MetaChat - On the Origin of Bunnies.

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02 April 2011

On the Origin of Bunnies. Over in #bunnies, we were having a discussion about the origin of MetaChat's obsession with bunnies...→[More:]

The wiki page I linked to is helpful, but I was wondering if anyone (taz, darling?) had a copy of the original image or a screenshot of the old layout.

post by: Eideteker at: 18:24 | 9 comments

Did you check the wayback machine?

posted by brujita 02 April | 19:58

I miss bunnyhead :(

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 April | 20:15

Bunny lives! ≡ Click to see image ≡

I don't know how to force b2evolution to use a specific skin, but it should still be out there.

posted by sysinfo 02 April | 20:17

OK, check it. Site history!

Genesis moment: user jpoulos on MeFi says: Maybe we need something new, something different and separate from MeFi and MeTa, a place where people can congregate and talk about whatever they feel. It would be as easy as setting up a MeFi Members Yahoo! group, or something. Or maybe we need "MetaChat", i'm not sure. Then MeFi could go back to being what it was intended to be.

MiguelCardoso says: MetaChat seems a great idea, jpoulos.
Like those geegaws on old pressure cookers that let off excessive steam.

After a bunch of "hey we need another less formal place to interact" for a couple YEARS, we have taz popping in with:

So, look, here's my idea: I've registered METACHAT.ORG, and I have this layout idea that I stole from my MeFi redesign submission (ignore the sample "post text", of course):

taz also says:

.. It will only be MeTa people, for the most part, and only some of them. In fact, it's much more likely to die a lonely and ignoble death, if history is any indication.

and then:

Still, just speaking personally, there are many times when I'm sort of sparky and playful and into chattering with MeFi people, but feel (rightfully) constrained about how much I post/comment here in MeTa, and then during the down times I'm kind of desperate to connect with mefites, but really feel kind of embarrassed to go to #mefi, or the monkey palaces to only jabber about why MeFi is down. Maybe this is an alternative... We'll see.

So cool. There's a lot more there to page through. Almost six years ago now. History is fun!

posted by Miko 02 April | 20:29

This IS MeCha!

≡ Click to see image ≡

I forgot what it used to look like; thanks for digging it up, Miko!

posted by Doohickie 02 April | 21:32

Whoa, now that takes me back!

posted by Specklet 03 April | 01:48

*sings*
Memories ...

posted by dg 03 April | 07:26

Gad, I actually met jpoulos once, ages and ages ago. Had no idea he was responsible for this.

posted by JanetLand 03 April | 08:47

yay! Now the n00bs know I didn't just make the #bunnies thing up out of whole cloth!

posted by Eideteker 04 April | 07:53

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