Editing MetaFilter (section)

==Community==
From its early beginnings as a small community of webloggers who traded links, the weblog now enjoys international popularity. Members are permitted to make one [[Blog|post]] to the [[homepage|front page]] per day, which must feature at least one link. Members may then comment on these posts.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web |url=https://www.metafilter.com/faq.mefi#5 |title=MetaFilter FAQ: How soon can I post again after making a post? |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065606/https://www.metafilter.com/faq.mefi#5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although membership was initially free and unrestricted, growing membership forced frequent extended closures of new-member signup. On November 18, 2004, Haughey reopened signups, but with a US$5 life-time membership fee.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Carr |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/business/media/soothe-the-blog-and-reap-the-whirlwind.html |title=Soothe the Blog and Reap the Whirlwind |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 23, 2006 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112133438/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/business/media/soothe-the-blog-and-reap-the-whirlwind.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine in 2009, this fee had kept the site "remarkably free of trolls, [[griefer]]s and other anonymous jerks", yielding a "public-spirited flavor of a small town or good university".<ref name="time2009">{{cite magazine |last=Fisher |first=Adam |date=August 24, 2009 |title=50 Best Websites 2009: MetaFilter |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1918031_1918016_1917970,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |access-date=November 22, 2018}}</ref> Although the number of registrations has topped 100,000, a design flaw in the counting process means that it counts users who abandoned the signup process mid-way; the actual number of posters is smaller, at around 38,700 as of October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metatalk.metafilter.com/15658/Metafilter-Infodump-more-stats-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at |title=Metafilter Infodump: more stats than you can shake a stick at. |date=January 22, 2008 |publisher=MetaTalk.MetaFilter.com |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065457/https://metatalk.metafilter.com/15658/Metafilter-Infodump-more-stats-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at |url-status=live }}</ref>

MetaFilter has developed a fairly stable community with a variety of [[in-joke]]s. Members regularly gather for meetups in cities around the world, and there are numerous websites with strong connections to MetaFilter members and subgroups, including MetaChat and MonkeyFilter, the latter getting its start during the period when MetaFilter memberships were closed.  Readers can mark other users' comments as a favorite, and commenters derive pride from how many times they have been "favorited".<ref>{{cite news |first=Allen |last=Salkin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/fashion/30commenters.html |title=All-Stars of the Clever Riposte |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123023050/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/fashion/30commenters.html |url-status=live }}</ref>