MeFi Labs

The most favorited MeFi posts:

1. “Where’s My Cut?”: On Unpaid Emotional Labor by sciatrix (819)
2. ＥＱＵＡＬ · ＭＡＲＲＩＡＧＥ · ＵＮＤＥＲ · ＬＡＷ by Rhaomi (348)
3. "discard anything that doesn’t spark joy" by flex (326)
4. How to spot manipulative behavior by joseph conrad is fully awesome (288)
5. Highlights from Key & Peele's incredible run by Rhaomi (275)
6. Literature of the Strange by joseph conrad is fully awesome (265)
7. 웃 i am not here and this is not really happening. by Rhaomi (254)
8. HEAVY METAL by the man of twists and turns (235)
9. Enough by triggerfinger (223)
10. Eavesdropping on the Hidden World by endotoxin (222)

The most favorited MeFi comments:

1. cortex abused his mod powers on a special occasion. (990)
2. emjaybee offered a way for men to help with emotional labor. (406)
3. Dreadnought explained why it's not obviously easy to avoid huge ships at sea. (390)
4. desjardins shared a relevant tweet about a bad date. (387)
5. delfin made a point about bravery in one of the too many shooting threads from this year. (386)
6. flex shared a personal story about the impact of emotional labor (or lack thereof) in her life. (386)
7. winna explained how years without emotional labor warped her life. (363)
8. Eyebrows McGee explained why emotional labor should be important to men. (357)
9. poffin boffin responded to a common refrain about emotional labor. (349)
10. nicebookrack put emtional labor into male terms. (348)

The top new tags in 2015 were:

1. womensmarch (329)
2. monthbywomen (253)
3. firstpost (28)
4. postsbyblackmefites (26)
5. FirstTimeLongTime (20)
6. election2016 (12)
7. trump (12)
8. secondpost (10)
9. fuckharper (9)
10. charliehebdo (8)

The most frequently linked external domains were:

1. youtube.com (24,997)
2. wikipedia.org (12,567)
3. twitter.com (4,517)
4. theguardian.com (2,542)
5. nytimes.com (2,220)
6. tumblr.com (1,888)
7. amazon.com (1,810)
8. google.com (1,796)
9. imgur.com (1,756)
10. washingtonpost.com (1,410)

The most frequently linked youtube videos in MetaFilter comments were:

1. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (9)
2. Elder - Release (8)
3. Phil Ochs -- Love me, I'm a liberal (6)
4. Mr. Show- Blow Up the Moon (6)
5. Stimpy & The Button (6)
6. Mambo Number HONK (6)
7. The Religious Right and the 1992 GOP Convention (6)
8. "Shia LaBeouf" Live - Rob Cantor (5)
9. Synth Britannia (5)
10. Inside Amy Schumer - Girl, You Don't Need Makeup (5)

The most frequently linked wikipedia articles in MetaFilter comments were:

1. Flags of the Confederate States of America (9)
2. Poe's law (7)
3. Overton window (7)
4. Stanislav Petrov (6)
5. Just-world hypothesis (6)
6. Streisand effect (5)
7. Betteridge's law of headlines (5)
8. Roy Moore (5)
9. Checker shadow illusion (5)
10. Myostatin (5)

Questions appeared in the following categories:

1. human relations (1,725)
2. computers & internet (1,575)
3. work & money (1,520)
4. media & arts (1,443)
5. health & fitness (1,380)
6. travel & transportation (1,328)
7. home & garden (1,158)
8. technology (799)
9. food & drink (776)
10. grab bag (689)
11. clothing, beauty, & fashion (615)
12. sports, hobbies, & recreation (500)
13. education (456)
14. shopping (445)
15. law & government (418)
16. writing & language (394)
17. society & culture (384)
18. pets & animals (324)
19. science & nature (261)
20. religion & philosophy (60)

The most favorited Ask questions:

1. Emotional Labor Checklist/Self-Assessment by Maecenas (392)
2. What is the Zenni Optical of things other than glasses? by jbickers (265)
3. Bitch in Business by Omnomnom (259)
4. Worth every cent! by smorgasbord (245)
5. Ted Talks by josher71 (236)
6. Items to make for meal prep at the beginning of each week? by stellaluna (207)
7. How do I become an organized, routine-driven, goal-achieving adult? by Hey nonny nonny mouse (199)
8. Kitchen Pantry Cooking Challenge! by nightrecordings (198)
9. Online shopping sites that provide unique/quality items? by SkinsOfCoconut (193)
10. What's your single best BBQ party trick? by agregoli (193)

The most favorited Ask answers:

1. KathrynT made a point about acceptable levels of bad behavior with the simile of the year. (365)
2. yankeefog explained how an electoral college can settle everyday marital disputes. (301)
3. Jane the Brown provided several surprising aspects everday life in history. (300)
4. listen, lady shouted a way to disengage with someone. (259)
5. Jane the Brown dropped more history about the impact of drains on life expectancy. (244)
6. Jon Mitchell gently chided an asker to help them revisualize their situation. (225)
7. delight concisely voiced a common reaction to this question. (220)
8. Dip Flash summed up an asker's situation that many folks agreed with. (220)
9. MsMolly described why age difference can matter in relationships. (211)
10. We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese brings up a point about clothes the OP might not have considered. (205)

The top new tags in 2015 were:

1. emotionallabor (8)
2. officechair (7)
3. Ethnic (7)
4. tmj (6)
5. CPA (6)
6. cedar (6)
7. cape (6)
8. novice (6)
9. symbolism (6)
10. salaries (5)

The most frequently linked youtube videos in Ask MetaFilter comments were:

1. Vienna Teng - Level Up (Official Music Video) feat. Tommy Guns Ly (4)
2. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver (4)
3. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (Video) (4)
4. P!nk - So What (4)
5. FKA twigs - Two Weeks (4)
6. Supergrass - Alright (4)
7. Brian Eno | Ambient 1 - Music for Airports | Whole album HD (4)
8. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope [feat. Big Boi] (Video) (4)
9. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (4)
10. Cake-The Distance (3)

The most frequently linked wikipedia articles in Ask MetaFilter comments were:

1. Fundamental attribution error (8)
2. Gaslighting (8)
3. His Dark Materials (7)
4. John McPhee (6)
5. Pomodoro Technique (5)
6. Joe job (5)
7. Mid-Atlantic English (5)
8. Delayed sleep phase disorder (5)
9. Cognitive distortion (4)
10. The Left Hand of Darkness (4)

Posts appeared in the following categories:

1. TV (2,586)
2. Podcasts (444)
3. Movies (399)
4. FanFare Talk (173)
5. Books (16)

You can see a list of all TV shows, movies, books, and podcasts in the FanFare Archive.

Posts appeared in the following categories:

1. MetaFilter-Related (270)
2. Feature Requests (73)
3. Etiquette/Policy (58)
4. MeFi Podcast (12)
5. Bugs (8)
6. MetaFilter Gatherings (3)
7. Out of the Blue (2)
8. Uptime (1)

There were 12 episodes of the Best of the Web Podcast totalling 20 hours and 49 minutes of audio. There were two episodes of the new short form podcast Out of the Blue totalling 25 minutes of audio.

The most voted-for Projects were:

1. Lil Friendys - a chthonic office-sitcom puppetshow by Greg Nog (38)
2. What is #GamerGate currently ruining? by NoraReed (36)
3. Tufte CSS by daveliepmann (35)
4. Glowy Clock by ignignokt (33)
5. HOT NEW TRENDS FOR 2015 by The Whelk (33)
6. Tales of Whoa by saladin (32)
7. Junco's Pub: Tiniest Pub in Newfoundland by stokast (30)
8. What Do You Want, A Medal? by Jonathan Harford (30)
9. Calvin and Markov by cortex (29)
10. I'm Getting Really Tired Of My Mysterious Flakey Friend by The Whelk (29)

The most favorited Music tracks:

1. THE PATRIOTS by jake (39)
2. Birdhouse in Your Soul by Karlos the Jackal (38)
3. Theme from "Flood" by not_on_display (25)
4. Hot Cha by The Great Big Mulp (21)
5. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love by Grangousier (21)
6. Particle Man by BlackPebble (20)
7. Metafilter Podcast Theme - Daft Punk version by cortex (19)
8. London, Will You Miss Me by greenish (19)
9. Twisting by ochenk (16)
10. Those Aren't Poodles by Greg Nog (16)

Posts appeared in the following categories:

1. Et cetera (22)
2. Art/Media/Design (17)
3. Web/HTML/Info Design (14)
4. Software/QA/DBA/Etc (12)
5. Marketing/Advertising/PR (6)
6. Nonprofit (4)
7. Internet Engineering (4)
8. Writing/Editing (4)
9. Legal/Paralegal (3)
10. Customer Service (3)
11. Education/Teaching (3)
12. Government (2)
13. Admin/Office (2)
14. Technical Support (2)
15. Sales (2)
16. Science/Biotech (1)
17. Skilled Trades/Artisan (1)
18. Systems/Networking (1)
19. Healthcare (1)
20. Retail/Food/Hospitality (1)