Best Of #6: Extroverts, man, I tell you what
"Inside: election nominations, top MetaFilter posts, site updates and hidden oldies!"
This one includes info on board elections and how to self-nominate as a candidate! Plus the best of the blue and the green, with stops in-between; key announcements; greatest hits both past and present; and subscriber-only content.
Best of…
These are MetaFilter’s favorite posts on the Blue from the last 30 days by favorite/comment ratio:
A world gone in hours (5.60)
"too confined by its frame" (3.83)
Help Windows Me (3.67)
And here are the top five from Ask MetaFilter:
Immigrant Cookbooks (3.08)
Aye, I do not want this. (2.62)
Six decades (1.55)
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MetaBoard
The last 30 days of key site updates from the Board and beyond:
2026 MetaFilter Board Elections: Candidate Self-Nominations Open!
As promised, self-nominations for the next elected Board of the MetaFilter Community Foundation are officially open now through September 28.
Board Update, September 4, 2026
Minutes are available from our meeting on August 19.
MeFiCoFo Financial Update, August 2026
August income was up from July (13%), and expenses up a little (4%), resulting in small loss.
Mefi Clubs and Special Projects
Want to get more involved with the Metafilter community? Check out our various clubs and special projects!
2026 MetaFilter Board Elections: Setting the table
The Board is preparing for the upcoming election of our successors! See inside for a timeline and some important details.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: Community-Led Site Rebuild!
The Board is reviving the site rebuild project, and we want your help! Long story short: you can mark your interest in helping us out using this form here.
Revisiting spurious bans
The Board received a recommendation from the Moderation Oversight Committee a while back that we would like to accept as a move-forward plan for the MetaFilter community.
⏰ Time Machine
(If you think there used to be more of these, you are correct. Please send suggestions for old posts of interest from any subsite to [email protected] for possible future inclusion.)
“Nice try dobbs but I've read some murder mysteries in my day and I am clicking "no" on that evite.”
A 2019 FPP on ways to make friends as an adult has MetaFilter members debating the value of being in a group vs the horror of being in a group.
❤️ Love Machine
“His roles include Junior Morale Officer, Chair of Impromptu Play Sessions, Director of Hallway Patrol, and Senior Nap Strategist.”
MeFite and librarian Horace Rumpole has made almost 20 FPPs since April to share nearly 100 highlights from the blogs of special collections libraries. Posts include everything from a church bulletin from Japanese internment to the challenges of recovering data from obsolete(ish) formats.
$5 Doesn’t Last Forever
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