Meta: Brian for a day
I suppose with the veritable cornucopia of worthy topics on the mgoboard this offseason I feel like starting my own RCMB-worthy post. I considered a ""hot or not" thread, or perhaps a "bump when you just smacked your b girlfriend" thread, but then inspiration struck:
With all the "for a day" front page posts, why not throw it out there. What would you change if YOU ran mgoblog?
Personally, I'd get rid of that CEFH douche. Lot of paint chips consumed in that one's childhood to be sure. Then I would bring back a merit based point system.
Ah yes, I suppose I did have a point. It is my contention that bringing the old "One Man, One Vote, Two Points" system back would return many utils of fun/entertainment to the blog, as well as some level of accountability.
Sad as it may be, back in the day having one of your comments/posts/diaries pos bombed was kind of a little thrill. Positive reinforcement if you will. Made you want to be a better poster.
Now seeing these poor impotent posbang threads just seems sad. Just watching these poor dejected bastards going through the motions out of sheer nostalgia...It makes a man yearn for days gone by.
Back in the day, a worthless post like this one could have been negged to oblivian.
There were consequences for a man's actions. Fortunes were won and lost at the turn of a phrase. It was an exciting time.
This subject has been broached here
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/otmeta-bring-back-negbangposbang
and here
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/meta-bring-back-true-posbangs-and-negbangs
and here
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/meta-bring-back-negbang
but a review of the literature doesn't reveal much. Was there a reason merit-based points went away? Does anyone really like the new system?
I threw together a little poll just for kicks, you can throw in your opinion if you've got time. Dont expect it will change anything, but I dont know...Am I the only one who misses the way of the posbang?
Which do you prefer?
Enough of my tired ideas though...What would you guys change?
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I would have pop evil autoplay, but in MIDI format. Also, the banner would be a scrolling marquee reminding everyone how BOURBAN MEIJER SUCKS and SPARTY NO LOL.
that providing insightful comment may get you 1 point....and random F***k Ohio's are worth at least two depending on where they fall in the response time line. Mathlete, time for analysis!
If I were Brian for a day, I'd have his, er, my wife cook me an awesome meal, then I'd rock her world, and before my time and the painkiller high were over, type up something incoherent entitled Unverified Voracity goes ALL NIGHT LONG, filled with drug-induced Hoke photoshops, muppets, brunettes, Scarlett Johansson and Kate Upton, MOAR BEWBS, and BOOM! post'd.
i second whoever had the idea for a private chat system so we can all cyber with each other
Pos-ing and negging people was helpful at times. It also started a lot of arguments about "WHY ARE YOU NEGGING MY POST?!?!?!" I wouldn't be surprised if Brian got sick of that nonsense. The discussions about pos-ing and negging have largely dissipated except for posts like this, and eventually they'll probably come close to disappearing.
Also if I were Brian, I would do away with some of the front page content. It probably drives traffic up a little bit, but I used to read everything on the front page...and now I just read most of Brian's posts and most of Ace's posts. No offense to the Mathlete or the Michigan Museday or the Dear Diary posts, but I just don't have enough time to sort through all the front page content. And sometimes when I go back to post on a front page topic, it's already been bumped to the bottom of the page or off the front page.