Moderator Action Sticky 2017
New offseason, new sticky, because these get cumbrously long.
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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.
October 3rd, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^
Michigan running inside zone against MSU will be like lighting a down on fire
I let it go hoping the OP would bow out gracefully from the error, but apparently not. Needless to say, let's try to not have threads for people who didn't read the UFR - just read the UFR, for the sake of simplicity.
October 4th, 2017 at 11:37 PM ^
OT: Shaving a cool michigan Design in my cat’s fur
As the owner of three cats, one of which is probably psychotic, I advise against this.
DJ Durkin
We had our fun with this one.
October 4th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^
Why is cat-shaving fool still here?
October 7th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 7:57 PM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^
Mike Valenti: Prognosticator of Prognosticators
Mike Valenti: Also Persona Non Grata Here By Rule
October 9th, 2017 at 3:04 PM ^
Very, very Concerned. He wants you to be just as Concerned as he is, and is seriously and earnestly wondering why you are not also Concerned, and he registered today in order to express his Concern.
October 9th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
Snowflakes go in snowflake threads.
October 9th, 2017 at 5:07 PM ^
I should know better than to reply to a Maizen snowflake post. I had all the answers to our offensive line woes written down, hit "save" and got the dreaded "access denied" page.
October 9th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
OT: Jemele Hill Suspended from ESPN
Taking this down before it goes any farther down the politics road.
October 9th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
But I understand. Part of the thread was actually a pretty civil debate. Other parts of it were... not.
I would suggest putting it back up and locking it, though, lest it spring back to life when somebody thinks it hasn't been posted yet. Just my 2‹.
October 9th, 2017 at 9:17 PM ^
October 10th, 2017 at 1:00 PM ^
We have a program wide problem with how we view the MSU game
We have a blog-wide problem with how we dispense emo.
October 10th, 2017 at 1:01 PM ^
Awe! I thought that thread was fun :-(
October 11th, 2017 at 11:22 AM ^
No Pete. Guy who posted has been around long enough to know that, loses all points.
October 12th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^
This one should die fast. It's on a mission. No advantage to letting it live.
October 12th, 2017 at 3:40 PM ^
Harbaugh at Night
We've been through this a few times now, and in a TV-controlled world like college football, more quality opponents at night mean typically more difficult games at night.
October 12th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
Why not Wheatley to RT?
Moments of inspired thinking after losses.....we don't have them.
October 13th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
Braylon on Valenti talking about the game
No Mike Valenti. At all.
Pretty sure we've been clear on that.
October 15th, 2017 at 7:36 AM ^
OT So why are there sparty ads on this blog?
Stop visiting MSU sites and it will quit over time....maybe
October 15th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
Why is our recruiting sluggish?
Is there a Sports media vendetta against Michigan?
Just a little housecleaning...
October 18th, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^
October 18th, 2017 at 3:24 PM ^
Are People Reading Too Much Into Harbaughs Body Language?
Yes.
October 21st, 2017 at 9:30 PM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 12:07 PM ^
Support The Team
We have plenty of these threads right now. I left a few to hopefully inhibit the creation of more.
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
Ban RedGreene
As a wake-up call, Red loses his points for the month - not personal, but that was a bit overboard. Maizen gets to keep his thread even if it rubs people the wrong way since it isn't offensive per se (the interface makes cleanup nearly impossible though), and BornSinner loses his point for the month for making something that isn't personal, well, personal.
If you're really that upset about the moderation on the site, BornSinner, feel free to e-mail Seth and Brian and tell them - I will accept their judgment on the matter.
October 30th, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^
October 23rd, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^
for my responding to the 4910 accounts. I should have just downvoted and moved on. Replying to all of his trolling only further clutters the board.
Thanks LSA for all the cleanup work you had to do this weekend. This week probably won't be a whole lot easier.
October 24th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
http://mgoblog.com/users/clion
Specifically, his latest two posts: https://i.imgur.com/c2pCnWd.png
October 25th, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
A note to all the Jim Harbaugh haters
We've had a few of these threads now, and the consensus, unless I have missed something, is three-fold:
1) All the eggs are in fact in the Harbaugh basket
2) It is fine to critique playcalling, staff alignment, etc...
3) Actually wanting Jim Harbaugh fired is insane and GTFO
October 25th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
Great Jim Harbaugh Article!
May as well kill this thread as it doesn't have much of a future. Turns out that this isn't such a great article
October 25th, 2017 at 10:40 PM ^
October 26th, 2017 at 2:03 PM ^
Recruiting worriers, fear not!
I think we got enough mileage from this one.
Harbaugh's Fiery Attitude
Yikes.
October 27th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
MGoBlog Quarterback Debate
No offense to the OP, but in the blog's eight-volume comprehensive study entitled "O'Korn Vs. Peters Vs. Meritocracy Vs. Air And Other Things", we concluded in multiple threads that many people have different conclusions.
October 27th, 2017 at 6:02 PM ^
MLive Article on UM's Football Excuses
Hooray for shitposting!
October 30th, 2017 at 1:16 PM ^
October 31st, 2017 at 10:26 AM ^
This felt mean-spirited and it was a reporter's phone. When you're in the road team's press conference room it's small and noisy with lots of people coming in late and reporters tapping on their laptops so it's common to stick your phone on record and put it up by the subjects. You're also supposed to put it in Do Not Disturb mode.
October 31st, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
I will never again make any negative statements towards any moderator here if Maizen is sent to Bolivia :')
October 31st, 2017 at 8:36 PM ^
The 2018 recruiting class has been uninspiring
Don't you think you've had enough? I think 290 downvotes puts this in the top five since I've been around. Yikes.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:25 AM ^
What The Hell
I agree. "What the hell is this shit thread?"
November 6th, 2017 at 8:44 AM ^
Will Michigan Win this weekend?
I mean, if you're going to use this as a thread title, the answer inside has to be complex and angst-ridden. This IS MGoBlog and we DO have a standard.
...and just so I don't create another post....
John O'Korn on demotion
I thought it was going to be a thread about Peppers. Am I doing that right?
In all seriousness, if there's an article with quotes, that's fine, but asking the board how he is doing like we're sitting there with him isn't the best route here.
November 6th, 2017 at 9:54 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^
Calling all MgoCounters
*insert kitchen remodeling ad here*
November 7th, 2017 at 5:49 PM ^
By the time he earns back enough points to post a thread he'll learn how to title them more journalistically.
By the time he earns back enough points to post a diary he will know not to put bad ideas for board threads in them.
November 7th, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^
Boycotting CFP if...
Instead of this thread, enjoy some Henry Mancini....
November 8th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
Rutgers hired a spokesperson for a murderous regime spokesman as a teacher.
Yeah, even though it sounds like yet another PR disaster for Rutgers, I don't think this - as presented - is going to go well.
November 9th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
Are we recruiting Cassius Peat?
This was already covered in the "Harbaugh And JUCOs" thread yesterday.
That thread IS fixed, incidentally, if you couldn't access it before.
November 9th, 2017 at 2:28 PM ^
This guy is just trolling hard, from the moment he got here: