Editing MetaFilter (section)

{{short description|General-interest community weblog}}
{{Infobox website
| name = MetaFilter
| logo = 
| screenshot = MetaFilter screenshot 2015.jpg
| screenshot_size = 250
| caption = 
| url = {{official URL}}
| commercial = 
| type = Community Weblog
| registration = Required to contribute
| owner = MetaFilter LLC
| author = [[Matthew Haughey]]<ref name="washpost">{{cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |title=Metafilter's downfall is the perfect metaphor for the way we Internet now |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/22/metafilters-downfall-is-the-perfect-metaphor-for-the-way-we-internet-now/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 22, 2014 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022549/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/22/metafilters-downfall-is-the-perfect-metaphor-for-the-way-we-internet-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| users = 47,691 active users<ref>{{Cite web |title=MetaFilter activity stats |url=https://mefist.at/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=mefist.at}}</ref>
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1999|7|14}}
| current_status = Active
| key_people = [[Jessamyn West (librarian)|Jessamyn West]]
| revenue = 
}}

'''MetaFilter''', known as '''MeFi''' to its members,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13682/Announcing-the-new-weekly-MeFi-podcast |title=1: The First One |publisher=MetaTalk.MetaFilter.com |date=February 16, 2007 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065617/https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13682/Announcing-the-new-weekly-MeFi-podcast |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://metatalk.metafilter.com/11398/Pronunciation-of-MeFi-and-MeFite |title=Pronunciation of MeFi and MeFite? |publisher=MetaTalk.MetaFilter.com |date=March 2, 2006 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022817/https://metatalk.metafilter.com/11398/Pronunciation-of-MeFi-and-MeFite |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://metatalk.metafilter.com/14804/MeFil |title=MeFil |publisher=MetaTalk.MetaFilter.com |date=August 29, 2007 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065534/https://metatalk.metafilter.com/14804/MeFil |url-status=live }}</ref> is a general-interest [[Online community|community]] [[weblog]], founded in 1999 and based in the [[United States]], featuring links to content that users have discovered on the web. Since 2003, it has included the popular question-and-answer subsite Ask MetaFilter. The site has eight paid staff members as of December 2021, including the owner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who are the moderators? {{!}} MetaFilter FAQ|url=http://faq.metafilter.com/33/Who-is-in-charge-here-Are-there-admins-and-moderators-like-other-sites|access-date=2021-12-01|website=faq.metafilter.com|archive-date=2021-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129045714/http://faq.metafilter.com/33/Who-is-in-charge-here-Are-there-admins-and-moderators-like-other-sites|url-status=live}}</ref> MetaFilter has about 47,691 active members as of May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MetaFilter activity stats |url=https://mefist.at/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=mefist.at}}</ref>