It seems like several people are against having a meta sub-thread in the Open Thread. I thought it would be a cool thing to have, I’m provisionally assuming I was wrong. If no one objects, I’ll revert back to the norm of not having one in any future OTs I post.
Two users downvoted the [META] comment. One of them withdrew their downvote after I posted the grandparent. So not exactly arguments, but there does seem to have been a general preference revealed for not having a meta sub-thread.
I didn’t downvote, but one possibility is that they prefer that the meta thread is posted by the first person to post in it rather than at the same time as the open thread. In that case they only downvoted the TLP because the thread was empty/clutter.
Thanks for the input. Perhaps I could ask that anyone who has a meta comment make a [META] TLP and post their comment as a reply to it? Or should I just not mention it?
It seems like several people are against having a meta sub-thread in the Open Thread. I thought it would be a cool thing to have, I’m provisionally assuming I was wrong. If no one objects, I’ll revert back to the norm of not having one in any future OTs I post.
But how could you have made this kind of announcement without a meta sub-thread?
Perhaps I could post a top-level reply with a “[META]” tag at the top?
He could have made it without putting it in a sub-thread.
What are the arguments against it?
Two users downvoted the [META] comment. One of them withdrew their downvote after I posted the grandparent. So not exactly arguments, but there does seem to have been a general preference revealed for not having a meta sub-thread.
I didn’t downvote, but one possibility is that they prefer that the meta thread is posted by the first person to post in it rather than at the same time as the open thread. In that case they only downvoted the TLP because the thread was empty/clutter.
Thanks for the input. Perhaps I could ask that anyone who has a meta comment make a [META] TLP and post their comment as a reply to it? Or should I just not mention it?