- 04:13 AM
- 11/22/09
You also might want to look at ProCon, a filter for Mozilla Firefox that can apparently filter out bad language and leave the rest intact.
I'm not questioning your decision to be mindful of profanity. I do appreciate the fact that your kid's reading the site. I am just not sure that the site wants a hard rule to be PG-13.
posted by rcade at 12:34 PM on November 05
The only focus group we've ever run at SportsFilter fed dogs meat made from horses. It was a disaster.
posted by rcade at 04:26 PM on October 29
In response to Yerfatma's comment about the "anti-punctuation and logic brigade," there are times I think about implementing a "too stupid to post here" hammer. It's just hard to imagine that won't go terribly wrong and result in a site with just 10 super-intelligent members who all talk like Sheldon on Big Bang and then plot world domination.
posted by rcade at 02:33 PM on September 30
There was only one direction this post was going and that was political and religious. You knew that when you posted it.
True, but I don't think that should be an automatic disqualifier from a topic being posted here. Thanks for the apology, but I don't think one was needed. You raised a worthwhile point.
posted by rcade at 02:28 PM on September 30
Further, it would be a shame to lose intelligent sports fans who feel like their conservative or religious views are being marginalized or belittled here. I wouldn't want that to happen.
However, a provocative story like that one's going to make some people mad. It's just the nature of the story. I'm sure we've made some folks mad with the way every story on Native American mascots tilts so heavily against them. (I found the discussion disheartening because so many people think the coach's actions are OK.)
Although I'm politically liberal, I don't need or want to push an agenda here, and if people think I've done that I want to hear from them. My agenda is for this to remain one of the only online sports communities where idiots don't rule the day.
posted by rcade at 09:29 AM on September 30
I responded here to keep from derailing the discussion.
Just giving you what you wanted. Someone to speak out so that you can push your agenda. Seriously, why else would you have posted this?
I posted the story because it was interesting. I was 50/50 on putting it up here, but you're the first person who said it was inappropriate. If you think SportsFilter is liberal because I push an agenda you give me too much credit. This site sprang from the liberal-leaning MetaFilter.
I don't post to grind an axe. I post stories all the time where the main tilt of the piece is one I disagree with, such as the items on the Yankees-shirt kid, the NFL in Jacksonville and Cowboys Stadium architecture. I've posted two Brett Favre items praising him for career longevity and that miraculous TD pass, but it's no secret I think he's a dope.
posted by rcade at 09:19 AM on September 30
Two posts gives you the right to a dismissive sneer. Four a snarky comment, and eight a blistering denunciation. Reach 10 and you can suggest my mother was undiscriminating in her choice of anonymous sex partners.
posted by rcade at 12:19 PM on September 16
I appreciate where you're coming from, but I think your regular posting probably hurts as much as it helps as it reduces the number of topics someone else could post, especially the more mainstream stories.
True enough, but I tried sitting on my hands for a long time and not bogarting the web site. I think I prefer to hog the bong with the increased lung capacity of Michael Phelps.
posted by rcade at 10:50 AM on September 16
I've heard from some SportsFilter users that although the front page is open, they won't post because this can be a tough crowd and they don't want to run afoul of it.
I have no problem with people who only want to comment. But if you aren't making front-page posts and you're applying MetaTalk-tough scrutiny to the posts that are there, who's going to post?
I will, because I decided recently to put up 1-3 posts a day to put some meat on these bones. But the goal of this site was to become this. For whatever reason, the compulsion to contribute isn't as strong here, and it's gotten weaker over the past two years.
posted by rcade at 02:50 PM on September 15
I don't mind mixing it up. Someone was just telling me I've mellowed.
posted by rcade at 09:19 PM on September 14
Damn you people are fast.
I thought about posting this in the discussion, but I was afraid of derailing the scintillating talk we're having about Kim Clijsters.
(Aside to Drood: I am kidding.)
I post a lot of front page posts, and I try to go beyond a simple one-link post that relates the basic facts of a news story. I dig up extra links, look for telling or odd quotes, and occasionally try new things to amuse myself or others.1
Though I don't mind in any way, shape or form receiving feedback on my links -- even hurty comments from big stupidheads -- I must now say something that could piss some people off.
Critical feedback is a lot more persuasive coming from somebody who makes his2 own front-page posts. If you leave it up to me, I have sarcasmed and I will sarcasm again.
1. Mostly for my own amusement. As a child I spent hours alone in my room amusing myself.
2. I say "his" here because men are superior.
posted by rcade at 05:13 PM on September 14
Yep. I'd like to double the number of categories, with preference to subjects that have been proven popular here already.
posted by rcade at 11:09 PM on September 08
Sex is an organized human endeavor in which an individual or group performs specialized athletic tasks governed by commonly agreed upon rules towards the execution of a commonly agreed upon goal in competition with one or more other practitioners often resulting in perspiration or increased respiratory activity and providing, in the end, some sense of pleasure or satisfaction that doesn't involve computers or engines.
posted by rcade at 12:40 PM on September 07
Thanks, Dirigibleman. I wish we could take "piece of shit racist anti-fan fuckbag motherfuckers" in the spirit in which it was intended. It's a fuckin' shame we can't.
posted by rcade at 01:08 PM on September 04
Huddle's a good guy. Loves pancakes and obscure sports links. Man of few words. Best damned salesman in the office. Slept with all our wives and he still sends them flowers on Valentine's Day.
posted by rcade at 09:07 AM on September 04
I miss a lot of things from around here. Mostly the way it was, I guess.
I can understand that, but I think a little experimentation here was needed. SportsFilter's drawing 60 percent of the traffic it did in January 2008, and the number of front-page posts has dropped over that time as well.
I suggested the Huddle because there ought to be more stuff to do here. It's an experiment, so we'll see over time whether it works out.
posted by rcade at 11:26 AM on September 03
The Huddle is scheduled to be posted each morning at 8 a.m. Eastern so it's at the bottom of each day's links.
posted by rcade at 01:28 PM on September 02
I don't think pro wrestling topics should be discussed here, except for the stuff that's clearly 100 percent in the real world, like that terrible accident when Owen Hart was killed or a story about the physical conditioning of the wrestlers. A story about a championship belt changing hands, for instance, wouldn't be acceptable here because that stuff's all an act.
I should have moderated the discussion to stop sport/not-a-sport from breaking out. Normally we are on top of that stuff, because it's a major discussion killer.
posted by rcade at 10:31 AM on August 25
While we're here, in answer to BornIcon's comments in the wrestling discussion, when I said that people shouldn't jump into links about sports they don't follow, I knew my wrestling comment might come back to bite me. I don't really follow it. But since I was already there reading the discussion I made a reply.
As a general rule, though, I think it's rude to drop in on links for sports you don't follow just to poop on them. Leave the discussion to the people who do care about it. No one here (other than Kirk, Gary and I) is under any obligation to read a women's soccer, NASCAR or MMA discussion if we don't follow those sports.
posted by rcade at 09:29 AM on August 25
Yeah ... I need to address that. It was a feature that got overlooked in the move.
posted by rcade at 09:24 AM on August 25
Possible names: The Huddle, the Scrum, the Faceoff, the TV Timeout, Telemanjaro.
posted by rcade at 02:10 PM on August 23
I've started going to Yahoo Sports first before ESPN. It's easier to navigate and they don't load the pages down with a bunch of different stuff like live video.
posted by rcade at 05:04 PM on August 11
I've turned off the display of user email addresses on the profile for the moment.
Could someone post an email to show me what these look like?
posted by rcade at 09:50 AM on July 23
Had to post this somewhere: Shaq brought a visual aid to Cleveland to remind Danny Ferry of their past acquaintance.
posted by rcade at 06:09 PM on July 02
Thanks for the nudge. It took me a bunch of tries to come up with a way to do this that doesn't hit the database one time for each front-page post.
posted by rcade at 02:33 PM on July 02
I'm not sure what happens when you don't explicitly log out and return to the site later. I will test that myself.
posted by rcade at 08:34 PM on July 01
Give it a try. As currently implemented, when you're done catching up on the site and posting comments, log out. The next time you log in, you should see new comment counts.
posted by rcade at 08:29 PM on July 01
I've got an idea for how to implement it without hitting the database more than once per page. I will start poking around this afternoon to see if it works. Let me know if anything weird happens on the site as you use it today.
posted by rcade at 01:03 PM on July 01
I was really drunk when I got those tatts.
posted by rcade at 06:27 PM on June 25
LeBron James here, Megan. What's your question?
posted by rcade at 02:48 PM on June 25
Ordinarily I would clean up a post, but I want "I'm wanting to puchus a CrossBow" to become one of our catch phrases.
posted by rcade at 02:06 PM on June 06
Looking forward to this game. I can't root for Man U, so I guess I'm going with Barcelona in this one. I hope the soccer's better than the games these teams played to get here.
posted by rcade at 10:14 AM on May 27
The banhammer does not check into things. It just comes down upon the head.
posted by rcade at 10:27 AM on May 14
I didn't realize that the rule was gone. I will reinstate it to two weeks and 15 comments, which I think it was before, after I kill a book deadline that's kicking my ace.
posted by rcade at 03:53 PM on May 13
The Shani Davis post is a column, which allows the extra space for writers to create commentary here.
I could add the Extended box back for front-page posts if people want it. The only reason I took it away was to fully emulate the SportsFilter interface as it existed for years before the server went boom.
posted by rcade at 04:41 PM on April 30
It's pretty weird that she would go to such lengths to stop a fake-check scam and not realize that spamming sites to get backlinks is also shady (though admittedly to a lesser degree).
posted by rcade at 10:53 AM on April 09
Check out the autoresponse she sent SportsFilter's new account email:
Thank you for writing. If I don't get back to you in the next few
minutes, it simply means I am not online for the time being. If you
ordered a packet of backlinks, I WILL get that packet to you within 24
hours of the time you ordered. They are usually sent much sooner than
that, however.I live on the US West Coast and am in the same time zone as Seattle,
San Francisco, and Los Angeles whose current times can be seen on this
World Clock:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Thank you for your patience and I WILL get back to you.Angela Edwards
posted by rcade at 01:52 PM on April 08
That was weird. She took the time to join and comment, but didn't think we'd notice two spam links?
posted by rcade at 01:19 PM on April 08
I'd be in favor of that. Any other opinions?
posted by rcade at 11:12 AM on April 02
I think I have this one fixed. Give it a try by editing a comment split over two paragraphs and let me know if it works.
Testing ... worked for me.
posted by rcade at 09:37 AM on March 30
I get the error message "You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152)" when I visit the link, and there's no place to enter a password. Does that mean it filled up?
posted by rcade at 04:40 PM on March 15
I'll take a look. It's tough for me to jack with the CSS without hosing a lot of other stuff. You should be able to post on any size screen here, aside perhaps from phones.
posted by rcade at 06:23 PM on March 12
As mentioned earlier, the wiki will be added to the main menu as soon as I can drop the "comments" page link.
posted by rcade at 12:54 PM on March 02
I'll try to fire up new message counts this week on a day when I have time to watch the database. My concern is that it'll blow the thing up real good.
posted by rcade at 08:31 PM on March 01
Sorry if I missed it, but without new comments it's hard to keep up ;)
Well played.
posted by rcade at 03:35 PM on February 25
In one of these threads I said the wiki link's going in the top menu. I'm hoping I can add comment counts, drop the comment link, and link the wiki in its place.
posted by rcade at 12:14 PM on February 25
Thanks to this link, my Newseum newscast is climbing the "most viewed" ranks on Newseum.Org. Take that, schoolchildren and families! You been pwned!
posted by rcade at 07:14 PM on February 19
There's talk that Florida will get an MLS team in Miami, and we're supposed to be getting a soccer stadium in Orlando that's big enough to host a team. So maybe I won't have to make a 13-hour road trip to attend home games for my team much longer (not that I'm making them now, mind you).
posted by rcade at 10:02 AM on February 18
DC United is the closest MLS team to me in Florida, sadly enough. I had to report on my "local" team. Wish I knew which player tried to clobber me with the ball at the end.
posted by rcade at 05:01 PM on February 17
That's quite a scene in Columbus, Goddam. Thanks for posting that.
What were the flipped birds in response to? ESPN showed the crowd right after the final whistle, and an American fan there was prominently flying the bird too.
posted by rcade at 04:44 PM on February 12
Yup. I kinda figured that. Do they always shut down MetaFilter to improve meetup attendance?
posted by rcade at 12:50 AM on January 25
Once SportsFilter is bug free, I will be getting back to the missing and/or mangled archives.
posted by rcade at 09:55 PM on January 24
Terrapin reported another bug: "While building this new thread, I noticed I HAD to include the www. at the beginning of the URL to sportsfilter to get the system to recognize it as a valid URL."
This happened with "http://sportsfilter.com" but not "http://sportsfilter.com/". Any other examples of URLs being rejected?
posted by rcade at 01:14 PM on January 24
I made a change so that all posts are open to comments for four weeks instead of two.
posted by rcade at 01:12 PM on January 24
I'm not seeing locker room posts in the main feed. Which ones are you seeing?
Also, you can now edit your own posts up to 10 minutes after they have been posted. An "edit" link appears at the end of the post. There's one exception: You can't edit columns yet.
posted by rcade at 07:03 PM on January 21
There are currently three feeds: the main feed Terrapin linked, a locker room feed and a columns feed. I'm still looking for the right place to link them.
BTW, feature or bug?
Bug. Cool, though.
posted by rcade at 05:01 PM on January 21
I stripped 'em out, because I'm not sure yet how to deal with hard breaks in comments. Did SportsFilter used to allow things like this ...
One line here
One line right below it
Yet another line?
posted by rcade at 09:50 AM on January 21
Matt Haughey's Excellent Hospital Adventure
My dad has had two brain tumor surgeries for benign growths caused by a form of Von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome. The words "brain tumor" and "brain surgery" are scary as hell, but doctors can do many of these surgeries so well and non-invasively that patients recover quickly and are none the worse for wear.
It sounds like Matt's prognosis is really good and I'm thankful to hear that. He's been a good friend and strong inspiration to countless numbers of web publishers over the years, myself very much included.