META - Locking Football threads?
Sorry if this comes at a bad time, but I am just wondering what the deal is with locking all of the threads lately. Locking a MSU football thread on a MIchigan sports blog? Deleting a Halloween costume blog when this weekend is Halloween? I can understand deleting dupes or trolls, etc. but we can't vent poetic about MSU looking terrible? Really?
October 30th, 2010 at 6:02 PM ^
Seconded. TWIS is featured on the front page (link) but we can't soar in it in real time?
October 30th, 2010 at 6:02 PM ^
In before the lock!!!
October 30th, 2010 at 6:05 PM ^
considering the fact it's ridiculous that threads are being created mocking MSU when they're 8-1, beat Michigan in Ann Arbor 34-17 and have beaten a team Michigan will truly struggle with (Wisconsin), i think it's beyond stupid to have a post dedicated to "lulz, exposed, karma, lulz"
maybe that's just me... oh wait, it's not.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
The locked thread was about MSU being exposed. as not true national title contenders. I don't think the purpose of the thread (or the majority of the comments) are stating that MSU isn't a good team. While they are a good team this year, they are clearly not a national championship team (my opinion comes from watching most of their games this year, not simply the Iowa game). Therefore, it actually seems a fairly accurate statement to say that they were finally exposed this week and the thread wasn't that outrageous, no matter how much you disagree.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
It is never inappropriate to mock MSU. Especially today.
It's just you.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:41 PM ^
No offense dude, but I think you get a little too crazy with the locks and the thread rips. It's not a jailhouse. It's a fun blog. I'm wearing a dress, earings, a nice necklace and heels right now. It's going to be ok.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:48 PM ^
run and tell that
October 30th, 2010 at 6:53 PM ^
Yea I get that it isn't just you. Didn't mean it like that.
October 30th, 2010 at 7:03 PM ^
While I agree with your sentiment that it's probably not best to be crowing about a MSU loss after they beat us, I'm still happy about it. I've never been someone to go rub a loss in opponent fans' faces. I like to focus on my own team and be done with it.
That being said, I don't see how that means it should be deleted. First off, Brian writes TWIS every week to do the exact same thing that the thread did: enjoy someone else's misery. Secondly, it was a thread about another Big Ten team, and a rival to boot, thus it was on topic. But, it was probably redundant given that there was already a afternoon game thread.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:06 PM ^
Halloween is off topic.
And what Geaux said.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:20 PM ^
I really appreciate the work the mods do to keep the board in check, and I like the policies in place. You guys do a great job.
But seriously, I really don't see the problem with the costume thread. Its one thread about halloween costumes on halloween, and I think you guys might be going a bit overboard on this one.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:23 PM ^
Didn't see it myself, but I just do what I'm asked. I probably would have deleted it. Just like I'd probably delete a World Series thread despite it's topicality. Same-same in my book.
[GB: Not me either]
October 30th, 2010 at 6:38 PM ^
Isn't this thread off topic?
October 30th, 2010 at 6:50 PM ^
I would imagine it's on topic because it's about the board. If the board itself was off topic... well, I think that would create an existential crisis.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:15 PM ^
deleting individual comments.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:49 PM ^
the only ones that were, though, were either reprehensible (from what i've heard) or... well all i've heard were really offensive things being deleted
October 30th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
nothing offensive. Pointless, maybe. But not offensive.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
Internet moderators will be internet moderators. They are the same on every site you go to.
October 30th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
FA should be MOY, in my epinion.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:24 PM ^
Is talking about MSU getting exposed any different than assuming we will "truly struggle" against a team we play against in several weeks?
Just wondering.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:50 PM ^
one involves Michigan
October 30th, 2010 at 6:26 PM ^
Communists.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
What do you think they are for the rest of the year then?
October 30th, 2010 at 6:36 PM ^
Obviously.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
Radical Fundamentalists
October 30th, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
Really? One thread gets locked and you have to make a "Why did it get locked" thread?
There's an "Afternoon games" discussion thread. That is where afternoon games get discussed.
And yes, let's not puff our chests when a team who beat us soundly loses a road game to another team who beat us soundly.
Smile that they lost, and Dantonio got what he deserves. No need to be a poor sport. Let's focus our energy on the game that Michigan is yet to play tonight.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
is your middle name "reason"?
October 30th, 2010 at 6:45 PM ^
It has been escalating lately. It was more or less just an honest question. And I agree wbout the timing being poor as I wrote in the OP.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:53 PM ^
Time to get Denarded....
Someone asked...what was the point of the last thead...the Schaedenfruede MSU Thread....
I think the point was....MSU has peaked, and now the Sparty / Dantonio shame spiral begins. Their program will return to status quo mediocrity. Congrats on peaking at #5 BCS Sparty, and running convicts onto the field. It will be ok though, because Dantonio is a moral man with religious values....
October 30th, 2010 at 6:55 PM ^
so MSU is going to lose against which teams?
Minnesota? Purdue? or maybe Penn State?
these are the type of comments that let MSU fans claim they've gotten in our heads.
October 30th, 2010 at 6:56 PM ^
Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves?
October 30th, 2010 at 7:02 PM ^
They could run the table the rest of the year...but the loss today, not even being competitive exposed them....Good teams don't get destroyed like that...home or away...The moment was too big for the mediocre program that is MSU....
October 30th, 2010 at 7:22 PM ^
I don't disagree that the loss exposed them. And I don't really expect them to stay a good team for long after this year. I do think it's a bit premature to say that one loss is going to destroy the program. And how is winning their next three games after this spiralling to mediocrity?
October 30th, 2010 at 8:00 PM ^
Yep. Agree.
College sports is on topic, is it not?
As for the Halloween thread.... I understand the mods have been asked to maintain certain standards. But come on. It's not like people are posting about what they're favorite christmas songs are. It's Halloween this weekend, so, we can't have one thread about it?? I understand the desire to not get OT stuff get wildly out of hand in-season. BUT, OT threads help build community. We can't talk about football *all* the time, so, why can't a thread like the halloween one be allowed?
October 30th, 2010 at 9:43 PM ^
Is going to sound great after tonight. It's going to be on-topic that's going to be hell. I think Halloween costumes are going to be the least of our problems.
October 30th, 2010 at 9:53 PM ^
No joke.
Any Halloween costume threads will be a welcome respite for the mods amidst the impending shit-storm.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:37 PM ^
I agree with the general sentiment. I am generally in favor of what the mods do but lately it seems the board can't even have fun anymore. It's not like there is much to talk about that is on-topic that won't devolve into a "fire/don't fire" argument. I know this isn't reddit but can't there be at least a little leeway if the topic in question is funny/temporally relevant/generating good discussion?