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I hate autoplay videos.

I'm 99.9% sure that there's no practical way to get the user base to stop linking to sites that have autoplay video embedded in them, but as a techno-doof, I'm wondering if there's any kind of, I don't know, pass-through or something that can generate URLs that set autoplaying videos to not play? Like an appended bit of code along with all the tracking kerfuffle on the URL? Failing that, any recommendations for video autoplay blockers for Chrome that actually work would be most welcome. My test page (which all the autoplay blockers fail at blocking autoplay on) is this one, which was linked from this post.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 4:16 AM on November 22, 2017 (32 comments)

Curious about megathreads

We seem to be having more of them, lately, and I stress that this is not a complaint, they're fine, but I was just wondering what that reflected regarding the userbase, and don't have the infodump skills required to figure it out.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 12:22 PM on July 22, 2016 (32 comments)

This MetaTalk is blocked in your country on copyright grounds.

Minor pony request: flag for "I can't access the principal content this entire post is built around." Major pony request: some sort of automated "the links in this post are not viewable in the following areas, are you sure you want to proceed?"
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 8:19 AM on September 9, 2015 (58 comments)

MetaFilter does vampires fairly well for the most part, I think

Given that MetaTalk posts are generally reserved for when things go not-well, I just want to say that the recent Real-Life Vampires post is -- to my eyes -- a great example of people with in some cases strongly opposing views having an open, respectful, and interesting conversation.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 10:57 AM on July 10, 2015 (51 comments)

War of the Wor(l)ds

As part of a test of the beta version of a Web project I've been working on, MeFites The Whelk and robocop is bleeding are going to throw down in a half-hour no-words-barred fiction writing battle next Tuesday at Fiction Fights!
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 4:42 PM on October 6, 2011 (64 comments)

One is the loneliest DJ

So what does a guy have to do to get a listening room rockin' around here? I'd like to revive memebake's listening room for MeFites if anyone else is interested.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 9:59 AM on September 14, 2011 (38 comments)

Hilarity ensues.

The inventor of the Comedy Evaluator Pro software has dropped by the thread discussing the Comedy Evaluator Pro to evaluate our evaluations of the Comedy Evaluator Pro.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 8:06 AM on August 20, 2010 (97 comments)

Let's bag some better bags!

A Multi-Region, Multi-National, MeFi Reusable Shopping Bag Swap. Interested?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 3:49 PM on July 5, 2010 (164 comments)

[print MeTa]

A quick thanks to people linking to "print versions" of articles online instead of paginated versions.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 1:37 PM on March 3, 2010 (25 comments)

deletedthread.blogspot.com

How does deletedthread.blogspot.com work? Do the mods update it manually, or is it somehow automated? If the latter, how long does it take for a deleted thread to pop up over there?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 1:42 PM on February 17, 2010 (59 comments)

Giddy with the illusion of choice!

Just curious... why are the "Meta" and "Filter," "Meta" and "Talk," and etc. identifiers at the top left of each page discrete clickable elements instead of one clickable element comprising the entire compound word?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 8:12 AM on September 3, 2009 (33 comments)

I just posted moments ago, freshly.

Fresh/just posted/moments ago: are these specific spans of time?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 9:53 AM on September 25, 2008 (57 comments)

I Vant To Resuscitate Interest In Your Novelty Board Game

MetaFilter: makes games hot!
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 8:47 AM on July 29, 2008 (18 comments)

Oh, well, if there's MORE inside I'll read it then.

Why do we need to know there is more inside?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 6:11 PM on July 14, 2008 (31 comments)

But I was just here!

Why doesn't MetaFilter always recognize that I have visited?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 10:55 AM on May 2, 2008 (38 comments)

We're gonna adventure like it's 1983!

Red Box Basic D&D meetup: Sunday, May 4 in Montreal?
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 4:56 PM on April 17, 2008 (7 comments)

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