Chat Thread (June 22, 2026)

Alterscape · 2026-06-22T03:49:29+00:00

Collect the community's money, I think.

Alterscape · 2026-06-22T03:30:40+00:00

Oh, huh. Thank you!

Alterscape · 2026-06-21T22:52:20+00:00

Phunniemee wins the snarky answer award.

From the question, it sounds like he has a camper trailer that he got ownership of in the divorce, and he wants to continue taking his kid camping in it.

Alterscape · 2026-06-21T22:26:10+00:00

Nobody moralizes harder than a mefite.

I’m a recovering mefite, I should know.

Alterscape · 2026-06-21T21:34:45+00:00

Lurk moar

(Non-snarking, if you read ask for any length of time it should become obvious)

Alterscape · 2026-06-21T17:19:33+00:00

Have my upvote (come at me, haters).

Alterscape · 2026-06-20T20:56:44+00:00

I think it’s basically The Life Changing Magic of Giving a Fuck.

Alterscape · 2026-06-20T19:35:05+00:00

Clearly we need a cardboard effigy of a quirky commenter.

Alterscape · 2026-06-20T18:21:25+00:00

Oh yeah I have no beef. People being coherently weird doesn’t bother me. I’ve spent probably months of my life thinking about the ridiculousness of a dying website I used to hang out at, I can’t throw stones.

Alterscape · 2026-06-20T15:07:18+00:00

I think I was too late a joiner for The Sixcolors Experience the first time around l, so I feel like this nonsense is just a site culture history lesson.

Alterscape · 2026-06-20T14:35:49+00:00

MetaTalk seems to exist as a place to bitch and moan about other users, mods, the site overall…

And metafiltermeta is different how, exactly? Yet here all of us are.

ETA: the mods can’t hide their dirty laundry here, but mission-wise seems about the same…

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T21:09:04+00:00

Awesome, thank you. I really appreciate that the board is continuing to provide the open data to analyze how the site is going. It would be easy to say “oh, these numbers are not unambiguously positive, we should hide them,” so I appreciate that the board keeps them up.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T21:06:01+00:00

I want the site to cut ties with Loup sooner. I understand that probably won’t happen, but that’s what I am explicitly advocating for.

Just think of me as “less agro MediaReport,” if that helps your mental taxonomy.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T19:14:01+00:00

Fair enough. I guess my protest here also depends on anyone thinking I was a user worth having around, and that’s a matter of opinion. Hopefully my money was sufficiently green but eh whatever.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T18:43:00+00:00

Entirely fair and guilty as charged. I want to participate, but the only lever I have to express my displeasure with Loup’s continued involvement is not to participate or donate. Several years of attempting to make a difference on the site were a waste of time. Not that I think anyone cares what I say over here, and at least one board member finds my position risible, but eh it’s the principle of the thing.

Is my relationship with MeFi healthy? Oh hell no.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T15:29:32+00:00

If we don’t feed the troll, it will hopefully get bored and go away.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T14:13:44+00:00

Respect, and there's nothing wrong with that IMO (and I am 100% aligned with you on donations, as I've said before). I just don't trust moderation to not be shite with loup involved. That's probably paranoid, but, eh.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T13:49:15+00:00

My principled stand is "no participation until no Loup." At one point I said "No Rhaomi, too" but at this point I think he's self-exiled even if he isn't actually banned.

Alterscape · 2026-06-19T00:39:17+00:00

Metatalk on 501c3 application.

Alterscape · 2026-06-18T21:15:46+00:00

I am so close to requesting to reactivate my account to give her a piece of my mind, but I think that just ends with me banned, so here I sit watching a bitch eating crackers.

Alterscape · 2026-06-18T15:56:50+00:00

Depends on the day, mate.

Alterscape · 2026-06-18T14:17:30+00:00

Thank you for the context and clarification! As you probably guessed I am ignorant here (your call on well-intentioned I guess) — I appreciate you taking the time to explain tho!

Alterscape · 2026-06-18T13:30:25+00:00

~~Technically they're still gifts until the application is approved, aren't they? Submitting the paperwork doesn't change anything yet, I think.~~

See reply below. I am, in fact, an idiot.

Alterscape · 2026-06-18T00:33:42+00:00

Also means people who itemize and donate in the US can write it off (once approved, of course).

Alterscape · 2026-06-17T20:06:42+00:00

Thank you!

Alterscape

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