[jessamyn]

Hi! Yes I'm the owner which is mostly paperwork and legal and sort of "the vision thing." Loup is running day-to-day stuff and we have a 12-member Steering Committee who will hopefully be setting the priorities and keeping everyone on target. I can not stress enough that I am not making the daily decisions but I do know that yes being able to accept help (and money, but help especially) is really going to be a priority as we try to make the site more community run and much less of a "single point of failure" situation. The last few years have been hard for the world which also means hard for MeFi; MeFi had some MeFi-specific issues and problems which needed addressing and are getting looked at. For anyone who hangs out there, or who just has fond memories of the place but it's not your spot anymore, consider stopping by to say hi again, giving feedback (or money, but feedback especially) and helping MeFi stay MeFi. <3

[dsr_]

For those who aren't sure what MeFi is: it's basically this site, but with a broader range of topics and a deeper sense of community, like certain newsgroups or mailing lists.

[worldmerge]

Thank you! This is the first time I've heard of Meta Filter.

[psygn89]

It's a shame - MetaFilter and sites like SlashDot used to be more prominent. I think that has changed with the way Google likes to lead to paywall and ad sites now over quality content and discussions. Just to make a point, if I search "how to screw in a lightbulb" I wouldn't be surprised if the top result takes me to a blog post that explains the history of the bulb, the average life of each type of lightbulb, some Amazon affiliated links, before it gets to what I need. I often have to tag on "reddit" just to cut down on the noise and get to the answer.

[hansvm]

Not to detract from the overall point, I got a pretty decent wikihow as the first result when I searched. It was amp-hosted and wouldn't be suitable on a low-bandwidth connection, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I've been conditioned to expect.