneleigh, the ridiculously adorable animal is helping search and rescue teams recover dead bodies, so there's zero need to derail the post by saying "But nobody should be teaching animals to be cops or to help cops."
People having issues with police is understandable, but this isn't the thread for that.
Mod note on 'Bold Politics'
One deleted: noise.
Mod note on '"a power elite practiced at disregarding pain"'
One derailing comment removed. Please try to stay roughly on topic.
If your comment begins with “ On a tangentially related note:” and the subject is serious one, please consider whether that comment really adds anything to the current discussion.
Mod note on 'A New Jewish Plotline'
A couple of derailing comments and a response to them have been removed. Just focus on the link in the post please!
Deleted mefi post 'I never said you had to offer me a second chance'
MetaFilter post I never said you had to offer me a second chance deleted. Casual transphobia, as explained in the first comment.
Mod note on 'I never said you had to offer me a second chance'
Hi, mod here noting a flag received about this post.
Currently the discussion seems ok in terms of pointing out the problematic aspects, but if folks do want this post removed, please just favorite this comment and we'll make it happen.
Mod note on 'Admin Night'
Ungated link update to https://archive.is/UkAXO, per OP request.
Mod note on 'Trump’s reversal on the Epstein files release'
One comment removed. Let's avoid speculating about someone's sexual abuse history. This is inappropriate and considered against our guidelines.
Mod note on 'Cloudflare? More like Cloudflump.'
*Raises glass*
Welcome back Cloudflare!
Mod note on 'Free Thread!'
One comment removedas requested.
Also, happy Birthday, loquacious!
Mod note on 'The Roving Greg Bovino Show'
Changed Charlottesville, VA to Charlotte, NC.
Deleted mefi post 'Humpback whales form defensive patterns against fishing fleets'
MetaFilter post Humpback whales form defensive patterns against fishing fleets deleted. Not the best source in terms of credibility/source reliability
Mod note on '‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ is essential viewing. Seriously.'
One deleted. Poster's Request.
Mod note on 'This is Our BBC'
***** Panorama team should be put up against a ******* wall and shot.
The entire comment that contained this phrase has been removed, because while having a strong reason to anything is fine, MetaFilter's Content Policy does draw the line at advocating for people to be killed or other threats and/or wishes of violence.
Don't do that on this site.
Mod note on 'I am Carrie in a blood-soaked dress, but the gymnasium is empty'
Added content warning and fixed up tags.
Note that the system doesn't allow spaces in tags, it'll split those words into two or more tags. Just leave the spaces out or or add underscores between words. So instead of "growing up" do "growingup" or "growing_up" to make the tags appear as one.
Mod note on 'May their names live for ever but only if they are white'
Removed two comments seemingly posted in the wrong thread, along with a response to them.
Mod note on 'Why There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore'
ShooBoo, you've been killing it with your last few posts! They've been interesting and great reads, so thank you sharing them with us!
Deleted mefi post 'Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID'
MetaFilter post Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID deleted. Poster's Request
Mod note on 'Ranking PWHL team names and logos'
Think I got it!
Mod note on 'Birds don’t know about Brexit'
Link fixed!
Mod note on 'Buying into the idea isn’t harmless'
One deleted. Poster’s request.
Deleted mefi post 'Vichy Dems Strike Bold Blow for Failure'
MetaFilter post Vichy Dems Strike Bold Blow for Failure deleted. Double.
Mod note on 'We can smell the brains again...'
Fixed a content editing error on my part. I made an incorrect edit to the post content based off of a flag’s suggestion, another flagger brought the error to my attention. Thanks all!
Deleted mefi post 'Reaming the cube'
MetaFilter post Reaming the cube deleted. Double.
Deleted mefi post 'Eponysterical EpistemicCrisis TFG Event Calendar'
MetaFilter post Eponysterical EpistemicCrisis TFG Event Calendar deleted. Reads more like post for personal blog (the *i* statements) that also wanders into conspiracy theory.
Mod note on 'I didn't know that was something a person could do'
One comment removed for name calling ( saying another member is a "motherfucker")
Mod note on 'A vessel is born anew. The bearer of the deadman's will walks...'
Removed one derailing comment and a polite response to it. Let's keep things focused on the very cool game guidebook about a game that never existed.
Mod note on 'Throwing Windows out the window, part 1: why?'
Edited post to add link to Part 2
Mod note on 'Bad night for bigots'
One deleted. User request.
Mod note on 'Throwing Windows out the window, part 2: how?'
Post title change at OP's request
Mod note on 'New Levels of Corruption Feared as Trump Family Adds Gambling Business'
Also, edited main post to change "cryoptocurrency" to "cryptocurrency". Thanks for pointing that out Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol!
Mod note on 'New Levels of Corruption Feared as Trump Family Adds Gambling Business'
One comment removed at writer's request.
Mod note on 'cold blood warm heart'
which_chick: "After snake wrestling has determined a victor, the victorious male and receptive female kinda... hang out together. Like, in close (non-sex) proximity, for like a week or so."
That's such great anecdote which_chick, we added it to the Best Of blog, thanks for sharing!
SaltySalticid: "An acquaintance of mine has made huge discoveries involving maternal and paternal care and other forms of socialization in (wait for it) millipedes."
Oooh, that sounds amazing SaltySalticid , can you share what some of those discoveries are?!
Mod note on 'I spent a year dating conservative men'
Deleted one because poster had edited it to say “deleted by poster”. Just know you can flag your own comment and leave a note, alternatively — this’ll put it on our radar.
Mod note on 'Typography in spaaaaaaace'
This is cool to mess around with, especially if you're looking for a brief distraction from, well, the world. It's almost has a tactile feel to it!
Have fun and thanks for sharing this gwint!
Mod note on 'Hunting Hugo: The Hurricane Hunters' Wildest Ride'
1,500 ft.
That's how low the airplane is when they first encounter Hugo. None of the crew or staff was keen about that height, but they figured they'd give it a try and if didn't work, they'd go up to 5,000 ft. That definitely takes guts.
I'm only on the second page and it's already a suspenseful read. Thanks for finding and sharing this ShooBoo!
Mod note on '"no degree in classics required… and we're not just two blokes."'
ivan ivanych samovar: "The RSS feed linked above has the wrong address for me. Replacing pcast with http: seemed to solve it for me, thusly RSS."
Fixed!
Mod note on 'Update on the Trump Regime's War on Public Heath'
Removed duplicate comment.
Mod note on 'We're all just going through it.'
One comment removed. Cursing on the site is fine, but cursing at someone else is not okay as per the Content Policy.
Mod note on 'Cis women are enjoying man-sized levels of testosterone'
Hi all, we got a note about the use of the term 'transmen' and that it should be 'trans men' aka two words. With the OP's permission, we changed it in the original comment and in a response.
Edited to add links s to the original comment and the response
Mod note on 'Deep Sheep'
Duplicate comment removed.
Mod note on 'Cis women are enjoying man-sized levels of testosterone'
pickles_have_souls: "Thanks Joakim Ziegler! I messaged the mods. I think this archive link will work."
Swapped out the gift link for the web.archive link.
Deleted mefi post 'ICE spend on weapons, including chemical agents and warheads, up 700%'
MetaFilter post ICE spend on weapons, including chemical agents and warheads, up 700% deleted. Poster’s request
Deleted mefi post 'A Change in Tune'
MetaFilter post A Change in Tune deleted. Double.
Deleted mefi post 'To pull too energetically on one thread is to tug at the entire tapestry'
MetaFilter post To pull too energetically on one thread is to tug at the entire tapestry deleted. double -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '“Where your anger comes from is less important than what you do with it"'
MetaFilter post “Where your anger comes from is less important than what you do with it" deleted. tallied -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '"There were only so many battles you could fight."'
Deleted mefi post '"What was wrong with Velcro Batman?"'
Deleted mefi post '"It Rarely Stops"'
MetaFilter post "It Rarely Stops" deleted. Domestic violence is awful and this is an arresting and disturbing spot, but neither of those really seems to add up to a metafilter post. I'm sure the intent was good but I'm not sure why this is here with this presentation. -- cortex
Deleted mefi post 'Until you’re numb.'
MetaFilter post Until you’re numb. deleted. You know, maybe just try this again another day with the framing actually being clear that what sounds like a clinical description of a non-fiction thing is actually a summary of a work of fiction. -- cortex
Deleted mefi post '"Only the little people pay taxes"'
MetaFilter post "Only the little people pay taxes" deleted. Sounds neat but it seems like this is broken for a lot of folks. -- cortex