Oh wow, I used to love metafilter but I guess I just assumed it died when it dropped off Google. Thanks for reminding me it exists!
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2023
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A community for anyone who misses the "old web". Inspired by a post I made asking for examples of websites with an old school vibe. This community can be used to post links to old style websites, directories of websites, etc.
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metafilter is not old web unfortunately. It used to be free, intelligent and fun, now it's just a neurotic censored mess, like most of the new web. It's an aging 
website. And it's bad. It is full of toxic dynamics, americanocentrism and ultimately, it is very boring.
It's both difficult to navigate AND an echo-chamber. It's useless.
I remember this from literal years ago, but I don't quite remember what it was exactly. I had a look yesterday and it seemed like a link aggregator but then it also looked like some sort of blogging site, so I'm not actually sure!
It's fairly open ended. Members can post whatever they like (within certain boundaries). Some people post more text. Others post mostly links with just a little text. It seem like the sweet spot is somewhere in the middle, where a post would be a few sentences explaining something with key terms linked out to some relevant links. Really cool way to get exposure to things I would have otherwise never encountered and to share your own niche interests. As a member, you can post a single front-page post every 24 hours.
Here's what they have to say about it:
A good post to MetaFilter is something that meets the following criteria: most people haven't seen it before, there is something interesting about the content on the page, and it might warrant discussion from others. Posts shouldn't be terribly long, and they don't have to contain multiple links or end with a discussion-sparking question.
I have found their "Ask" sub-site really helpful in the past.