META NEGBANG: 502s and Heartbreak
There are two goddamn active things on the board and the hamsters are kicking it with Freddy P. Soft
Let the backend hate out of your hearts. Please for the love of God don't make it about 17/18 year olds (for the adult babies in the room).
January 8th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
For because why not. I too miss the WLA, comrade.
January 8th, 2017 at 7:37 PM ^
I remember the day Brian smote the WLA
January 8th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
January 8th, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^
Why would your nipples be frostbitten?
January 8th, 2017 at 6:15 PM ^
January 8th, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^
Boil them. If they eventually heal it was just hickeys but if they fall off it was frostbite.
January 8th, 2017 at 6:05 PM ^
This is correct. For me, it turned out to be frostbite. Didn't need those nips anyway.
January 8th, 2017 at 6:15 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:11 PM ^
I would be happy to donate to a kickstarter that upgrades the site architecture and puts it on Amazon, or Azure, or something like that. A hosting architecture that can scale with demand. That is why Amazon never delivers 502 errors - it scales with demand. Yes, ISPs will charge for that, but that's why we see so many banner ads. Charge a few dollars to see premium content, if need be. We would all pay that happily.
January 8th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
They raised like $80k for a magazine. Surely they could easily raise the $100k-150k or whatever it would take to modernize the site (FYI, I have zero idea of what it would cost). I'm on this site everyday. Without hesitation, I would donate $50 if it helped improve the site drastically.
They should just skip HTTV this year and devote that time and money to improving the site. Focus on something that'll have value over years instead of just a season-preview magazine. Honestly kinda dumb they foucs on that instead of improving the site anyways. Like, you're a website. What the hell are you spending tons of $$$$ and time on a magazine for?
January 8th, 2017 at 6:32 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
How so? I mean, I don't get how making a season preview magazine makes them pompous elitists. Please explain...
January 8th, 2017 at 8:36 PM ^
I've never bought the HTTV and never will, I don't see value in pre-season previews when sports information, injuries, predictions, is all so fluid. It's basically a way to say I predicted X, now look at me if it happens to come true.
Also, as much as I love this site, why is it on the consumer to pay for basic maintenance and improvements? I hope the site fixes the issues and performs better, but I won't be spending a dime of my money on it.
January 9th, 2017 at 8:05 AM ^
All of the content this site provides is free of charge, so you - 'the consumer' - doesn't pay for anything, anyway. Thats why Beveled Guilt is there... But, because of unapologetic douchebags like yourself, I hope Brian does charge a small fee for content if he ever upgrades the site. Then we won't have to deal with unappreciative dickheads, like yourself.
January 9th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
January 8th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
& they're old skool.
I'd be happy to do one or more of the following:
donate $ for projects (server upgrades)
pay a subscription fee for message board membership (provided backend was stable)
possibly pay for content that has promises more depth than "front page news".
I donate occasionally, but for the amount of feedback/communication we get it seems like any more $ is just a possible waste. There are plenty of ads on this site, so they're selling my eyeballs to the highest bidder anyway.
January 8th, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
I'd draw the line at a monthly subscription, to me that's a bridge too far.
January 8th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
we will never acheive our shared dream of becoming elitist snobs with out some sort of gated community that keeps out the riff raff.
As a founding member, you'd get to blackball WD!
(now go change your shorts)
January 9th, 2017 at 8:10 AM ^
Shut up and take my money!
January 9th, 2017 at 3:24 PM ^
same
January 8th, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:16 PM ^
I really see why his brother hates him.
January 8th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^
January 8th, 2017 at 6:42 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 8:59 PM ^
He's a douchebag because he acts like a douchebag. Has nothing to do with the Lions. Douchebags and non-douchebags alike beat the Lions so he isn't exactly unique in that feat.
January 8th, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^
Blame the new MGoBlog Reich Minister, Joseph Gerbils.
I'll be here all week.
January 8th, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:32 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:38 PM ^
what this is about and I'm fine with that
January 8th, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
January 8th, 2017 at 6:45 PM ^
MGoBlog is the king of UM football/basketball content. Until somebodity can come up with a better blog content-wise there is no real competition and no real incentive to invest heavily in rearchitecting the site.
Yes it looks like an old site and sometimes it is not able to handle heavy traffic but I don't really get upset about it. Why should I? Does that reflect badly on UM? No.
January 8th, 2017 at 6:53 PM ^
January 8th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
It's unfortunate that Brian and Ace are above commenting on threads on their own site.
If you don't know how to fix this, pay someone. I'd like to think that an updated site would provide a stronger revenue stream.
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January 8th, 2017 at 6:49 PM ^
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January 8th, 2017 at 9:03 PM ^
Back end content poopy har har
January 8th, 2017 at 6:53 PM ^
The fact that this site continually fails at every semi-major news story, has done so for years, and hasn't been fixed is ridiculous.
MGoBlog is the only site that this happens on. To the point where other sites (ie r/cfb) will comment " And MGoBlog crashes again" when any Michigan related story is posted. The fact that other sites/users recognize how terriblely this site operates should be a concern to Brian and Co.
There are two things that really bother me about it too. One is that Brian, the man with a CS degree from Michigan, can't fix the damn site. He and Ace have no problem ragging on other sites for a variety of issues, but this sites often struggles with the basic function of being accesible, and there's no fix. The second is that no matter how often this topic is brought up and users express their concerns, Brian and Ace never comment on it. This topic will come up on a fairly regular basis, and Brian/Ace/Seth don't even take the time to come in and comment and explain their situation. If any attempts are being made to fix the site or what the timeline for the fix is. That's just terrible business.
And before the "stop complaining about a free site crowd" comes stomping in. Yes this is a free site, and I appreciate the fact that it's free, as well as the time and effort Brian and co put into it. I'll be the first to say how great the content on this site is and how no other Michigan site matches it. But this a business for them, this is how they make money, so criticisms from the user base are very warranted.
More importantly, that line of thinking is just ridiculous anyways. Watching/following any sporting league is free as well. You don't have to pay a single extra dollar to watch Michigan football or the Lions or Tigers, etc. All the money you need to follow these teams you put into cable/internet regardless, same with internet for MGoBlog. Yet people here have no problem criticising these free businesses.
The worst part is you know that if Brian asked, the users from this site would help fund whatever costs for a new server in a heartbeat. And if the costs are that high that the users can't help fund it, then just comment once telling us that, and we'll shut up and stop complaining.
January 8th, 2017 at 7:01 PM ^
Well said. +1
January 8th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
This guy ^^^ may not be able to contribute.
January 8th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
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