Meta: Increase Point Total for Board Topics?

As a low point guy, I would be more than willing to sacrifice my rights to start a thread for another couple months to clean up some of the garbage that has started to overwhelm the board. It has gotten pretty bad.

Free neg-bangs for everyone.

"All in agreement, say 'I'.  All those opposed, say 'goodbye'." <--that's a poster that hangs in my bosses office.  Just throwin that out there.

The mods will delete a potentially offensive thread, even if on a topic related to the team. There are obv. disagreements on what is appropriate and what isn't. Some of my threads have been bumped or locked. (most recently, my interest in public statements from the team on spiritual topics, and how spirituality relates to the team. Too controversial, so vaporized.)

It really isn't about points (remember first rule of points:  don't talk about points.) Anyway, someone with a ton of points can post something that others don't like . . . having 1k plus points doesn't guarantee that a poster will always put something suitable up.

Also, the mods have deliberately chosen to allow certain personal and OT posts (for example, the dating adventures of CRex.) Having been to Korea and dated Korean girls, I find those posts hilarious. My only point here is that some personal and OT posts are deemed allowable by the mods. There isn't a rule that applies to everything. Other than Brian, that is . . .

One Mod to rule them all, One Mod to find them, One Mod to bring them all and in their compulsion bind them ... Lord Brian, the Wizard of all things Michigan
 

If you WANT to change the point requirements to 500 neg this post.
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<br>If you don't want it changed to that pos this post.
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<br>Please neg this post

Cosigned... hopefully enough of these posts will get Brian's attention. Bump it to 500. This board used to be awesome. Now, not so much. Intelligence level decreasing rapidly.

Make that e-mail we got about being a "trusted user" actually mean something.

I'm all in.

It's always worse during football season, maybe the point threshold is significantly higher then?

I think the idea that users could rank the thread via star ratings, and that would show up before you clicked it, it would help. Think porn sites that allow you to rate the vids either up vote or down vote (or on 5* scale) so you know going in that the post is say 92% upvoted. Once they fell below a certain threshold (arbitrarly 30% after min 20 votes) than the post would auto delete.

This, IMO, would sold a lot.

Higher point total to post = lower probability (weak posting / telegram from Trollsville)

It likely means that I wouldn't be able to post board topics (not that I have anything earth shattering to post currently anyway). But if it keeps the board clear of crap I'm all for it.

We've been having ridiculous posts from trolls, idiots, and people who like to say "that would be telling" in the past few weeks

It's a symptom of the bandwagon.

I agree.  100 points should do the trick.

I think 500 points is very reasonable.

When does someone with < 1000 MGoPoints EVER have anything interesting to say about Michigan sports? Never.

Urge to killing.. rising.

I'm all in favor of raising the point total to 1,000.

Point totals really aren't the issue. Even if we raised it to 1000 to 2000, we'd still have Tater. I think the mods are doing a good job. No changes are needed. (Well, removing the -1 to -1 would be nice)

after thinking back, i believe this is already in the works as a temporary thing given the slow trickle of MSU trolls that will assuredly become a geyser whether they win or lose this weekend. sooooo... yah.

About raising point totals, but LOVE the idea that time-as member also is considered.
Plenty of people lurk without posting much, and they understand the MGoculture just fine.

We have more trolls now, and lazy newbies not bothering to read old posts etc.
Some of it is to be expected as this site grows in popularity, but it can be frustrating; this seems like an easy attempt to balance most concerns.

I support a 500 pt minimum for posting on the board and free neg bangs...

Just 2 topics re-posted on the board within the last 5 minutes 

From Yesterday. 

Come On People!

should not cost us points. And I agree with the 500 point minimum, but we should also consider adding a minimum amount of time since joining regardless of mgopoints, say 6 to 12 months? There may be people who follow the board for a long time and would know all the rules, but don't necessarily post often.

Time as a member should be included.  Points are less important now seeing as a guy that can post a -_- face can amass 1000 points in 4 days.  Serenity now. Serenity now.

Agreed. Go with 100 points.

Time and points.  Agreed.  It's getting a little ESPNish around here. 

I remember when Brian changed the system it was because there were like 5+ accounts (probably just 1 troll) but all he would do is log in to all 5 accounts and neg every post on a topic. When i saw it the first time I assumed that it was just a shitty thread, but really it was just trolling. 

The "Pay to play" negging has eliminated this kind of trolling, but yeah, people are too fond of their Mgopoints to actually neg. 

I hated that book