MetaFilter
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Website type | Community Weblog |
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| Owner | MetaFilter LLC |
| Creator | Matthew Haughey |
| Key people | Jessamyn West |
| Website | www |
| Registration | Required to contribute |
| Users | 47,691 active users |
| Launched | July 14, 1999 |
| Current status | Active |
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type. Replace with website_type.MetaFilter, known as MeFi to its members, is a general-interest community weblog, founded in 1999 and based in the United States, featuring links to content that users have discovered on the web. Since 2003, it has included the popular question-and-answer subsite Ask MetaFilter. The site has seven paid staff members as of August 2025. MetaFilter has about 47,691 active members as of May 2024.