| Date | Favorites | User | Post |
|---|
| 2018-06-13 | 1049 | mai | State of the Site: Metafilter financial update and future directions |
| 2008-03-17 | 966 | Ian A.T. | Queuing questions. |
| 2011-01-24 | 780 | dancestoblue | Post 20272 Deleted |
| 2014-05-19 | 693 | terrapin | State of MetaFilter |
| 2009-04-28 | 619 | Cool Papa Bell | Bueller? |
| 2014-05-19 | 484 | jessamyn | State of MetaFilter |
| 2013-08-20 | 458 | Blasdelb | This isn't Pirate Bay |
| 2011-12-15 | 407 | FishBike | Should a joke-heavy thread on a serious topic be thinned out? |
| 2017-07-31 | 400 | mathowie | mathowie transfers ownership of MetaFilter to cortex |
| 2015-05-23 | 379 | jessamyn | I was quoting ROMANCE |
| 2010-02-23 | 378 | crush-onastick | Get a Lawyer! Really, you need a lawyer! Hey, you might want to get a lawyer! |
| 2015-03-04 | 346 | mathowie | Sixteen Years |
| 2017-01-16 | 344 | LionIndex | Aren't we better than this? |
| 2020-06-01 | 341 | travelingthyme | Two new mods: welcome to travelingthyme and loup! |
| 2013-06-20 | 340 | 256 | """Lavaballing"" thread sexist and dissenting comments deleted" |
| 2013-06-07 | 340 | Eyebrows McGee | What to do when threads result in name calling? |
| 2015-08-28 | 325 | Alex Haist | Does anyone else feel Metafilter's moderation culture is ridiculous? |
| 2019-07-23 | 307 | Segundus | Decommissioning the US politics megathreads |
| 2020-07-29 | 304 | Faint of Butt | Can we have just *one* thread without cis nonsense? |
| 2011-01-06 | 304 | loquacious | RIP Bill Zeller |
| 2020-06-01 | 303 | loup | Two new mods: welcome to travelingthyme and loup! |
| 2008-09-30 | 301 | Pastabagel | I must really rank |
| 2007-02-06 | 299 | felix | Jessamyn in Valley News |
| 2009-05-04 | 298 | ColdChef | -you overthink witty headlines. |
| 2014-06-11 | 294 | ChuraChura | Revisiting misogyny on Metafilter |
| 2014-06-09 | 294 | cortex | Leveraging the community to help develop Mefi functionality? |
| 2010-06-29 | 293 | turgid dahlia | I'd like to buy the world a coke. |
| 2022-05-25 | 288 | jessamyn | [MeFi Site Update] May 25th |
| 2011-11-12 | 283 | cortex | Ghost in the machine - bad moderating |
| 2013-04-26 | 279 | Eyebrows McGee | Informative answer deleted |
| 2015-03-04 | 274 | cortex | Sixteen Years |
| 2012-05-22 | 271 | mathowie | holdkris99's death was a hoax. |
| 2012-04-10 | 266 | ook | Don't be lazy. |
| 2017-11-05 | 260 | johnofjack | Metatalktail Hour: We Solved the Problem, So Everything Is Awesome |
| 2010-11-01 | 260 | hermitosis | Favorites, schmavorites |
| 2014-01-10 | 259 | DirtyOldTown | Deletion for minor issues |
| 2012-05-22 | 257 | scody | holdkris99's death was a hoax. |
| 2019-06-06 | 251 | Fizz | Hearing from our members of color |
| 2015-11-16 | 251 | a fiendish thingy | Can We Please Respect Women Expressing Joy? |
| 2015-03-04 | 250 | Argyle | Sixteen Years |
| 2011-04-15 | 250 | mathowie | UnplannedChaos |
| 2010-12-17 | 250 | Ahab | Show That It's Awesome On the List, Not Just the List Item |
| 2009-12-30 | 250 | mathowie | Begone, tumor! |
| 2011-05-01 | 248 | ColdChef | beep beep, yeah! |
| 2025-06-16 | 246 | NotLost | MeFi Election Admin Poll |
| 2009-01-26 | 244 | goodnewsfortheinsane | Wha' happen? |
| 2007-07-20 | 240 | DaShiv | MeFi's 8th Anniversary Party: Ground Kontrol, Portland |
| 2014-06-02 | 238 | tzikeh | MeFi Fundraising Update |
| 2015-02-22 | 236 | Eyebrows McGee | Too Much False Rape? |
| 2006-02-01 | 233 | jessamyn | Can I log in and out of parts of MeFi? |
| 2013-03-31 | 232 | mathowie | Thanks for MetaFiltrest |
| 2009-10-31 | 231 | Rhaomi | November is National Let's Try Obscuring Favorite Counts Month |
| 2014-05-19 | 230 | The 10th Regiment of Foot | State of MetaFilter |
| 2025-04-18 | 226 | Seven Deadly Gins | the need for clear action against transphobia |
| 2014-05-19 | 225 | goodnewsfortheinsane | State of MetaFilter |
| 2011-04-14 | 225 | jessamyn | What's on your infodump wishlist? |
| 2025-05-22 | 222 | tivalasvegas | Metafilter is at risk of being brigaded by bad actors. |
| 2014-06-11 | 221 | Ipsifendus | Revisiting misogyny on Metafilter |
| 2020-07-18 | 220 | mochapickle | Metatalktail Hour: Who is New In Your Life? |
| 2013-09-09 | 220 | divined by radio | Gender-Filter |
| 2015-06-08 | 215 | jessamyn | State of Metafilter, and funding update |
| 2015-02-06 | 214 | mathowie | What are Meta's Values? |
| 2011-04-13 | 214 | cortex | Metafilter Diaper Delivery |
| 2011-03-21 | 211 | fourcheesemac | deletions |
| 2014-05-19 | 210 | anastasiav | State of MetaFilter |
| 2013-01-07 | 210 | Diskeater | MeFi is adding titles |
| 2012-10-23 | 210 | koeselitz | and god damn you for suggesting I should just suck that up |
| 2014-08-19 | 209 | elizardbits | Meta Slander? |
| 2013-05-19 | 209 | cortex | Price of Metafilter |
| 2011-10-28 | 209 | taff | Mixed Messages |
| 2010-03-12 | 207 | orthogonality | """pretty ordinary stuff for a state full of people that are 48% inbred.""" |
| 2015-01-23 | 202 | KathrynT | Thanks, MeFi |
| 2006-08-31 | 202 | False Dichotomy | Cortex comes through, again! |
| 2015-06-26 | 201 | restless_nomad | #loveWins #mefi |
| 2012-04-17 | 201 | monju_bosatsu | Boxster Short |
| 2012-01-19 | 201 | cortex | Achievement Unlocked |
| 2001-11-22 | 201 | goliche | fghdfhdfg |
| 2007-12-18 | 199 | mullacc | Slapping someone in the face a bit too much ... |
| 2011-07-11 | 197 | Slap*Happy | When, if ever, do admins admit they were wrong? |
| 2017-01-30 | 196 | barchan | This is what MeFite democracy looks like! |
| 2010-07-09 | 196 | HabeasCorpus | lame delete |
| 2007-11-16 | 196 | occhiblu | Discussion Point |
| 2001-09-23 | 196 | kindall | The best case for a MeFi waiting period I've ever seen |
| 2021-06-08 | 194 | liminal_shadows | What's Wrong With The Guardian? |
| 2016-05-27 | 194 | frimble | Say hello to our new tech person, frimble! |
| 2015-10-22 | 194 | ArbitraryAndCapricious | We need to have a discussion about racism. |
| 2009-06-16 | 194 | jessamyn | He ain't Ralph. |
| 2014-03-31 | 192 | Snarl Furillo | Whoa. |
| 2012-05-22 | 192 | zarq | holdkris99's death was a hoax. |
| 2019-07-23 | 191 | Rhaomi | Decommissioning the US politics megathreads |
| 2015-12-23 | 191 | Eyebrows McGee | Please welcome our new part-time moderator |
| 2010-06-16 | 190 | darksasami | Palindrome Follow-Up |
| 2015-03-06 | 189 | mathowie | One last chance to be moderated by Matt: feel free to be extreme. |
| 2015-12-14 | 188 | harperpitt | Metafilter makes it to cable news |
| 2010-07-14 | 188 | jessamyn | Flagged as *yawn* |
| 2025-06-16 | 187 | NotLost | MeFi Election Admin Poll |
| 2020-04-09 | 187 | mochapickle | Coronavirus check-in thread #4 |
| 2014-03-16 | 187 | cairdeas | Deleting comments |
| 2022-07-17 | 186 | escape from the potato planet | Transition Team Post #4 (July 2022) User survey results |
| 2014-05-20 | 186 | cortex | Where I'm off to |
| 2013-07-07 | 185 | taz | It's been nice knowing you all. |
| 2017-07-31 | 182 | Faint of Butt | mathowie transfers ownership of MetaFilter to cortex |
| 2006-03-31 | 181 | loquacious | Please let us metatalk more. |
| 2015-03-04 | 179 | anildash | Sixteen Years |
| 2012-12-10 | 179 | Chrysostom | How has MeFi changed in the past few years? |
| 2010-05-31 | 179 | Dee Xtrovert | You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
| 2012-08-15 | 178 | elizardbits | Girlzone |
| 2011-05-10 | 178 | jessamyn | "Why can't the community guidelines include ""not being a pedantic prick?""" |
| 2010-08-08 | 178 | Metroid Baby | When it is too hard not to judge an AskMeFi. |
| 2021-06-08 | 177 | i used to be someone else | What's Wrong With The Guardian? |
| 2020-04-12 | 177 | lepus | Coronavirus check-in thread #4 |
| 2017-01-16 | 177 | poffin boffin | Aren't we better than this? |
| 2020-07-13 | 176 | Eyebrows McGee | Twitter harassment from Mefi Outsider & Go Mefi |
| 2009-05-28 | 176 | UbuRoivas | Doctors are not scary bogeypeople! |
| 2014-12-01 | 175 | cortex | Personal attacks and biased moderating: is this what we want on Metafilter? |
| 2008-05-24 | 175 | DaShiv | Clinton Obama Filter redux |
| 2013-05-28 | 174 | elizardbits | Maybe we could try not hating people for their economic status? |
| 2020-05-18 | 173 | biogeo | Another COVID communication post |
| 2011-08-10 | 173 | elizardbits | If you really want the help of parents, maybe don't start by insulting them? |
| 2008-02-17 | 173 | Pater Aletheias | Are some more worthy of respect than others? |
| 2015-01-23 | 172 | poffin boffin | "Are product catalog pages now ""best of the web""?" |
| 2014-12-30 | 172 | Eyebrows McGee | We're grownups, right? |
| 2013-04-26 | 172 | cortex | Informative answer deleted |
| 2010-08-25 | 172 | Astro Zombie | MetaFiter: Don't let reality stop your white party, whatever you do, brave souls |
| 2011-10-10 | 171 | memebake | Reddit vs Metafilter - London Oct 10th |
| 2019-01-09 | 170 | Eyebrows McGee | MetaMetaTalk and MetaModeration Thereof |
| 2017-03-22 | 170 | cortex | State of MetaFilter, 2017 |
| 2015-04-03 | 168 | cortex | How do *you* pronounce 'MeFi'? |
| 2013-06-20 | 168 | mcwetboy | """Lavaballing"" thread sexist and dissenting comments deleted" |
| 2011-01-05 | 168 | nanojath | RIP Bill Zeller |
| 2019-07-29 | 167 | scrump | Climate-related posts on the blue |
| 2019-01-03 | 167 | It's Raining Florence Henderson | Murrrrrrder? |
| 2017-01-16 | 167 | MillMan | Aren't we better than this? |
| 2015-09-10 | 167 | Too-Ticky | It's so easy your 24 year old son could master it! |
| 2012-09-05 | 167 | Kattullus | Use Your Words |
| 2012-04-28 | 167 | cortex | Meta MetaCensorship |
| 2010-05-17 | 167 | Len | Meet up in Malawi? |
| 2009-04-28 | 167 | cortex | But weed is also often associated wtih poor black people |
| 2014-12-23 | 166 | maxsparber | Neckbeard, is this a word we need? |
| 2014-10-21 | 166 | Mrs. Pterodactyl | Thanks Mrs. Pterodactyl! |
| 2012-01-27 | 166 | Tell Me No Lies | Google buzz |
| 2015-09-19 | 165 | shelleycat | Post deletions officially getting ridiculous. |
| 2013-01-07 | 165 | leesh | MeFi is adding titles |
| 2019-02-21 | 164 | barchan | Help Me Get My Smile Back? |
| 2014-06-26 | 164 | spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints | Laughing Is Magic |
| 2012-09-20 | 164 | elizardbits | The Cabal just lost Doc Marten |
| 2012-06-11 | 164 | workingdankoch | "My ""Ask MeFi"" Post was plagiarized on another website!" |
| 2012-05-22 | 164 | ColdChef | holdkris99's death was a hoax. |
| 2010-05-13 | 164 | Nothing... and like it | When is there too much chat? |
| 2008-07-23 | 164 | Xelf | Your solitary compulsion becomes a shared experience. |
| 2016-09-06 | 163 | double block and bleed | I was promised Happy Fun September |
| 2014-06-09 | 163 | Horace Rumpole | Leveraging the community to help develop Mefi functionality? |
| 2013-10-29 | 163 | divined by radio | Consistency |
| 2011-07-11 | 162 | jessamyn | When, if ever, do admins admit they were wrong? |
| 2018-06-15 | 161 | cortex | State of the Site: Metafilter financial update and future directions |
| 2013-09-30 | 161 | elizardbits | 4 of the 5 most recent posts on the front page are about sexism |
| 2012-08-15 | 161 | Sidhedevil | Girlzone |
| 2010-12-19 | 161 | ODiV | """1 total comments""?" |
| 2025-02-17 | 159 | nouvelle-personne | What went wrong in the dubious_dude/nouvelle_person thread? |
| 2022-11-22 | 159 | kate blank | Ad Bars |
| 2019-12-29 | 159 | Mrs Potato | What have you done this decade that you're proud of? |
| 2018-07-01 | 158 | the quidnunc kid | Muting Certain Commenters |
| 2014-04-02 | 158 | rtha | Meta Comment Deletion What Fors? |
| 2019-03-06 | 157 | jessamyn | Farewell pjern. |
| 2013-08-19 | 157 | jessamyn | This isn't Pirate Bay |
| 2011-01-05 | 157 | hat | RIP Bill Zeller |
| 2025-06-16 | 156 | NotLost | MeFi Election Admin Poll |
| 2009-12-10 | 156 | jessamyn | Babyggedon |
| 2007-04-06 | 156 | miss lynnster | NOT raining on florence....honest! |
| 2017-08-01 | 155 | Orlop | Help build MetaFilter’s savings |
| 2016-09-06 | 155 | tobascodagama | I was promised Happy Fun September |
| 2013-03-20 | 154 | Drinky Die | Statute of Limitations in AskMe |
| 2012-05-22 | 154 | Bunny Ultramod | holdkris99's death was a hoax. |
| 2015-03-06 | 153 | cortex | One last chance to be moderated by Matt: feel free to be extreme. |
| 2018-06-13 | 152 | zachlipton | State of the Site: Metafilter financial update and future directions |
| 2018-01-20 | 152 | loquacious | Metatalktails: So, good news... I saw a dog today! |
| 2015-08-28 | 152 | eriko | Does anyone else feel Metafilter's moderation culture is ridiculous? |
| 2014-04-02 | 152 | trunk muffins | Meta Comment Deletion What Fors? |
| 2010-01-05 | 152 | scody | Some of us are lucky enough that every Tuesday is a Big Gay Tuesday |
| 2017-07-05 | 151 | aielen | The House of Orientalism |
| 2016-09-06 | 151 | sciatrix | I was promised Happy Fun September |
| 2015-08-28 | 151 | rtha | Does anyone else feel Metafilter's moderation culture is ridiculous? |
| 2015-03-12 | 151 | boo_radley | Keeping Offsite Offsite |
| 2014-06-11 | 151 | scody | Revisiting misogyny on Metafilter |
| 2012-12-11 | 151 | griphus | No, *You* Are a First World Problem |
| 2019-06-07 | 150 | divabat | Hearing from our members of color |
| 2016-01-07 | 150 | femmegrrr | The Annotated Emotional Labor Post! |
| 2014-05-29 | 150 | griphus | We lose a mod, but gain more comments! |
| 2021-01-20 | 149 | SoberHighland | Surely this... |
| 2017-01-16 | 149 | supercrayon | Aren't we better than this? |
| 2016-04-26 | 149 | pb | *end theme from Incredible Hulk plays* |
| 2015-09-19 | 149 | nadawi | Post deletions officially getting ridiculous. |
| 2015-06-14 | 149 | LobsterMitten | Bad deletions |
| 2014-06-02 | 149 | mathowie | MeFi Fundraising Update |
| 2014-05-19 | 149 | Hadroed | State of MetaFilter |
| 2013-09-14 | 149 | Pater Aletheias | Please tell me what I can and can't say about religion on MetaFilter. |
| 2012-09-05 | 149 | box | Use Your Words |
| 2011-09-25 | 149 | Ghidorah | Thread deletion reason, please. |
| 2011-02-08 | 149 | lhall | See Mom, all this time wasn't wasted |
| 2015-03-30 | 148 | poffin boffin | Tell Us A Fascinating Thing About Yourself |