Mgoblog (Brian) Twitter rant
Looks like bowling didn't go too well
I'm just done with people who are mad at me for reacting how I do to Michigan football. If you don't like it, I don't care
For years I let people talk shit to me because I felt some sort of duty to them because they'd been around a while.
That was a mistake. If you are surprised that I am emotional and moody at this point you are too stupid to care about.
I have taken epic tons of shit for being in a bad mental spot this year; and somehow I managed to feel bad about that.
No more. I'm done taking shit from internet anons because I'm not happy about losing to OSU 9 of 10 years.
I don't owe you a damn thing. Read it or don't.
most people are not reacting like that, but shitheads are louder. this is going to have an effect on MGoBlog.
Your point total is irrelevant to my decisions. If you're making our lives shitty, you're gone
This whole season has been 50% nightmare team, 50% nightmare community. I can fix half of that.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
Disagreeing is one thing, insulting is another.
December 1st, 2013 at 8:30 AM ^
Cleaning house is no more "petty and ridiculous" than the inane commentary that has cluttered this board the past couple of months.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
"He who angers you conquers you."
November 30th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:07 PM ^
What is an 'internet fight' in your opinion? How does it differ from an exchange of opposed opinions? I ask because I don't think it's controversial that disagreement online or otherwise is a perfectly grown up thing.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
I really hope that the small but vocal minority of losers that Brian is referring to don't spell the end of Mgoblog as we know it.. Most of us are just fine.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 9:59 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:31 PM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
In fact, before opening an account had expressed those concerns to Brian. But b/c, while I'm impressed with and enjoy the level of exchange, analyses, discussions and humor and wanted to engage with the U of M community, my internet literacy is very low made me very reluctant. Therefore, I've watched the ebb and flow of this blog before attempting to post for fear of getting negged or maybe trashed for not only content, but form.
I understand the need for proper form, standards and protocols - but the hiding in a virtual world to condcut personal attacks are beyond counterproductive.
This just too good a communcations platform to engage the supporters of UM athletics in particular and the university overall to mis treat its members/posters.
Go Blue!
November 30th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
I have top ten talent, but I just haven't executed.
Sorry, that was lame.
December 1st, 2013 at 11:18 AM ^
I would +1 that if I could.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^
No, Brian, those men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
December 1st, 2013 at 1:09 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
I was just hoping I could hit the top 250 of posting. I don't mind being a middling 3 star as that means I have some room to improve.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:46 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 9:44 AM ^
Your avatar is remarkably appropriate for this comment...
November 30th, 2013 at 10:01 PM ^
I don't agree with Brian on everything, but I've had it with the coarse, negative, anonymous, so-called Michigan fans who have made this a much more unpleasant place to be. I absolutely don't mind or care if the blog espouses a different direction than I would choose. Having said that, I do mind when somehow, bloggers make this place unlivable. As Brown Bear said, there needs to be perspective on what's important.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^
I'm not entirely sure you and Brian have the same heads in mind. We'll see.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
That was my thought as well...
November 30th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
[risking my head here] it seems that brian is more concerned about people who disagree with him than people who only spew vitriol and negativity.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:22 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:27 PM ^
i'd be cool with that.
i'm just not down with the vocal idiotic minority (on either side) spamming the board. the point system really helped with that. seems like fixing that should be a priority in the "offseason."
November 30th, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
how much of the negativity on the board is b/c the mgoboard no longer has a voting system or b/c michigan went through another season full of disappointing losses.
December 1st, 2013 at 8:44 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
In response to Yeoman, this is Brian's blog. He can do what he wants with it. He can ban people. Chop off heads. Give them negative millions of points. He can authorize the mods to do the same. I actually don't have any particular users in mind, because I try not to remember the idiocy and lunacy and negativity, and who spews it. But I will say that I'm tired of the negative spewing. I like news, and I like coverage, and I like most of the front page pieces. But the comments and some of the posts just aren't fun any more. In particular, I hate personal attacks . . . on Brian, on mods, on bloggers, on athletes, on coaches. I want more discussion about football and basketball and hockey and less of the stuff about firing staff and "changes need to be made now" stuff.
December 1st, 2013 at 1:00 AM ^
But "firing staff and 'changes need to be made now' stuff" IS about football at the moment. The football program is still being discussed, whether you enjoy the context and opinions on the staff or not.
I agree with you on personal attacks toward athletes.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
I sure hope it does not become an echo chamber. A place where everyone agrees with each other so that they can feel good about their opinions!
Obviously personal attacks are not warranted, but dissent should be welcome and open for debate.
December 1st, 2013 at 1:16 AM ^
You don't think it's been an echo chamber the past month?
December 1st, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
intelligence all coming to the same blindingly obvious conclusion, given enough space and time.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:01 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:23 PM ^
Can someone give me a quick rundown of what haloscan was/means?
November 30th, 2013 at 10:28 PM ^
Before the username system, the board was run on a much different site design system called Haloscan where we'd all comment in these long threads attached to the specific blogposts. No board, no diaries, etc. You could pretty much use any username you wanted, pretend you were other people, etc. It was all completely anonymous and unpredictable and a total shitshow.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
the good ol days. Although, we could have a renaissance if you were to leave
November 30th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
You mean it was awesome.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:04 AM ^
I didn't mean to imply it wasn't, because it totally was.
EDIT: NEVER FORGET
https://web.archive.org/web/20070708010258/http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/
December 1st, 2013 at 1:49 AM ^
Oh man. The summer of 2007. July 2007, specifically. Really, the days just before we'd all degenerate into where we are today.
For those of you not clicking on that post, some highlights from back then:
- Les Milesis not a candidate for the Michigan job, because his language and cretinous ways would instantly make him a pariah at Michigan.
"It's a place where the next coach will not only need top-tier football coaching and recruiting skills, but a background that shows he can navigate an elite academic institution. It's also a place where hundreds of former players are actively involved with supporting the program. Those players, and Carr, will have a voice at the table."
- Recruiting profiles of Toney Clemons! Darryl Stonum! Sam McGuffie seems like he's committing to Michigan soon. Michael Shaw might commit too, but Penn State wants him.
- On the other hand, basketball recruit Draymond Green is going to Michigan State.
Oh, what and where we were back then.
December 2nd, 2013 at 1:51 AM ^
Wow. Yeah, I was reading back then. That was a trip down memory lane.
As an aside, I get why Brian is upset; as someone who's read for that long, and can say that this is the only "online community" I've ever felt a part of. He created this out of nothing, basically, and, most importantly, he's right that he doesn't owe any of us a damn thing. I don't get how and why some posters don't seem to understand that.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 5:04 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:01 PM ^
Goodbye MGOBLOG. It was nice knowing you.
November 30th, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^
Go pound sand somewhere
November 30th, 2013 at 10:09 PM ^