META: Reminder to keep politics off this board
[Ed-Seth: To reiterate our policy: No poltiics. Yes, even in threads marked for deletion, because sometimes our mods can't get to them.
When something political is relevant to Michigan/college sports sometimes it can't be avoided, but in those cases we will have moderators watching the threads carefully, and those who go beyond the discussion of the issue and how it's relevant to Michigan/college sports will get moderated and often end up in Bolivia or banned.
Why do we have this policy? Because we're mercantile shits who know politics on the board is bad for business, that's why. If there is something that you feel very strongly about, there are many places to discuss them with people of different opinions. When you do so here, nobody's minds are changed, and people who see it tend to come away triggered and unhappy, and feel less comfortable about coming to our site and engaging. That means less revenue for us. Also a less nice board to have intelligent and relevant discussion about Michigan and college sports.]
So do we have rules on this or not, because what's going on lately on the board is garbage. People hijacking threads they think are getting deleted and posting insanely one sided statements is just gross. This site is one of the things I look forward to every day. Most of us don't give a fuck about anybody else's political views and there are rules on this board that support that. So are these rules being enforced or not?
February 10th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
I usually never give a crap, but it's just getting out of hand
February 10th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
Consider it done, Seth.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 3:11 PM ^
You've been on here for going on 6 months but you just know it's going to be doomsday huh? the whole thing will be lost to these folks? Haha.
February 10th, 2017 at 6:30 PM ^
February 12th, 2017 at 6:56 PM ^
February 12th, 2017 at 6:52 PM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
It hasn't been pinned to the board for a while now.
February 10th, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
Mgo Purge
February 10th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
Our moderating goals strive to meet a standard best described as "fair asshole." My standard operating procedure is to ban a poltiical poster for the length that their offending post is relevant. So like a regula reader goes off on the president, they could get sent to Bolivia until the next inauguration day. Or if it has to do with an election they get banished until after the polls close.
If they're new users they'll just get caved.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:33 AM ^
Sooo...should we do that in this thread?
February 10th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
I specifically come here because it's supposed to be sanctuary from this horseshit.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^
Is that I don't have to ready anybody's political views when I use this site. Don't care where anybody stands, right,left, or middle. I'm forced into that shit enough places the way it is.
February 10th, 2017 at 11:27 AM ^
POSBANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
keep it all in that forum and the site also gets more clicks
February 10th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
Ha! Can you imagine how "civil" that forum would be? I prefer my MGoBlog experience sans politics...
February 10th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
It's not pretty.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^
What about if it were a sub forum? Brian needs the clicks to spend money on upgrading the servers and site in general. Why not use some yahoo style comments to fund it?
February 10th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
the only time I've seen it down lately is the day Solomon committed. I'd be fine with the 20X a year.
February 11th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
We had a sub forum. It was crazy.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:45 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 11:36 AM ^
That's a terrible idea. There is bound to be some spill-over from that thread into sports-related threads. People are going to target others based on what was said in the politics thread, and take it out on them in the sports related threads.
February 10th, 2017 at 2:56 PM ^
100% agree. +1
February 10th, 2017 at 10:37 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
February 11th, 2017 at 12:08 AM ^
and a conservative/republican puppet on the right hand. All controlled by one puppetmaster....
February 10th, 2017 at 12:31 PM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^
I would say guns too, but I know where that will end up
February 10th, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 11:58 AM ^
Cheers
A few people are proving my point as we speak.
February 10th, 2017 at 1:16 PM ^
pos'ed nor negged you. Should I be concerned about what that may or may not say about me?
February 10th, 2017 at 1:15 PM ^
I was kinda looking forward to a emancipation of the boob pics, are those a go now too?
February 10th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
Hey, now there's an idea. Every time a political debate starts, just start posting boobs. See what the mods care more about. It also may defuse the situation, because duh boobs.
February 10th, 2017 at 1:45 PM ^
Something both sides can agree on, boobs.
Do you like beer?
February 11th, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^
"Boobs & Beer in 2020."
Finally - a campaign we can all get behind!
February 10th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
If anything, this is META.
Secondly, I think it might be nice to post a reminder about these rules, as it might make the job easier for the Moms.
Thirdly, If you are among those who mistook Brian's frustrations (vented on TWITTER) about certain recent events as a signal to loosen your standards on this subject, I have two very strong words for you: tisk, tisk.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 10:48 AM ^
involves Scotch and hookers. Is that ok?
February 10th, 2017 at 11:00 AM ^