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This page contains all of the posts and discussion on MemeStreams referencing the following web page: Metafilter | Community Weblog. You can find discussions on MemeStreams as you surf the web, even if you aren't a MemeStreams member, using the Threads Bookmarklet.

Metafilter | Community Weblog
by adamist at 5:04 pm EDT, Aug 22, 2004

] MetaFilter is a community of users that find and discuss
] things on the web. The topics run the gamut, and tend to
] run intelligent and civil. If it's your first time here,
] hang out, and get a feel for the place.

Hmm. Obviously, there are strong similarities between MetaFilter and MemeStreams. Does a MemeStreams veteran have insight on the differences between the two?

RE: Metafilter | Community Weblog
by Decius at 9:34 am EDT, Aug 23, 2004

adamist wrote:
] ] MetaFilter is a community of users that find and discuss
] ] things on the web. The topics run the gamut, and tend to
] ] run intelligent and civil. If it's your first time here,
] ] hang out, and get a feel for the place.
]
] Hmm. Obviously, there are strong similarities between
] MetaFilter and MemeStreams. Does a MemeStreams veteran have
] insight on the differences between the two?

They're quite different.

First, Metafilter is a closed community. Its been closed for years. If they offer any features for users that differ from whats visible without an account, I don't know about it because I don't have an account.

MemeStreams offers a number of features that don't appear in Metafilter. Examples include the reputation agent (a personalized view of the data), the relationship between threads and urls that allows you to attach a discussion to any website and reference it with a bookmarklet, a topic system, customized searches that determine what a particular subgroup within the site thinks the most relevant result for your search is, etc...