Editing MetaFilter (section)

===Investigations===
Because MetaFilter bans "selflinks" or posts by a person with a significant conflict of interest, posts tend to be closely scrutinized. Members of the site also have, several times, worked closely together to root out deception and scams. In May 2001, MetaFilter played a key role in uncovering the [[Kaycee Nicole]] hoax,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/060301/news_pf/Worldandnation/Kaycee_chronicles__li.shtml |title=Kaycee chronicles: life, death, deception |first=Katie |last=Hafner |publisher=New York Times News Service |date=May 31, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230001908/http://www.sptimes.com/News/060301/news_pf/Worldandnation/Kaycee_chronicles__li.shtml |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |access-date=November 22, 2018}}</ref> in which a woman made up a fake online persona of a teenage daughter who was dying of cancer, fooling many bloggers and garnering sympathy and gifts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84672 |title=Comment by SethSD129 on "Is it possible that Kaycee did not exist?" |date=May 19, 2001 |publisher=MetaFilter |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022656/https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84672 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84697 |title=Comment by rcade on "Is it possible that Kaycee did not exist?" |date=May 19, 2001 |publisher=MetaFilter |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022656/https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84697 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84707 |title=Comment by tranquileye on "Is it possible that Kaycee did not exist?" |date=May 19, 2001 |publisher=MetaFilter |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022656/https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84707 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84799 |title=Comment by aaron on "Is it possible that Kaycee did not exist?" |date=May 20, 2001 |publisher=MetaFilter |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022656/https://www.metafilter.com/7819/Is-it-possible-that-Kaycee-did-not-exist#84799 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2004, MetaFilter members uncovered the identities of the writers of the hoax Website ''Nick Nolte's Diary''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Greg |last=Allen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/arts/directions-timeline-the-positively-true-adventures-of-the-counterfeit.html?sq=MetaFilter&scp=4 |title=DIRECTIONS: TIMELINE; The Positively True Adventures of the Counterfeit Diary of Nick Nolte |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 31, 2004 |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123023028/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/arts/directions-timeline-the-positively-true-adventures-of-the-counterfeit.html?sq=MetaFilter&scp=4 |url-status=live }}</ref> An [[astroturfing]] campaign by [[Holden Karnofsky]], the co-founder of the online charity [[GiveWell]], was detected in January 2008 through a [[sockpuppet (Internet)|sockpuppet]] posting to Ask MetaFilter, leading to Karnofsky's resignation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/GiveWells-Self-Promotion/192153 |title=GiveWell's Self-Promotion |first=Ian |last=Wilhelm |date=January 2, 2008 |work=Give & Take |publisher=[[Chronicle of Philanthropy]] |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123022633/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/GiveWells-Self-Promotion/192153 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, a user detected [[photoshopping]] by photographer [[Edgar Martins]] in a ''[[New York Times Magazine]]'' gallery, which was subsequently withdrawn.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/07/new-york-times-magazine-withdraws-possibly-altered-photo-essay.html |title=New York Times Magazine Withdraws Altered Photo Essay |first=Daryl |last=Lang |date=July 8, 2009 |publisher=[[Photo District News]] |access-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107192137/http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/07/new-york-times-magazine-withdraws-possibly-altered-photo-essay.html
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