ASKMETAFILTER IS AS USEFUL AS YOU MAKE IT
September 8, 2011 6:50 PM Subscribe
Do you think if a question is easily Googlable, then it doesn't belong in AskMetafilter?
Many of you know exactly why I am asking this question, now. I am counting the seconds until cortex and/or jessamyn decide to delete my question-of-the-week. Why they do so, I never know.
Perhaps because there is an unspoken unwritten rule: If a question can be answered using a few Google searches, it counts as an "Answerable Question" and should not be in AskMetafilter.
Is that the rule?
Many of you know exactly why I am asking this question, now. I am counting the seconds until cortex and/or jessamyn decide to delete my question-of-the-week. Why they do so, I never know.
Perhaps because there is an unspoken unwritten rule: If a question can be answered using a few Google searches, it counts as an "Answerable Question" and should not be in AskMetafilter.
Is that the rule?
This post was deleted for the following reason: Site questions don't go on AskMe. If you really need a public discussion of this stuff, the place to bring it up is Metatalk; otherwise, just drop us a line via the contact form. -- cortex
It probably is not a rule, but this question is something you should have either contacted the mods about or posted on MetaTalk.
posted by MegoSteve at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by MegoSteve at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
this would be a fine question for metatalk. but i think you probably know that.
posted by nadawi at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by nadawi at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
Questions about MetaFilter or its subsites belong in MetaTalk.
posted by Sticherbeast at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Sticherbeast at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
This is a community with a culture, this question doesn't fit in a number of ways.
posted by tomswift at 6:55 PM on September 8, 2011
posted by tomswift at 6:55 PM on September 8, 2011
Did you sidestep the chinos and put on your crazypants this morning? Because, damn.
posted by phunniemee at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2011 [3 favorites]
So you know this is exactly the wrong thing to do, but you do it anyway? Fascinating.
posted by donnagirl at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2011
posted by donnagirl at 6:58 PM on September 8, 2011
*waits for the red box*
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:00 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:00 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Nice tags.
posted by oinopaponton at 7:01 PM on September 8, 2011
posted by oinopaponton at 7:01 PM on September 8, 2011
A question for you: why do you shout in your title?
posted by ambrosia at 7:02 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by ambrosia at 7:02 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
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posted by grouse at 6:53 PM on September 8, 2011 [1 favorite]