[aristus]

I used to sit next to those folks. Salt of the earth. WTF, Yahoo. They made Flickr human.

[pavel_lishin]

> Salt of the earth.

What does this expression mean?

[mixmastamyk]

salt of the earth - noun, an individual or group considered as representative of the best or noblest elements of society.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salt+of+the+earth