htownwolverine

August 17th, 2011 at 8:54 AM ^

I just realized that my name is Brian, I have a goatee (albeit better trimmed), wear glasses but I have short hair.Has  Dr. Cook produced Mgoblog Wunderkind clones? Genius my man, genius.

Naked Bootlegger

August 17th, 2011 at 9:44 AM ^

...loses all strength when his locks are clipped.   Do not cut thine hair, Brian.   The world will crumble, and a silver-haired fox named GERG will be the only survivor. 

His Dudeness

August 17th, 2011 at 9:50 AM ^

I used to have long hair until it started thinning and I looked more and more like a guy nobody would want to sleep with. Then I cut it short and nothing changed. Meh.

thisisme08

August 17th, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^

Good article, love that Mgoblog has become such a huge resource that I have old people (how do I turn on the computer?)  from my dads work asking if I have emailed him today with any new M related information. 

IncognitoWolverino

August 17th, 2011 at 12:37 PM ^

However, trolls on this sight have a tougher go of it.

 

Cook and his team fight off the trolls. The website's switch to a Drupal platform did away with anonymous posting, and drive-by trolls.
Cook is quick to ban people who cross the line. He also fights back by giving trolls the grief of 404 error pages and slow website processing speeds. Sometimes he just likes to have a good laugh and cave them, which means trolls can post but only they can see their posts. "I have guys email me saying, 'There is this weird bug where I log out and I can't see my post. I don't think anyone can see my posts,'" Cook says. "I always tell them, 'That is a very strange bug. I'll look into that.'"

jmblue

August 17th, 2011 at 6:52 PM ^

The readership is about 69 percent male, 55 percent college educated, 48 percent with $100,000 annual incomes, about one-third ages 18-34 and another third between 35-50 years old. Cook describes them as "all college-educated dudes without kids and lots of disposable income."

How do they tabulate this stuff?  (Kind of creepy that they can find this stuff out.)

I'm surprised that only a third of readers are in the 18-34 range.  I would've guessed that was 50 percent or more.

wlubd

August 17th, 2011 at 6:54 PM ^

I'm guessing there's a disconnect in age between those who post frequently and those who just read the front page. My gut feeling is that the younger crowd are the ones more apt to be using the forum and posting on stories. Those posters aren't necessarily a reflection of the readership as a whole since based on the page view numbers, there's got to be far more observers than active participators...