META: Create an OT forum?
Has there ever been consideration given to expanding the forums/boards beyond MGoBoard to accommodate OT, other sports etc?
It seems there is generally a fair amount of frustration expressed when OT threads push other MICHIGAN related content down but I admit I appreciate several of these topics (but feel if I could decide when I want to see them would help).
Scout seems to have done this fairly well. They have a few boards and I know I will see all M football all the time when I view the Victor's club.
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All kidding aside I'm sure with the amount of content you've amassed and your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Michigan (thank you SuperGuides) you could actually have something decent.
Good luck to you with your launch (if you're serious).
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It's an appropriate feature, and based on Seth's response above, I'm hoping they plan on implementing it on the new site. I think a lot of people share common interests around here. Other times, I feel like reading about actual Michigan sports rather than the posbang thread. It would be nice to have it divided.
whatever results in the most long-term traffic to this site, in order to keep it's contributiors well-fed.
My gut tells me that if you create a different forum for OT, overall traffic to the site will go down. People will be less likely to impulse click and participate on the topic. I know I'd never click ont the "OT" tab, even though I occassionaly read and contribute to those posts when they are mixed into the existing board.
Yeah, I agree with this. I always forget about the Diaries, but I would read them if they were on the regular board. I just forget they are there.
I kind of like the stream of consciousness that is the MGoBoard. Yes, you get some posts that are a waste of time, but these get shouted down quickly and often deleted.
On the whole, there are a lot of smart people on MGoBlog and the Board content is quite good.
Just to see the Mad Hatter's Tits and Cocaine sticky thread. If we're doing an OT section it has to allow sexybits, or why bother?
Also, a direct messaging feature would be nice.
"best strain you've smoked" thread and update it monthly if we have a whole new OT forum
Had some purple brain wreck last weekend that I really enjoyed.
on an OG Kush run at the moment. Recent favs include Girl Scout Cookie and Blue Dream.
I try to have a bit on hand most of the time. It's a perfect weekend chores high for me. Lemon haze is good for that too.
I think it would be simple enough to have two views that each user can toggle between, something like 1) All Topic Mode (all posts are viewable); and 2) On-Topic Mode (all off-topic posts are excluded from view).
No need to even label "OT: _____" in titles, as an OP (or later, a mod) could tag the post as off-topic to be viewable only by user choice.
This sort of topic filter is theoretically possible, I suppose, just to have a prominent button or tab on the sidebar to click.
I am pessimistic that this can/will happen because I don't know whether it actually exists in workable format elsewhere (and, let's face it, building something like this from scratch is probably not a good use of the resources of the Mgoblog management, so they'd probably want to import existing framework to do it) and I am a bit burned by things like the nonexistent page feature on the current sidebar.
Agreed.
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The posters themselves would still have to decide whether it's OT or not.
Yes then we can have More Soccer! Downvote me all you want.
Dat Joe Hart-bot?
With less tunnel yelling.
You could probably achieve most of what people are asking for here by forcing people to tag their posts on the board and giving everyone the ability to filter their own view of the board by the tags. So, someone might only want to see the "M Football" posts, somebody else might want to see everything.
The beauty is that it preserves the bickering, because instead of the subject line, we can bicker about appropriate/inappropriate tagging.
so if there was an official "OT" forum; could I post Michigan stuff there as OT on the OT?
something along the lines of, 'we have to keep the VP on the QT because of the VC who might try to kill the VIP'
How else could I learn way more than I wanted to know about where to watch the game in my car while wearing jorts before taking my kids to a destination within Michigan to ride personal watercraft before making barbeque?
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
Just so we're clear in advance, my entire philosophy towards monitoring such a forum will basically be that as long as the place doesn't start getting into the territory of "OT: Does This Look Infected To You?" or "SIAP: Need Spare Fuel Injector For 1987 Civic", then we're probably OK....unless that's what you want there, in which case, never mind the mod behind the curtain.
Yay for the new site.
Please include an OT section.
Edit: And please, please have a forum that works like a forum.
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and while we're at it, can you point us to your posts, particularly as an OP, so we'll know what is good?
Here, I even linked it for you.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/cazzie-russell-article-january-1966-dell-sp…
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is complaining? i get it.
it has to be tough to carry around all that negativity. have you ever done anything or seen anyone to help you get rid of it?
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Says the guy who is probably on his third or fourth account. I'm always a little bit leery when someone with a newly created account takes ownership of the board.
Actually, IDK about that. If you had been around here as long as you're implying that you have, then nothing you posted makes any sense. This board has always been full of OT type posts, always, going back to the Haloscan days.
I stopped going to several sites once they became "mobile enhanced".
And the irony is they're now crap on the mobile as well.
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I pity the fool who has to mod the OT part of the blog.
How about a Lemon Eating section for any predictions we are so very confident in??
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dumping OT items will probably leave 3-4 days worth of non-OT items on the front page
Don't know if good or bad, but don't want a stagnant front page either
Obviously more of an issue during the summer