Moderator Action Sticky 2017
New offseason, new sticky, because these get cumbrously long.
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READ THIS FIRST:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mgoboard-faq
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What this thread is for: It's an ad-hoc way of tracking what threads and comments get removed. Mods that remove a thread should post the title here with a brief reason as to why the thread is gone.
Don't comment in this thread unless you have to: if you leave an irrelevant comment in this thread it will be deleted (see: "cumbrously long").
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Things we will moderate so hard that if we were the government you’d probably have a 1st Amendment case but we’re not so shaddup about your freedom of speech this ain’t no democracy it’s just a message board run by people who believe in democracy.
- Politics. Don’t you get enough of this everywhere else?
How moderation looks from our end. - Noise. We ask our moderators to try really hard not to censor ideas, but we do control noise. If you’re getting a substantial amount of downvotes we’ll look to see if you’re posting an unpopular opinion that you can support. If you can’t support it politely and rationally, or if you don’t acknowledge the holes in your argument, it’s noise.
- Useless content from other sites. There are a lot of sites feeding a lot of Michigan content out there, and a lot of that is good stuff. But more than ever these days a lot of it is just stuff which tries to tickle your fancy or make you mad about something. 247, WTKA always get the benefit of the doubt.
- The Drew Sharp Memorial Don’t Feed the Professional Trolls Rule. Pete Finebaum has taken the place of the late Sharp. Valenti and Chatsports are the other two on the ban list. By the time you have enough points to post an article you should know that some people make a living off of trying to get the legions of Michigan fans angry enough to click.
- Bewbs and general misogyny/objectifying of women. We tried one year of this and our female readership shot up after being really low. This means it’s a good rule: however much you enjoy cutting loose with the guys, we have tens of thousands of readers it drives away.
Hall of Stickies Past:
The first, the second, the third. the fourth. The fifth. The sixth.
Great Moments in Moderation:
- "MODS: Please activate Death Star and obliterate this post."
- He's going to Eastern Michigan
- No Assclowns.jpg
- Most. Offseason. Thng. Ever.
- Where "Snowflakes" comes from
- BiSB is THE KNOWLEDGE
- That's not how the internet works, profit. NEG!
- Bad at spam
- We lost to who?
- This is funnier if you imagine it's Hoke and DB fighting.
- On politics in general and that one really political guy.
- Seth on censorship vs. noise.
November 9th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
OT - Anyone see this hit piece on the University from Politico?
Let's just take care of this one now...
November 9th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
Nominating inman and MaizeBlue11 for Bolivia
November 9th, 2017 at 11:13 PM ^
I came here to say the same. Not only is MaizeBlue11 trashing Dakich but he's now doing the same in a totally different post about UM fraternities.
November 10th, 2017 at 8:49 AM ^
November 12th, 2017 at 7:23 PM ^
Can the mods please consider whether this posting history brings any benefit at all to this forum?
http://mgoblog.com/users/maizeblue11
Please see, especially, here:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/m-field-hockey-heads-ncaa-semifinals-win-ov…
November 12th, 2017 at 9:16 PM ^
Agreed. He should have been gone the first time around, instead of a layover in Bolivia.
And as an aside, if any of these banned posters are coming from another poster who is still active here, then they should be gone as well.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
have seemingly unlimited time and their purpose, once sent to Bolivia, is to thread-jack.
I have stopped asking for the moratorium on new accounts being able to post comments - there are probably good reasons why the blog and its mods might not want to do that. Is there at least a way to prevent Boliva'd posters from being able to comment for a certain time? Dragging down the quality level is all they have left, so that's where they focus their efforts.
November 12th, 2017 at 1:17 PM ^
Just drop a banhammer on them and be done with them if their nonsense persists after being Bolivia'd.
November 12th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
Clearly, Bolivia was not a sufficient wakeup call, so he is now blocked and his avatar was changed to a dumpster fire as a cautionary tale.
November 12th, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
I totally agree. I don't post very much but it just seems like he's on every single thread attacking board members/trolling.
November 13th, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
OT: Colts pull a Hoke, send concussed QB back in
As phrased, I don't know that this one has much of a future. The OP is welcome to try again, of course.
November 13th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 2:26 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 2:32 PM ^
But do we have to?
November 13th, 2017 at 6:35 PM ^
No. Ban this dipshit. The quicker, the better.
And given the way you've acted, we'd sniff you out in a heartbeat.
November 13th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 8:15 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 8:57 PM ^
I dunno, man. I was convinced that he had picked out a new one that was sure to stick.
November 13th, 2017 at 5:07 PM ^
This one is just on a "point accumulation" mission, and posts vapid nothings at the end of every single thread. Note that his active times are very similar to our other new trolls.
November 13th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
it's part of the troll MO, to post at the end of threads when most users' attention has moved on. Legit users might do this occaisonally when finding a board post of interest, trolls do this to build up their points quickly. They've got to get to that magic 100 so they can upvote their fellow troll accounts. A few vapid posts, some upvotes and there they are.
November 15th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Izzo's loss excuses are already in mid-season form
I don't know. Izzo placed it on himself, which doesn't seem like an excuse to me. That's just my two cents.
Anyway, this one wasn't going too well for that and other reasons.
November 18th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
http://mgoblog.com/users/enjoy-harbauchery
RCMB troll here.
November 18th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
Was just about to post that link and checked to see if someone else beat me to it.
Not a very active Spartan troll, but best to keep killing them off.
November 19th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
since the user isn't going to be reading MGoBlog for the next few decades I figured he didn't need his account anymore.
Criticizing the writers on this site is fine and encouraged. Dickishly calling one out for muting you on Twitter is trolling.
November 19th, 2017 at 12:31 PM ^
I'm not sure why His Dudeness is continuously allowed to post inflammatory and personally insulting content on this board. He's been doing it for years.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/insult-injury-logan-brown-commits-wisconsin…
November 19th, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^
November 24th, 2017 at 11:25 PM ^
How do the personal attacks perpetrated by His Dudeness in that thread not constitute a ban or at least a trip to Bolivia?
November 20th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
Killer seafood likes to be provocative. Fine, but then don't be so thin skinned if someone responds to the provocation.
November 20th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
November 21st, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
You need more of a hook than that. Nobody cares about your dynasty unless there's something particularly relevant in it. Like if you got a blogger from every school in D-I to edit their teams and you played this out and did a writeup with highlights and you're really really funny about it.
November 21st, 2017 at 2:25 PM ^
Ah ok. Thanks!
November 20th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
November 21st, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^
someone beat me to them.
November 21st, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-net-neutrality
It's been mostly civil, but it's not going to stay that way. Not sure it's worth it
November 22nd, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
Maybe Maizen needs a time-out from starting threads, but there are some really hateful things being said to him wherever he posts:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/michigan-getting-outworked-every-blue-chip-…
November 22nd, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
And I'm the only one who will get punished.
Typical LSA.
November 22nd, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 8:18 PM ^
You mean the mgoidiots don't like it when I'm critical of their favorite team? Color me shocked.
November 22nd, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
Michigan getting outworked for every blue chip in state OL
Let's just not have this "problem" before a holiday.
November 22nd, 2017 at 9:39 PM ^
This isn't a good look for a mod, but I'm not surprised given your history.
Official response to comments like "Typical LSA" in the Mod Sticky: pic.twitter.com/rprTAMQEK7
— LSAClassOf2000 (@LorneEC3) November 23, 2017
November 22nd, 2017 at 10:40 PM ^
November 22nd, 2017 at 11:42 PM ^
I don't care about negs or people disagreeing with me. I do care about my ability to start threads. I do care that other people can call me all sorts of names without any consequnces but I not only can't post a thread about OL recruiting, I get punished for it. So yea, I will be bitching about it. Sue me.
November 23rd, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^
November 23rd, 2017 at 2:38 AM ^
Says you.
November 24th, 2017 at 10:43 PM ^
I believe that Maizen has been caved.