What does FPP stand for?

January 4, 2021 10:08 AM

I saw the acronym(?) "FPP" recently. It seems to be a MetaFilter exclusive term that's old enough that no one bothers to spell it out and I can't figure it out from context. What does it stand for?
posted by Nec_variat_lux_fracta_colorem to Writing & Language (15 answers total)

Best answer: Front Page Post. Posts on the blue.
posted by bile and syntax at 10:10 AM on January 4, 2021 [4 favorites]

A Front Page Post.
posted by Ashwagandha at 10:10 AM on January 4, 2021 [4 favorites]

Response by poster: THERE'S A WIKI!?
posted by Nec_variat_lux_fracta_colorem at 10:11 AM on January 4, 2021 [39 favorites]

Acronyms on the wiki. You can dive very deep in the wiki, but it is harder to find than it probably should be.
posted by hydra77 at 10:13 AM on January 4, 2021 [1 favorite]

Front Page Post is definitely the meaning you're looking for, but in some contexts it can also stand for the First Past the Post voting system.
posted by mekily at 10:38 AM on January 4, 2021 [2 favorites]

Funnily enough, I know the phrase well (been round these parts for *spits* 16 years now...) but hadn't particularly thought of it as only being on the blue, I think of it as just meaning a post on any of the main pages, to distinguish it from comments. I might be alone in that!
posted by penguin pie at 10:43 AM on January 4, 2021

Just you try making a post on any other page...
posted by pipeski at 10:53 AM on January 4, 2021 [1 favorite]

Just you try making a post on any other page...

You're doing it right here.
posted by RustyBrooks at 11:33 AM on January 4, 2021

Typically, you would ask this kind of question on MetaTalk.
posted by rockindata at 1:25 PM on January 4, 2021 [4 favorites]

FPP? It's historical: Feeding Pets into Photocopiers.
I haven't worked out if they keep a page to the Wiki recording why.
posted by k3ninho at 3:37 PM on January 4, 2021 [2 favorites]

Interestingly FPP is all over the FAQ, mostly as a tag, but is never defined there.
posted by Mitheral at 7:10 PM on January 4, 2021 [2 favorites]

Typically, you would ask this kind of question on MetaTalk.

And thus we have a paradox- if you don't know something about Metafilter, how do you know where to ask it? It's logical to assume that "Ask Metafilter" would be where you could ask questions about Metafilter.
posted by daybeforetheday at 9:52 PM on January 4, 2021 [7 favorites]

It is a little weird that the wiki isn't linked in the more section of the site's nav bar.
posted by Chrysopoeia at 9:58 PM on January 4, 2021 [2 favorites]

And a bit more lingo decoded: three of the sub-sections or sub-sites of MetaFilter may also be referred to by their predominant color. Ask MetaFilter is the green, where people post questions. MetaFilter, where people make Front Page Posts (FPPs) is the blue. Questions and discussions about MetaFilter, and some general discussions with other MeFites (users of MetaFilter) are on MetaTalk, also known as the grey.

Other parts of the site don't have the same color-related nicknames.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:18 PM on January 4, 2021 [3 favorites]

TTTCS origin predates West Wing! I learned that last night watching The Dresser. IMPORTANT: you also have to GO OUTSIDE and KNOCK TO BE READMITTED. So TTTCS is incomplete. This explains a lot.
posted by Don Pepino at 12:37 PM on January 5, 2021