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Note: this wiki is not controlled or owned by MetaFilter LLC.
Introduction
MetaFilter is one of the web's longest-running online communities; it has been operating since 1999, with a reputation for thoughtful and varied discussion and an exceptional dedication to attentive moderation and community management. It has been focused for more than twenty years on fulfilling the web's potential to bring people together and to create genuine, vibrant, good-hearted community spaces. Keeping a repository of community knowledge up to date and organized is only possible at this scale with the collaboration of many people.
Getting Started
- Orientation is a good starting page
- MetaFilter outlines some terminology and the sections of the site
- Learning pages:
- The Timeline is a list of major events in the site's history.
Supporting MetaFilter
Contributions from members are a vital part of Metafilter funding, as the moderation team are paid staff. You can find out more by visiting the main support page.
Membership
User accounts are available for a one-time $5 fee. (Metafilter can waive the fee for those with financial or logistical challenges. Please use the contact form to inquire.) Non-members can read everything on MetaFilter, but cannot post or use the site's customization features. Non-members are shown ads on MetaFilter and Ask MetaFilter.
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All the Pages
The Index page is automatically updated and lists all the pages on this wiki alphabetically. If something is lost it might be here.
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Interesting Topics
- Shadowy Back Alleys, More Resources, In Jokes & Metafilter-related images
- More Learning: Formatting, Search, Sidebar, Bookmarklets, Profile, Customize, User Number, Nickname, Mod Explanations, Topic Guides
- Collected AskMes: There Is Help, Get a lawyer, Homeless Survival Guide, Habits & Gamification, Disaster Planning & Recovery, EatMe, ReadMe, TvGuide, GiftIdeas, Books, Mac OS X, Travel guides, Personal Finance, FrenchMe, WearMe, CleanMe, FAQ, ShouldIEatThis, YouWHAT, We're All Mad Here, Holiday Music
- Deeper wisdom: Comment Fables, Sock Puppets, ASCII Art Tips, Taglines, Yearly Traditions, Theme Weeks
- Special Features: More Inside, Megaposts, Related Websites, Similar Websites, MetaFilter IRC, Video Chat, Data Wankery, Metafilter in Popular Culture, How to access the Academic Literature, and MetaFilter merchandise
- Doing our own work: White Privilege 101, Systemic Racism 101, Feminism 101, LGBTQ 101
- People of MetaFilter: Famous, Married, Deceased, Published Authors, Officiants; related: Hey That's Me!
- Group/social stuff: U.S. Politics FPP Draft, Politics Slack, Collaborative FPP Drafting, Team Fortress 2, Music Collaborators, Web Service IDs, The Mefite Library, Extended Riffing Sessions, Project Collaboration, LearnedLeague
- U.S. Politics Thread Reference, Archived 2016 Election Thread Reference, Voting Support for the 2024 US Elections
- The MetaFilter podcast. Transcriptions can be found there!
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| About this wiki
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What is a Wiki?
A Wiki is a special kind of user-editable website. The purpose of this Wiki is to produce and maintain a general guide for the community weblog called MetaFilter. Feel free to browse the guide as a reader/lurker and do not hesitate to contribute.
If you're interested in contributing, you'll need to register (see the top right of the page) after which you'll be able to edit. You can't hurt the wiki, but if you persistently try to break it, you might find yourself IP-banned. Please see the About Mefi Wiki page for more on what we're trying to achieve here and why. If you're still confused, check out the short guide What is a wiki and the Editing Help pages. We encourage you to participate in our Wiki.
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