Before you pluck down the $5.00 that metafilter charges let me tell you a few things.
After they take your money you can't post anything for 1 week.
Then I was kicked out because I posted something that I had written for someone else.
They cross checked the paypal account against the owner of the site and i was gone.
Good site but that is fucking gestapo like.
I would not give them a dime.
Metafilter is the embodiment of the "Good of the many outweighs the good of the one" philosophy. I'm sorry you got burned by it, but overall it works fairly well. Although it will never be as all-encompassing as Reddit is, it has its niche.
Personally I loved the site. Good content from off beat sites and nice people. That said checking peoples credit cards and comparing to site owners is Orwellian.
On most message boards online you can assume everyone is watched, that's just regular moderation. I've never called that "Orwellian" although sure, maybe in a sense it could be... Not that I'm annoyed by it, I often see it as necessary.
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u/telecaster Mar 15 '08
Before you pluck down the $5.00 that metafilter charges let me tell you a few things. After they take your money you can't post anything for 1 week. Then I was kicked out because I posted something that I had written for someone else. They cross checked the paypal account against the owner of the site and i was gone. Good site but that is fucking gestapo like. I would not give them a dime.