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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

1. Be excellent to each other.
2. If you can't be excellent, be civil.
3. If you can't be civil, be offline.

Works pretty well, in my experience.
posted by lazaruslong at 4:07 PM on February 13 [3 favorites +] [!]


"Life is more enjoyable when you're not sneering down your nose at everything."

posted by nomadicink at 11:21 AM on September 26 [1 favorite -] Favorite added! [!]



"I'm sorry, I don't care how high-brow the level of discourse at MeFi is, there's no defense for being mean, ever."

posted by Phire at 2:36 PM on July 11 [14 favorites -] Favorite added! [!]



"I don't think it's great that smug, mean-spirited assholes participate on MetaFilter, but hey, here you are."

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