Frankly, I don't remember if I found MetaFilter or it found me. But I immediately noticed the Goldilocks level of social stuff (which I am horrible at) and the surprisingly high signal to noise ratio. It has been my web home ever since...
Enjoy Your Stay!
A small post about a Borneo phrase book from the 1960's. First, it allowed me to introduce Futility Closet to a number of MeFites. Secondly, Horace Rumpole trotted over to the Harvard Widener Library, found the single copy that had never been checked out and posted a Flickr set to the delight of all. And that, in a thimble, is MetaFilter for me...
