In 2001, I was working a fairly innocuous desk job with a lot of down time and had just about read through all of Salon.com's offerings. I asked a hip literary friend of mine what she was looking at those days and she suggested MetaFilter. It's been an ever evolving blossom of a (sometimes lurkery) relationship since then. Thanks for growing old with me, MeFi!
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It was love for MeFi from the start, and what's been interesting for me has been to watch the community's growing pains and maturation, and how it's developed into a place where nuanced discussion is upheld and disputes are handled with kindness. And it's always been fun having one of my pre-MeFi, real-life best friends, Kattullus, also be a strong, intelligent presence on the site. It reassures me that good things can continue to be great in the world.
