Mefight Club

I created Mefight Club in 2007 as a forum for members of the famous Metafilter (called ‘Mefites’, though opinions on the pronunciation vary, which kind of ruins the pun). Today the site is a vibrant community of almost 1000 people of all ages who share a common love for gaming. I’ve been lucky enough to attract a truly amazing group of people there, and have many, many new friends as a result that I didn’t have 4 years ago. Meetups happen around the world, friendship reigns, and it might well be the thing on the internet I’ve ever built of which I’m proudest.

I’ve been working on a reboot of the site with a whole multicourse menu of social networking and web2.x gewgaws. Although it’s basically ready for launch, I’m holding back from releasing it to the community while I wait to see what happens with some performance concerns on the platform I chose to design for for the reboot — Buddypress. I have some concerns there.

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