date | type | summary |
11/10/2015 | Revived | Question about specific post deletion; ended up bringing post back quickly, moot point |
11/8/2015 | Cleanup | Complaint about specific comments of problematic sort; nixed comments, poster was okay leaving it at that |
11/4/2015 | Contact Form | Bug report message mistakenly posted to metatalk instead of sent to contact form |
11/2/2015 | Misplaced | Ask Metafilter-type post submitted to MetaTalk instead; wrote to them about where it should go and also that it would need reworking if so to not get deleted as Chatfilter. |
11/2/2015 | Repost advice | Complaint that a given super-dicey post subject was being deleted and asking how it could be made to work; emailed user to let them to talk about the deletions and given them advice on structuring a post about it to the blue in a way that might be workable. |
11/2/2015 | Search | User trying to find an ask someone mentioned in a comment; taz knew which offhand and answered them. |
10/23/2015 | Misplaced | Sidebar-ish suggestion with query in the post text to mods about whether this made sense as a MetaTalk; sidebar was indeed better approach, worked that out with user's approval. |
10/18/2015 | Misplaced | Post more appropriate for the blue than the grey; talked to user, they made a post on the blue instead. |
10/10/2015 | Misplaced | Ask Metafilter-type post, talked to user about posting it over there instead. |
10/10/2015 | Spotlight | Query about finding a deleted sensitive Ask; answered user by email instead of shining spotlight on said post. |
10/1/2015 | Nope | Angry rant about MetaFilter being like an oppressive dictatorship, sarcastic list of suggestions for allowable behavior, yadda yadda. User refused to rework it into a non-trainwrecky complaint. No go. |
10/1/2015 | Revived | Complaint about specific post deletion; talked it over at it and revived original post. |
9/22/2015 | Misplaced | Misplaced Ask, redirected user that way. |
9/21/2015 | Misplaced | Ask followup from the asker; redirected them to the Ask thread itself to post it in. |
9/21/2015 | Nope | Bullshitty "be nice to us newbies" complaint from someone who was not, in fact, a newbie. Not a chance. |
9/12/2015 | Double | Double post; wrote to user to explain. |
9/4/2015 | No followup | LOL SOUTH post; discussed with poster, didn't hear back for a while, pulled out of the queue for the time being. |
9/2/2015 | Misplaced | Post that made more sense on the blue than the grey; user passed on reposting over there. |
8/24/2015 | Contact Form | Question about app development, made more sense as discussion directly with mods. |
8/24/2015 | Misplaced | Update post more appropriate for a new post on the blue than for Metatalk. |
8/20/2015 | Contact Form | Bug report that turned out to be a Zalgo text incident; figured it out over email with user. |
8/17/2015 | Misplaced | Update post more appropriate for a new post on the blue than for Metatalk. |
8/15/2015 | No followup | Unworkably terse and vague complaint about a post; user didn't response to email about it. |
8/9/2015 | Contact Form | Bug report, resolved over email. |
8/9/2015 | Open thread | Request for a post on the blue about a specific subject; let user know there was indeed an open thread about it already. |
8/5/2015 | Framing problems | Okay policy question with problematic implied-complaint-about-specific-user framing; talked to user about tweaking it a little, they decided to just bin it for now. |
8/5/2015 | Spotlight | Post about a third party site sort of gossiping about a really sensitive Ask; talked to user about the problem of shining a spotlight on that question, they agreed to ditch it. |
8/4/2015 | Nope | Bullshitty situation with someone complaining about a thread with a different account than the one they'd been participating in it with. Nope. |
7/31/2015 | No followup | Unusually thin "I thought comment x was good" post; never heard back from user after writing to confirm that was what they were aiming for. |
7/30/2015 | Search | Query about a thing linked to from a couple of threads; wrote back with probable answer, never heard back. |
7/29/2015 | Spotlight | Super vague query about a really grim half-remembered ask, talked about spotlight issue but user ended up tracking it down in the process as well. |
7/21/2015 | Misuse | Sort of chatty request that someone else make a post on subject x, recipe for post-by-proxy in the grey. Wrote to user about that not being a good use of a Meta. |
7/17/2015 | No followup | Worthwhile post but needed some reworking; wrote to user about it, they didn't reply to us. |
7/15/2015 | Contact Form | "Hey, thing x is back" about a thing x that wasn't actually formally back. Wrote to user to explain the situation. |
7/15/2015 | Deletion | Complaint about comment deletions in sensitive thread; wrote to user to explain the context and point to some recent related discussions, they said to ditch the Meta. |
6/26/2015 | Spotlight | Post about third party sites talking about sensitive askme; wrote to explain about spotlighting problem. |
6/25/2015 | Spotlight | Post about third party sites talking about sensitive askme; wrote to explain about spotlighting problem. |
6/24/2015 | Spotlight | Post about third party sites talking about sensitive askme; wrote to explain about spotlighting problem. |
6/21/2015 | No followup | Complaint that a post on the blue was too thin; wrote to sort of talk it out first and make sure they wanted a public discussion about that single post, didn't hear back. |
6/15/2015 | Cleanup | Complaint about specific comment; deleted comment and wrote to user about it. |
6/14/2015 | Double | Double post, another user had already had one on same subject approved. |
6/12/2015 | Deletion | Chatty query about deleted post; wrote to user to give 'em context, they asked to have the Meta pulled. |
6/12/2015 | Framing problems | Complaint about deleted post; wrote to user to explain context and that post going through as is would make for a shitty roasting for them. |
6/11/2015 | Misuse | Complaint about not seeing a post on the blue about a specific subject they wanted to talk about. Wrote to explain that's not a good use of MetaTalk. |
6/9/2015 | Cleanup | Complaint about having a comment deleted; post was subsequently deleted, wrote to user about it and they said it was okay to nix the Meta. |
6/9/2015 | Deletion | Really badly framed terse complaint about some comment deletions. Wrote back to say they needed to seriously rework it if they want the post to go through, user complained to us and shrugged off metatalk |
6/4/2015 | Timing | Post about subject we were planning an official post on shortly; wrote to user to let them know the plan. |
6/4/2015 | Timing | Post about subject we were planning an official post on shortly; wrote to user to let them know the plan. |
6/3/2015 | Timing | Post about subject we were planning an official post on shortly; wrote to user to let them know the plan. |
5/29/2015 | Contact Form | Query about new site feature that wasn't actually new; wrote back to fill them in. |
5/29/2015 | No followup | Badly framed "also here are my opinions" post about a specific deleted post; wrote to them about reframing it, never heard back. |
5/26/2015 | Open thread | Post about something that was already currently on the blue. |
5/20/2015 | Contact Form | Query about a specific friend-linking dilemma; resolved it over email. |
5/18/2015 | Misplaced | Ask-type question posted on the grey; wrote to explain. |
5/18/2015 | Spotlight | Query about misplaced old Ask that was super grim and sensitive; pointed them to the thread directly instead. |
5/14/2015 | Timing | Followup post to a previous recent bumpy Meta; wrote to user about it needing to wait a bit, they agreed. |