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[quote name="It's pretty bad"]https://metatalk.metafilter.com/24814/State-of-the-Site-Metafilter-financial-update-and-future-directions [quote] - We are, specifically, running about $8,000 a month short of an operating budget of about $38,000 a month. - Almost all of our budget goes to payroll, and cuts would have to come out of that, which means pay cuts and/or laying moderators off.[/quote] Don't think this will lead to anything. https://metatalk.metafilter.com/24817/Want-more-site-activity-Yes-When-do-we-want-it-Hopefully-soon [quote] 1. Reduce shitposting. For me, that means that if there aren't at least 5-10 comments that are positively engaging with the FPP subject[/quote] Jokes ruin everything so these comments are dead serious. Some posters unload on how much the site sucks and then: [quote]It's from a thread on the dying popularity of golf, just a few days ago. Many posters commented that they were happy to see golf dying off for a variety of reasons. A few people chimed in with personal stories about what golf has meant to them, or posts sharing a different perspective. And then we got this response (which I should've flagged). And it became a highly favorited comment, naturally. The right perspective is that golf has caused an ecological disaster and only for the rich. You are a moron and your comments are not welcome if you have anything else to say that is not parroting this point. No other thoughts are welcome. "Full stop." [/quote] Because they want to bitch about everything all the time. Who could defend it? [quote]Lots of the anti-golf comments were written in such a way that it was clear that the commenter hated golf and golfing, but (and apologies if I missed these) none of the anti-golf comments claimed that their opinion was the only one worth listening to, no one insulted anyone's intelligence, no one said that pro-golf comments are unwelcome. I think that while nuance is great for lots of people, it should be a-okay to express strong, negative opinions on Metafilter. If someone's saying/implying anything like "I don't get how anyone could like golf" or "If you still like golf in 2018, you should feel bad", then I fully agree that comments like that are likely to create tense back-and-forths which ultimately lead to less site engagement. But most strong, negative opinions on Metafilter are not as judgey as people think.[/quote] This guy seems nice but he is why everyone else left.[/quote]