So… Funny story…
Disclaimer: This story is not actually funny… at all… you shouldn’t just believe everything you read.
Hey Guys, Gals and Circafan,
As you might have noticed, there were no new MLIAs on the site for about 12 hours today. My bad.
A few weeks ago, I announced some changes we were working on for the site. We hit a few road blocks with those features and as a result we weren’t able to finish them before school work started piling up again. Last night I decided that I had to make some changes and I had to make them NOW. I quickly whipped up a quick-fix to help reduce the number of stories in the queue. In my haste, I didn’t test my code properly and I broke a few things.
Today I spent a few hours fixing the bugs I introduced as well as a few more I found, so hopefully is already back to normal. The criteria for getting on the front page has changed a little, so there might be very few stories getting published and then suddenly tons, but I will keep tweaking things until a good number of stories are getting published each day.
I was planning on launching the “Extraordinarily Average” page today, but that has been pushed back for obvious reasons.
If you are one of the active commenters on the site, you will be happy to know that I’ve eased the limit on comments. Also, I noticed you haven’t been bashing the latest MLIAs in the comments 
– although kiska said, “MLIA is on a nice roll today….if this keeps up, I am going to bash the OP anyway.”, so I’m glad you will be able to find something to rag on.
Keep it average,
Mek
Hopefully whatever changes you made makes MLIA stay this way forever. The average stories filling up the front page is the Best. Change. Ever. It made my day. My faith in Mek has been restored. Well played, Mek, well played. I’m still confused. I couldn’t stop laughing.
Zach
March 11, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Is that a comment full of MLIA cliches? Best. Comment. Ever. It made my life. I love old people.
Mek
March 12, 2010 at 12:25 am
Best. Teacher. Ever.
FillingInForOptimist
March 12, 2010 at 1:11 am
It’s so great to have the real MLIA back!!
I knw several peop[le who stopped reading it because it had become so lame.
Everything on the site is average (and by “average” I mean “awesome”).
Thanks!
Felix
March 12, 2010 at 10:14 am
I don’t know how else to contact you. If you wouldn’t mind, e-mail me please?
Jackie
March 12, 2010 at 11:30 pm
I’m loving the new average MLIA. It is amazing. I’m a commenter though, so new MLIAs need to come in more often! With 1000+ comments on each post it is a little intimidating and it makes it hard to follow my conversations. Maybe limit it to somewhere between 4 and 10 posts an hour. Enough for people who just read the post, and enough to comment on for the commenters with out changing posts every 20 seconds. Thanks.
Sarah
March 11, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Usually there are a lot more posts and they aren’t average.
FillingInForOptimist
March 12, 2010 at 1:12 am
Yeah, but it’s so hard to follow everything on a 1000 comment post. I do quite love the return of the averageness though <3
Sarah
March 12, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I have really gotten like the new one. I just need to know how to get to the comments.
torianator
June 9, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I’m sorry, but I dislike the supposedly new MLIA. Is this permanent? I’m sad.
Liz
March 12, 2010 at 3:00 am
Can’t please everyone. And now, since there’s been months of the same old cliche stories, it’s definitely time for a change.
TextOnTheScreen
March 12, 2010 at 8:38 am
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD
Yeah, I be trollin’, ma knee grows.
jacklambert809
March 12, 2010 at 12:15 pm
So… you skipped roughly 300000 entries, will they ever actually be published?
Popolopolous
March 12, 2010 at 7:56 am
Yes, we did. Unfortunately not, although only a handful of those 300k would have been published had they been given a chance.
Mek
March 12, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Okay. I love the new average MLIA. I really, REALLY do. Don’t get me wrong, Mek. I think it’s great and I’m excited for it. But, now I feel useless as I have no one to threaten and mock. And that’s, like…my job. *hangs head*
I’m glad, though, that you’ve been taking our suggestions/comments seriously and trying to please us. I don’t know how I feel about you reading the comments, though. I feel awkward now…
KWinchester
March 12, 2010 at 11:34 am
He’s pleasin’ us alright, bebe. Raaaawr… Not the dino, the cat. Dinos are MLIAcliches.
jacklambert809
March 12, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I feel like MLIA made dinosaurs bad. -cries-
zmcg
March 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I adore the new MLIA. It feels like back in July when I started readig, only stories are acually more average then they were then! It’s wonderful, and I’ve fallen love with MLIA all over again. Best. Website. Creator. Ever? I think so.
Therapist_Or_TheRapist
March 12, 2010 at 11:47 am
… JULY?! You old bag.
Cruton
March 12, 2010 at 11:49 am
Pshh, I started reading about Sept. of ’08, started commenting about Dec. ’08. I miss average, but I did see some good average while voting on submissions today.
mmbb9964
March 12, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Wow that’s interesting, considering the site wasn’t made until may of 09.
Therapist_Or_The_Rapist
March 14, 2010 at 7:03 am
So, I remember you saying that registered users will have more of a say in voting. When will this take effect?
Cruton
March 12, 2010 at 11:49 am
Soon, although I’ve already started giving stories written by registered users are already getting preferential treatment.
Mek
March 12, 2010 at 4:32 pm
I will be putting this dalznzig insight to good use in no time.
Aslan
October 27, 2011 at 2:49 am
3hzT5n avguvmomvuca
btukve
October 27, 2011 at 6:32 am
Y7Sne8 niamfzixhguk
qmoswsnr
November 3, 2011 at 10:55 am
Mek, I’m so glad that we can finally be Soul. Mates.
We have a date this Friday.
Circafan
March 12, 2010 at 11:49 am
Oh, Circafan. I’m glad you saw this.
KWinchester
March 12, 2010 at 11:54 am
Believe me, I am too.
I got the emergency text message and came running.
Finally, someone understands my troubles. I have no gender, so I’m often forced to pee in public fountains and take my dumps shamefully somewhere off in the wilderness… cos no matter what public restroom I use, I get shrieked at when I pull down my pants.
I miss you guys unhealthily much btw.
Circafan
March 12, 2010 at 11:59 am
Yeah, I read it and was like “ADAERTAW$%QW$T CIRCAFAN! DAMMIT YOU HAVE THE WORST TIMING EVER!”
We need to get you a portable toilet. Seriously, this is terrible. I drink my water from those fountains, dammit! What is a poor K-Dubs to do?
We all miss you, too. <3
KWinchester
March 12, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I’m awfully sorry.
Get me one of these for my birthday next week.
http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/fg/ve/choose-potty-training-toilets-800X800.jpg
That potty looks like it wants to penetrate me, but whatever.
Anyway, I’ll be visiting this weekend and the following week… I don’t have much schoolwork this spring break.
Toodles. <3
Circafan
March 12, 2010 at 12:05 pm
CIRCAFAN WE LOVE YOU!! I’m sorry I never posted a farewell to you. I am a loser who never finds out about things until too late, and I didn’t want to upset everyone again. I’m glad you’re going to visit us though. I will be obessively stalking you the entire time, just to let you know.
PERFECTLYpar
March 12, 2010 at 3:46 pm
YESSS. Mek, you rule. The fact that you gave Circa a shoutout is pretty awesome too. Thank you for fixing. It. Why dod I do that?
Dunno.
jacklambert809
March 12, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks for the explanation.
TheBaddingFairy
March 12, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Totally random, but Mek, have you seen the Facebook group?
commenter
March 12, 2010 at 2:28 pm
what about it?
Mek
March 12, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Hey, this seems great, so far. Its actually really funny that you do read our comments.
Quick question- A while back there was a user by the name of ‘MLIAOfficial’ (I think..), and that user claimed they worked for MLIA. I’m just curious, was this person legitamate?
howxprofound
March 12, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Nope. I made their name MLIAunOfficial – because I can.
Mek
March 12, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Well played! I lol’d.
GK
March 12, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I think I love you, in a non-creeper way.
ShakeNBake24
March 12, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Aw, I love you, too, ShakeIt. Wait, you meant Mek? Damn…
KWinchester
March 12, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I thought you loved me, K-dubs.
theycallmebob
March 12, 2010 at 3:38 pm
I’m quite the MLIA whore, Phillycheesesteak. I love you, too.
KWinchester
March 12, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I think that you should advertise your site as a dating service. Through you I’ve had one marriage, two affairs (both ending in the birth of a semi-human) and found my soul. mate.
OctoPie
March 12, 2010 at 5:19 pm
I being one of these semi humans.
Tacto
March 12, 2010 at 7:19 pm
I do believe there were also several moms involved in your affairs. It’s okay. I still love you.
TheAmazingKid
March 12, 2010 at 7:21 pm
I, being that soul.mate.
Therapist_Or_The_Rapist
March 13, 2010 at 11:19 am
MOMMA!
howxprofound
March 13, 2010 at 12:15 pm
OOH! TAK has an idea.
When you click my account, all you can see is your own stories. Mayhaps one such as yourself could tweak this so we could view each other’s accounts and maybe have space to write a bit about us? Not like lame social networking stuff, but stuff such as how long we’ve been commenting or who we are in the world of MLIA?
Just trying to add something to your likely endless list of things to improve the site. Plus I thought it was a pretty nifty idea.
TheAmazingKid
March 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Well, this has become rather average now and days.
Oswaldo
March 12, 2010 at 8:03 pm
You’re pretty nifty too.
OctoPie
March 13, 2010 at 10:28 am
Thats a good idea. We will look into it.
Mek
March 13, 2010 at 11:49 am
I have so much love for this site again. <3
MelodyDrama
March 12, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Mek, you are my hero.
theycallmebob
March 12, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Check this out if you get a chance, your updates have their own Wikipedia article now, titled as “The MLIA Revolution.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MaxMan15000/sandbox/MLIA_Revolution#The_Final_Revolution
MelodyDrama
March 12, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Thank you for posting my link, but it is not ready to go public yet. I’ve posted issues in the article, and if anyone has the answer this would be great to have help with.
MaxMan15000
March 12, 2010 at 9:32 pm
“in a much needed act of supreme leadership over the underlings of the website”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I intend to use this phrase to describe changes I make to any website in the future.
“Thank you MEK, there are several hundred men, women, children, and sentient beings currently in your debt”
Indeed so. All hail MEK.
GK
March 12, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I’m glad you enjoyed my edits to the article GK. :3
MelodyDrama
March 12, 2010 at 11:28 pm
On the contrary, Mek, I did find this story slightly funny. That disclaimer was wrong.
Therapist_Or_The_Rapist
March 13, 2010 at 11:24 am
I just have a quick question. I had this one post, and since I copy-pasted the link on multiple posts, I got a total of around 260 averages on it. Since you skipped over a bunch of stories, does this mean mine will never be published?
UnicornsDoExist(:
March 13, 2010 at 11:43 am
I mean, it doesn’t really matter if it does or not since it seems there are going to be many more averages stories now. I was just curious.
UnicornsDoExist(:
March 13, 2010 at 11:45 am
What was the story id?
Mek
March 13, 2010 at 11:47 am
It is… Um…1684447
UnicornsDoExist(:
March 13, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Only stories submitted in the second half of December got skipped. Your story is still in the queue
Mek
March 13, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Okay, thank you (:
UnicornsDoExist(:
March 14, 2010 at 1:11 am
okay, i have one question: do you really care that the posts are now more awesome then average? because some people are overreacting and freaking out about the “new site”. i love it the way it is. and the people overreacting are also saying “LOOK, THIS SITE IS ONLY FOR AVERAGE STORIES. IT SAYS SO IN THE FAQS.” and i said… “well, everything changes, and we can break the rules.” i’m just sick of fighting.
katiebear4ev
March 13, 2010 at 1:03 pm
The thing is… They aren’t awesome. People use all the same things over and over in their fake stories and the things become cliches, and then no one wants to even see them.
UnicornsDoExist(:
March 13, 2010 at 1:19 pm
yeah, but i do think some of them are awesome. the cliche and fake stories can get annoying, but some are hilarious.
katiebear4ev
March 13, 2010 at 1:35 pm
I might agree that once in a while they aren’t as horrible as others, but that’s like a 1/30 chance. Most of them are cliched. And I have to admit, I’m a bit of a grammar nazi, so I dislike posts with bad grammar and/or capitalization.
UnicornsDoExist(:
March 13, 2010 at 1:39 pm
[...] in the last post’s comments katiebear4ev made a good point. ALL the stories don’t have to be average. Personally, I was never a fan of [...]
Re: So… Funny story… « the official MLIA blog
March 13, 2010 at 5:43 pm
What happened to the MLIA App? Its not in the iTunes App store anymore.
Ben
March 13, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Yea where is the app??? Wanted my bf to download it
Brittny
March 20, 2010 at 10:59 pm
HI my name is lorraine and I am a reporter from the Landstown Times. I would like a to write an article for the next ussue of our newspaper featuring MLIA. If I could please speak to the main workers or even better the creaters of MLIA that would be awesome! I want to do justice to MLIA and write a really fantastic article! This story will be posted online, as well as spread over the entire Virginia Beach area, as well as Raonoke Virginia. I will also be forwarding the article to students and teachers from my old high school in both Orlando Florida and Pensacola Florida and Jacksonville Florida. On top of that I will be translating the entire thing into spanish since I am bilingual and sending it to my family in Panama City, Panama for them to spread to THIER friends and extended families. I want MLIA to be spread as much as possible, becuase It has been an inspirational website as well as the best medication (smiles and laughs) I have come across ever. I want to spread the averageness, but i’m going to need some help making this article the best I can. I’m going to need quotes, interviews, a summary of the site, and a way to contact the interviewees. If any avid readers of the sie would like to submit thier comments on the site please don’t hesitate to leave a follow up comment saying so. Thank you so much for your help!
- Lolo- Lorraine- Landstown Times Reporter.
Lorraine
March 17, 2010 at 6:28 am
…Don’t read the comments if the stories give you inspiration. Really. We will eat you.
Mobile
March 18, 2010 at 11:30 pm
I don’t usually read the comments, but now you got me curious haha. And some really do its kinda funny. Inspiration comes in wierd ways. for example my little brother told me that I would write better If I used a cooler pen and gave me his winnie the poo pen. I was then inspired to buy a pack of multi-colored gel pens so my writing would be more fun. Haha. My last english project was in glittery neon orange gel pen. It was great*
Lorraine
March 19, 2010 at 3:55 pm
i sound really really stupid for asking this… but how do you read a comment on MLIA or post one?
potato_farmer*
February 20, 2011 at 11:25 pm
hehe comment #69
Emily Jo
March 17, 2010 at 8:17 pm
The problem with the new posts is that they aren’t original anymore. I’m getting sick of MLIA myself. It used to be one of those sites I’d check out straight after getting home, but now it’s one of those sites that’s the last on my list of favorite websites. I’m sorry if I seem like I’m complaining, but I am. Look, there was a point in time where MLIA was completely average, then it became slightly less average and funny, but now it’s just cliche. I miss the second kind of MLIA mentioned, the one that wasn’t boring average, yet fun to read. If you read this whole thing, thank you, if you skimmed through it, I still thank you, if you didn’t read it, oh well. Good night, thank you for your time.
Anon
March 21, 2010 at 6:36 pm
I’m kinda getting tired of the cliched posts, too. I don’t want “Today, I ate skittles. MLIA” because thats a bit boring, like you said, but a in the middle place seems like a good idea.
Hannah
March 23, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Awesome!! My friend told me about this site and it is so cool! One day, I’ll submit something 2.
fungirl
March 23, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Awesome! My friend told me about this site and I’m so glad she did. It’s funny!!!
fungirl
March 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm
mekkewekke.dont ask. just google
torianator
June 9, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Kiska? I love him. <3
Bob_the_Fucking_Builder
October 15, 2010 at 11:26 pm