In the past, I've posted scores of short story recommendations to #MetaFilter. As part of the current fundraiser, I'm interested in making further front page posts recommending short #scifi and #fantasy stories you can read for free online!

For the rest of August: MeMail me to tell me you've contributed USD $150 to #MeFi, and I'll make a post. $225 if you want to specify some kind of theme.

https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26335/2023-MeFi-Fundraising-Month#1419839

Past stories I rec'd: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2021/the-stories-i-chose/

#MeFites #MeFite

Whether you've never visited #MetaFilter, you're a longtime #MeFite, you used to participate but that was ages ago, or none of the above:

I am basically sitting back and popping popcorn pre-emptively because I predict this thread on Ask is gonna be super fun:

https://ask.metafilter.com/374257/What-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-reintroducing-animal-powered-transport

"What would the positive and negative impact be of going back to horses as our primary mode of transport instead of fossil fuel powered cars? I've been rolling this around in my head recently..."

#MeFites

@Devils_Rancher @juv3nal in my feed, the last #mefite post was from 84 days ago. That seems……..wrong.

@Jen_Lee @juv3nal I wish we could see each other’s lists. I have a couple pretty good ones of Mefites and other old Twitter friends. I know we’re discussing the limitations of hashtags, but maybe if you search #Mefite you can follow a few folks and it will snowball from there.

I know it's meta of me...pun intended... But metafilter has a discussion running about social media as community and communion that feels relevant to this space. https://www.metafilter.com/197661/Easy-to-Talk-Hard-to-Listen #quakers #whyarewehere #mefite

The #MetaFilter Variety Show
Friday, 16 December 2022
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

Free to attend! Register ahead of time at https://metafilter.eventbrite.com/

Stand-up #comedy, #music, and a bit of #improv

I'll be joking about life on the modern web, with some material on #MeFite culture and dynamics.

https://mefi.us/w/197404 new on #MetaFilter: artists and writers struggling with online self-marketing, sharing art on centralised social media, and the effect on the art they make. "Not everyone presents well in 280 characters, especially in a space they don’t even want to be present."

BTW, I don't always toot about my www.metafilter.com posts. In a feedreader, you can subscribe to my #MeFite posts with this RSS feed link: http://www.metafilter.com/user/98835/postsrss

I'm moving my account to the unofficial MetaFilter Mastodon instance: @Tehhund@mefi.social https://mefi.social/@Tehhund

#MetaFilter #mefi #mefite #mefites.

Over on #MetaFilter, I am a member of the MeFi Global BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Advisory Board. We just posted a summary of our mandate, perspective, activities, scope, plans, etc.

https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26210/What-The-MeFi-BIPOC-Board-Does

Please reshare this with people who used to be #MeFites, especially those who left because behavior on the site kept making them feel unwelcome.

#MeFite

Over the past month or so, as a concerted effort led by the #Metafilter Steering Committee, users created & answered so, so many #AskMetafilter gifting questions.

Introducing 2022's absolute unit of a Gift Guide:
https://www.metafilter.com/197272/MeFiGiftGuide2022-The-Metafilter-Gift-Guide

I hope that you check it out, bookmark it for later, & spend some time exploring this & other projects. We're aiming to see our community evolve and thrive. I truly hope you'll join us.

Are you a #mefite, too? Lapsed, regular, or brand new, let's chat!

If you like text discussion about labor, software, history, advice, TV/film, fiction, science, + (if you want) politics, without a 500-character limit, check out #MetaFilter.

You can read everything for free (including via RSS feeds); posting requires an account, which means a 1-time fee of USD$5.

Example threads:

https://www.metafilter.com/182995/Cognitive-effort-and-learning-more-but-feeling-like-Im-learning-less

https://www.metafilter.com/193138/Little-moments-where-our-ancestors-loved-and-complained

https://www.metafilter.com/193869/This-is-my-favorite-soup

https://www.metafilter.com/196808/Speech-to-text-with-Whisper

https://ask.metafilter.com/367013/I-would-like-to-get-a-recommendation-for-a-book-on-American-history

I'm a #MeFite (#mefites) and discover cool stuff there.

It is time for another #introduction.

Living in central #Tokyo and enjoying nature out in #Okutama. Looking to do a lot of travel again this year. May toot about loud music #nihonshu food and the occasional shitpost. My work-related toots are over @ton and I try to follow the language teaching and education people over there.

Tags #metafilter #mefite #punk #onsen #inaka

Daihatsu HiJet Cargo driver. @gotanda over on the hellsite too.

Whelp, I'm here. Was goshdarn on Twitter. Come collect your lost #mefite.

I was a #mefite a while back, although I closed my account years ago. Still visit to read the good links.

I can't remember exactly how I joined this particular server or why, but it seems like a good people zone. I find using Mastodon pleasant and I'm trying cohost as well.

@goshdarn Hey there! I don’t normally do the welcoming committee thing, but if you post a quick bio with some hashtags, I’ll boost it and it may help people find you. A lot of the Twitter crew are finding each other through the #mefite hashtag, even a lot of the former members who have moved on.

also wow what a time capsule my old profile was upon logging back in:

"Social-justice-minded comp sci grad student, wife, #mefite #bernie2020. Senior dog dad. Tech worldview = Basecamp, not FAANG. He/Him. Hang in there."

since then, i finished the masters degree, bernie lost twice, my dog died, and basecamp turned out to be a garbage fire. the march of time is inexorable and relentless 🤣

Hey any #mefite s on here, I am formerly divabat but am now creatrixtiara on #metafilter - haven't been back in years but feel free to say hello :)

Another intro post for the Nov22 wave. HI FEDIVERSE!

I love #cycling, my #cats, post a lot of #nature pics, am #queer, a #Mefite, work in #translation and live in #Luxembourg. She/her.

Occasional rants about #ukpol (lived in #brighton for 18yrs).

Here's "Old Greasy Coat" with fiddle by fellow #mefite user hades! #oldtime #banjo #fiddle #fiddletune #modal #mastomusic #tootradio #nowplaying #musiciansofmastodon

Holy shit! I posted my recording of Old Greasy Coat to music.metafilter.com and a fellow #mefite took it upon themselves to add a fiddle track, which makes it about 200% better. (Not going to share it without permission, but hopefully they'll post their version on #metafilter as well)