MoreResources

Also see RelatedWebsites.

Metafilter Resources

• [Metafilter FAQ] - key MetaTalk threads
• [Metafilter statistics] - growth of traffic
• [Metafilter Contribution Index] - statistics by poster

Good Things on Metafilter

• [Metafilter Distilled] via [archive.org]
• [Metafilter Remixed] - a collaborative filter for good MeFi threads
• [MetaMeta: a second sieve] collects good threads

Side Communities

• [mefi-projects] - mailing list for announcements of projects of interest to other MeFites (see SelfLink) (now closed, but archives are still available)
• [MeFi Swap] - quarterly music mix exchange with other MeFites
• MetafilterIRC - aka #mefi, an internet relay chat channel for MeFites
• [9622.net] - a weblog frequented by many MetaFilter users.
• On the [NationStates] game there is a place called [MetaRegion] for all MetaFilter players. It tends to be filled with discussions of kittens and pancakes and their relative worths.
• [metachat] is a side site for metafilter members who want to chat about random stuff that dosn't have a place on metafilter proper.
• [Folding@Home Team] - contribute to find cures for diseases by donating your spare CPU cycles. Join the MetaFilter team and we can all keep score!

Software & Extensions

For Firefox:

• [Metafilthy] - [although it is buggy]

• Search Plugins:
  • [AskMetafilter]

Metafilter Media

• [Metafilter, a great weblog] - Christian Science Monitor
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Metafilter Analyzed

• [Metafilter: a profile in successful community building & organizing] - from [bshort]
• [Derek Powazek discusses Metafilter] - from [frayed]
• [Harshing on Metafilter] - Nick Denton
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Metafilter history

• MetaFilter in Review [ReFi], where cortex and dios review the early days of MetaFilter
• [kaycee-nicole saga]

Miscellaneous Fun

• [metafiltr] MetaFilter 2.0, a "portal into the riffy, self-reflecting underbelly of MetaFilter proper" created by cortex
• [MeFi user sites] reviewed by jessamyn and OmieWise?
• [MetaFilter-esque engines] - a list of some open source engines that you can use for your own collaborative weblog wesbite. See also SimilarWebsites and MeFiClones.
• [Metafilter taglines] - collected nominees. More details about Taglines.
• [Spoonfed's MetaMetaFilter] - the best MeFi parody ever, rescued from history. The page that sparked the [cult thread 9622].
• [Metafilter front page post generator]
• [mefi-o] Metafilter bingo
• [which Metafilter user are you most like?]
• [y2karlulator] - untangles heavily anchor-tagged posts. Enter thread number.
• SongAboutMetaFilter?
• [lucien's MeFi miscellany] - another collection of resources
• Two short comic strips about MetaFilter [comic 1], [comic 2]
• [MeFi roulette] - forwards to a random MeFi user profile
• An interesting look at the [distribution of posts made on MetaFilter according to their user number] (and thus, registration date).
• [Map of MetaFilter] by EndsOfInvention?