/r/MetroBoston
/r/MetroBoston is a subreddit for the city of Boston and the surrounding area - inside the 128 beltway, but especially the core cities and towns bordering Boston. Examples: Arlington, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Malden, Medford, Milton, Quincy, Newton, Somerville and Watertown. For questions (especially regarding tourism), see /r/AskMetroBoston.
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Welcome to /r/MetroBoston, a subreddit for the city of Boston and the surrounding area - inside the 128 beltway, but especially the core cities and towns bordering Boston! Examples: Arlington, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Malden, Medford, Milton, Quincy, Newton, Somerville and Watertown.
DO NOT POST QUESTIONS HERE. Questions such as "What's the best ____?" or especially tourist questions should go in /r/AskMetroBoston. First offense: one week ban. Second offense: permanent ban.
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Personal attacks/insults, trolling, bigotry, and other abusive behavior will result in one warning, followed by a permanent ban. If you disagree with these policies, feel free to post in another Boston-related subreddit.
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Please continue advocating improvement for moderation practices at r/boston
More fair, better due process or appeals process for moderation actions on contributions. An example from United States Constitutional Law at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantive_due_process
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15:27 UTC
Free Open House for Co-operative playgroup in Waltham, MA
20:42 UTC
If you're going to astroturf reddit, don't be an idiot and do it on a post which was immediately removed by automod (thus making it impossible for other users to see, vote, and comment on.)
15:42 UTC
Anyone got any cool photos of the eclipse?
Hi guys it's me Ethan, I'm a local photographer and I wanna see some cool eclipse pictures!
20:30 UTC
Looking for other internet only services around Boston Cambridge Brookline Somerville Charlestown in addition to the usual.
Looking for other internet only services around Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Somerville, Charlestown in addition to the usual.
Currently reading Tilson Municipal Broadband Study, particularly the document's page 6, page 7, page 76 (pdf pages 22, 23, 92) Table 1, Table 2, Table 22 at https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/citymanagersoffice/files/broadbandtaskforce/Meeting-Material-for-51816-meeting.pdf
A potential list so far...
AT&T
CenturyLink
CenturyLink InternetBasics
Comcast
Comcast Business
Comcast Internet Essentials
ConnectHome
Cox
Cox Connect2Compete
DirectTV
Dish
Google Fiber
Google Fiber Basic internet Plan
Last Mile Solutions
Level 3 Communications
Lightower
MegaPath
netBlazr
RCN
RCN Business
Sprint
Starry
Sunesys
T-Mobile
Verizon DSL
Verizon Fios
Verizon Wireless
Webpass
Wicked Bandwidth
XO Communications
Zayo
08:51 UTC
Looking for greater understanding of the meaning of the term radio in the context of netblazr .com high speed broadband internet setup in Boston Cambridge Brookline Somerville Charlestown.
Looking for greater understanding of the meaning of the term "radio" in the context of netblazr high speed broadband internet setup in Boston Cambridge, Brookline, Somerville, Charlestown http://www.netblazr.com/residential/at-home/#get
Currently reading... By @MikeBFarrell Using radio signals, Internet startup takes on the cable giants https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/06/22/using-radio-signals-internet-startup-takes-cable-giants/rWzEaNHNfoBy89hDo9OG0J/story.html
17:40 UTC
Rude mods of /r/Boston
hi there! Just subscribed and I'm glad to see this sub is around. I just moved to Boston and just made a Reddit account after moving in with my new boyfriend and for some reason /r/Boston has marked me as a "ban evader" even though I've never posted there.
When I messaged /u/chrissietherese she said that I was "targeting" her Saturday night and that I had to message the mods again, even though I've messaged them several times. When I told her there was no need to be rude, she became totally unreasonable. I had just came back from visiting my dad, who is in a coma, at the VA hospital. It was just a brutal day when all I wanted to do was share some articles to /r/boston, which I guess I can't do now. I read some of the mod's posts and takes on the subreddit, so I wanted to say thanks ya'll I'm glad there is a separate subreddit with no jerks as mods. :)
01:52 UTC
IF YOU HAVE "CATFISHED" SOMEONE, PLEASE CONTACT ME
I am writing an article about people who have been catfished and have catfished someone. Please contact me if you would like to talk. I'll keep you anon in my article.
23:14 UTC
Famed Back Bay magnolias are having trouble blossoming due to winter damage
14:11 UTC
Would you like to become a moderator? Contribute via things like quality submissions and comments, automod rule suggestions/rules, wiki pages, CSS, etc here and /r/AskMetroBoston. Starting June 1st, I will ask one regular contributor to join the mod team per month until we're up to 4+me.
Help this subreddit community grow and be better, and said efforts will be rewarded!
21:03 UTC
Goodbye
20:00 UTC