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ambiguous (9)

first two are for the fb meta, and the last one is for the g+ meta (which also need solving)

only thing i've noticed for the facebook meta is that the words have the same number of consonants as vowels, but have no idea how to use that to extract

there are also five puzzles but only four colours, so i'm not sure how that would work

(i presume the solution's going to be a phrase this time too)

didn't think it was an answer, just an observation

hahahaha

twitter has five distinct letters which anagram to WRITE, which also has two vowels and three consonants, but not in the same pattern

hah never heard of a zoot suit before

i think that's just the rendering; if you look at the transcription the downward bit is before the metameta

same VCCVC pattern as well

oh cool

@stacksfiller is INSET an answer?

uric acid (I) and sand dune (N)

maybe

would be neater if the third letter was an A though...

hmm maybe

dunno about SWAN though -- "swan lake" doesn't work

and the third letters presumably are shared (like in SNAP CHAT)

the three answers so far can be paired with another four-letter word

i have an idea for the snapchat meta

i think stacks confirmed that the princess peach one was MARIO

are you going to put the meta stuff in your cw? you can take what i’ve got in my answer and i’ll delete it

sorry was offline for a bit

@Deusovi yeah go for it!

trying to backsolve... STONER isn’t an answer is it?

woot!

@stacksfiller is ACRES an answer?

awesome

SMILE?

@stacksfiller is SMILEY an answer?

oh MMt is probably (meta-meta-twitter)

fb, ig, sc, g+ (not sure about Mt)

oh the two chars after the M are acronyms for social media sites

could M stand for meta? there are a few of those 3 char bits lying around

dunno whether the alliteration is relevant

fix it FELIX? pulling at straws

yup that's what i got!

with the first one, you get a word if you continue the pattern

GLITCHES might be referring to the "glitchy" overlay of text, so that the answer is just LIFE?

sorting by numbers and then indexing gives KARATE

@Deusovi looks like 陸 is Japanese for 6; the languages are in alphabetical order and the numbers are 1-6

do you guys reckon a community metapuzzle round 2 is a good idea?

i've been sitting on an idea for a metapuzzle for over a year, and i don't think i have the time or the skill to do it all myself

had one question

hi guys! have been super busy this year and haven't really had a chance to puzzle

the thing to be said against alphabet-type systems is that spelling can be a bit of a mess sometimes (e.g. "plugh"), but i suppose memorising all the characters is equally as bad, if not worse

can't imagine how long writing would've taken back then lol

damn look at the traditional version of that character: 擰