Moderator Action Sticky 2018
NEW STICKY: https://www.mgoblog.com/mgoboard/moderator-action-sticky-2019
New offseason, new moderator sticky.
READ THIS FIRST:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mgoboard-faq
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What this thread is for: It's an ad-hoc way of tracking what threads and comments get removed. Mods that remove a thread should post the title here with a brief reason as to why the thread is gone.
Don't comment in this thread unless you have to: if you leave an irrelevant comment in this thread it will be deleted (see: "cumbrously long").
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Things we moderate a lot:
- Politics. Don’t you get enough of this everywhere else?
- Noise/snowflakes. We ask our moderators to try really hard not to censor ideas but some ideas are so tiresome and retread and badly argued that they’re not worth keeping around. If you’re getting a substantial amount of downvotes we’ll look to see if you’re posting an unpopular opinion that you can support. If you can’t support it politely and rationally, or if you don’t acknowledge the holes in your argument, it’s noise.
- Useless content from other sites. Clickbait is annoying. 247, WTKA always get the benefit of the doubt.
- The Drew Sharp Memorial Don’t Feed the Professional Trolls Rule. Pete Finebaum has taken the place of the late Sharp. Valenti and Chatsports are the other two on the ban list. Bleacher Report is off the list but still under close observation.
- Bewbs and general misogyny/objectifying of women. We tried one year of this and our female readership shot up after being really low. This means it’s a good rule: however much you enjoy cutting loose with the guys, we have tens of thousands of readers it drives away.
Hall of Stickies Past:
The first, the second, the third. the fourth. The fifth. The sixth. The seventh.
Great Moments in Moderation:
- "MODS: Please activate Death Star and obliterate this post."
- He's going to Eastern Michigan
- No Assclowns.jpg
- Most. Offseason. Thng. Ever.
- Where "Snowflakes" comes from
- BiSB is THE KNOWLEDGE
- That's not how the internet works, profit. NEG!
- Bad at spam
- We lost to who?
- This is funnier if you imagine it's Hoke and DB fighting.
- On politics in general and that one really political guy.
- More on politics
- Seth on censorship vs. noise.
Cam
December 11th, 2018 at 11:20 PM ^
What's it gonna take to ban the OP here? https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ohio-state-trolls-winovich
His posting history reveals an obvious OSU troll.
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mgowill
December 15th, 2018 at 9:43 AM ^
Deleted comment by PurpleBeaverEater in the Trevor Keegan post on the board. Comment was inappropriate for a hello post. Account blocked.
Pro tip: when a recruit makes a video/live stream with his family, don’t make lewd comments about the people near him.
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IDKaGoodName
December 17th, 2018 at 5:23 PM ^
Deleted
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Seth
December 17th, 2018 at 4:50 AM ^
Urban Meyer to fly Coach
This thread was fine in that it made fun of another thread that was silly. I removed both.
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agp
December 17th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
Get rid of 'Smegmatic Blue' in the "OT - Online bid pushes for restoring counseling fund for Nassar victims" thread.
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Slim Whitman
December 17th, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
Also the name. Google/urban dictionary smegma, if you don't know
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Amaizing Blue
December 17th, 2018 at 11:37 AM ^
Amen. Smegmatic is either a troll, a complete idiot, or both. And his user name is gross.
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Slim Whitman
December 17th, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
Fwiw, smegmatic means soapy, but is a bad choice in a similar way to using niggardly to say stingy. Legit words that just kind of need to die.
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mgowill
December 17th, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
Thank you for the notification. User banned and thread cleaned up.
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Eli
December 17th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
Seth - On Saturday you said you checked a box that allowed me to earn or lose points. That seems to be working so thanks for that, but I can’t upvote or downvote and I can’t see how other users have voted for me. Is there a chance you can check another box and fix this? Thanks for doing what you do here.
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Seth
December 17th, 2018 at 2:02 PM ^
i check all the boxes. you now own mgoblog. have fun.
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Eli
December 17th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
Lol that makes me feel bad. Thank you though my man.
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Seth
December 18th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
Thank YOU. Also, can I expect a Christmas bonus this year? You know my kid starts kindergarten next year.
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Eli
December 18th, 2018 at 6:54 PM ^
??♂️ I get it man I inconvenienced you. I’m truly sorry. If I hit the Mega Millions or Powerball I promise I will keep that in mind though.... On God.
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mgowill
December 17th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Michigan #4 in AP Poll
Unpublished per OP request because of a copy/paste error.
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Seth
December 17th, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
Cleaned up Isaiah Hole thread
Original poster included Yoder, which is a violation of our "don't even accidentally promote Ace Williams" policy. Because I can't be sure if it was a mistake or Yoder put him up to it, the account was banned with no appeal.
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mgowill
December 17th, 2018 at 9:42 PM ^
5* Georgia QB Transferring
Already posted.
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Seth
December 18th, 2018 at 2:45 PM ^
Don't have to report doubles. Happens all the time.
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mgowill
December 17th, 2018 at 10:26 PM ^
Diagonal Blue and ScooterTooter given some time off.
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HenneGivenSunday
December 17th, 2018 at 10:45 PM ^
I’m shocked that he had just 2 accounts.
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IDKaGoodName
December 18th, 2018 at 12:02 AM ^
Hi mgowill,
I just created a new account and was formerly the PurpleBeaverEater account holder. Took me a few days and a search on the blog to figure out what had happened to my account. After reading your post and tip, I realize exactly what happened. And you are, obviously, completely right about the comment. It was out of line and inappropriate for the topic, and honestly it would be very embarrassing if Trevor or anyone in his circle were to browse the blog and see that here. As a Michigan alum, I hold myself and all alums to a higher standard than that and can honestly say that it was complete oversight and something that I won’t do again in the future.
That being said, I was wondering if I could possibly have my account unlocked? Or if there is something that I can do to get it unlocked in the future? I understand that maybe this isn’t how it works, but I am hoping that might be something that is cool. Also, idk if there is a better way to get into contact with you guys other than posting here like this, or sending spam email to Seth or Brian through the “contact” tab. I kind of already sent Brian an email or 2 through there without knowing that one of these threads was probably a more appropriate place to raise my questions.
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Seth
December 23rd, 2018 at 9:26 AM ^
I like this account name better.
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Cam
December 18th, 2018 at 9:38 AM ^
Troll in the dungeons:
https://mgoblog.com/users/billy
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mgowill
December 18th, 2018 at 1:14 PM ^
Sam Webb +1 for Cornelius Johnson #39 WR
Already posted so I let the first one stay up
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Alton
December 18th, 2018 at 2:11 PM ^
This is quite a posting history here. You might want to consider an appropriate action for somebody impersonating a former Michigan athlete, if nothing else.
https://mgoblog.com/users/marcusray98
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MGoPoints: 13321
Seth
December 18th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
Blocked. Real name is Boris.
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Seth
December 18th, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
XXX offers free tickets to the QuickLane bowl, must be a Veteran to qualify
MODS PLEASE BE MORE VIGILANT ABOUT DIARIES
It would have been one thing if this user had posted this advertisement AFTER CHECKING WITH ME as a board thread. He posted it as a diary for higher visibility, has been around more than long enough to know the difference, and didn't run it by anybody first. Board thread I would have removed it and issued a warning. Doing as he did the longtime user lost his account, no appeal.
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mgowill
December 19th, 2018 at 12:08 PM ^
It takes a special king of stupid to be an RCMB member
Took it down. Lets celebrate our recruiting today
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mgowill
December 19th, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^
Now what?
Dropped because it was a snowflake post. Hit up the other dozen recruiting posts for more play time.
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Magnus
December 19th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
I'm still amazed that this kind of stuff is allowed to exist on the board:
LINK
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McSomething
December 19th, 2018 at 8:20 PM ^
Seconded. Dudeness just needs to be made gone from here. I honestly can't think of a more condescending and combative person on this site.
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mgowill
December 20th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
His Dudeness account banned. Deleted some of the comments. The context of why he was banned is still there, just not all of the words that got him banned.
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MGoPoints: 18545
Wolverheel
December 19th, 2018 at 8:23 PM ^
Maizen's new profile (Ketchup McPasty). Seth, Brian, someone, if it's at all possible I implore you guys to try and figure out a solution to allow IP banning for guys like this and "His Dudeness." It's been making the board extremely toxic lately.
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Don
December 20th, 2018 at 8:36 AM ^
Mods: the new troll account Kethup McPasty has all the signs of being the same asshole as the Franklin Hatchett account which was deep-sixed a few months ago: a fake persona using tired identity clichés in a vain attempt to convey persona legitimacy.
Please nuke it. Thanks, D
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Yessir
December 20th, 2018 at 12:59 PM ^
Agree with Don. The Appreciation thread for recruiting team was not only hijacked, but he turned it negative.
Most of us are on other message boards and if there's one rule I like on others, its the strict Appreciation thread rule of 'if you don't have anything good to say, move on. Don't post here.'
If someone posts an appreciation thread for Dave Brandon, one hopes there would be no replies as an example or 'I appreciate that he left', but start another thread if you want to bash the subject of the thread.
just my 2 cents
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mgowill
December 20th, 2018 at 1:22 PM ^
Account nuked.
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KO Stradivarius
December 21st, 2018 at 11:07 AM ^
Another incarnation of Maizen/Diagonal Blue/Bluey, etc. New account popped up the same day Diag Blue was banned.:This guy (Shawn Martin) can't help himself and continues to be a dickish douchebag, see JDJ thread.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/hello-jd-johnson-2020-qb
https://mgoblog.com/users/bexster
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mgowill
December 21st, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
Account blocked.
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JPC
December 21st, 2018 at 8:21 PM ^
That Tennessee fan that got banned earlier is probably back - if not with multiple accounts. They're in the Crouch thread.
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Hei2man
December 21st, 2018 at 10:27 PM ^
This guy needs dealt with:
https://mgoblog.com/users/vols
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JPC
December 21st, 2018 at 10:34 PM ^
Indeed. They can all eat a lemon flavored dick.
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You Only Live Twice
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
I see the Mods have been extra busy this week... if it isn't asking too much, is there any way to tell if the slew of accounts created on 12/21 (and one at 3 am today) are the same person? It seems weird that a Tennessee fan would suddenly become that obsessed with trolling the board. I would guess it's more likely someone from either MSU or OSU.. and the childish attack style seems oddly familiar. Then again anything's possible.
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Seth
December 23rd, 2018 at 9:30 AM ^
For security reasons we don't have that feature (mod powers are actually pretty limited because that's an easy gateway).
The new members feed is a tab I keep open and have to flush daily. You can tell pretty easily which are spambots, which are trolls, and which are actual new users.
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scootertooter2
December 26th, 2018 at 10:18 AM ^
I would like my account reinstated as I was banned for being accused of being Maizen. If you looka at my posting history its clearly not true.
Then I just made a nonsense name, Scootertooter, that was banned because I had the audacity to agree with Maizen in a thread where a bunch of people were seriously pretending like Georgia losing their back-up QB was the same thing as Aubrey Solomon transferring. How someone who could have posted positive threads after the Notre Dame game and the Ohio State game could be confused with Maizen is beyond me, but hey, you do you mgowill. Modding is an emotional game.
https://mgoblog.com/comment/243059101
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/relevant-big-ten-teams-vs-ranked-road-opponents-2007
https://mgoblog.com/comment/243204762
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Seth
December 26th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
Your basis for reinstatement is you're too easily mistaken for Maizen? Maybe that's not the best defense?
If it was Will who banned you talk to Will. I'm not going through your entire posting history to guess what did it.
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scootertooter2
December 26th, 2018 at 1:32 PM ^
In a single thread because anyone who agrees with Maizen gets accused of being Maizen.
I posted three threads that I created this past season in my response to you that would make it pretty clear to anyone who frequents the board that I am not Maizen. Does he seem like the type who would look for silver linings after the Ohio State and Notre Dame games?
Edit:
Here is the thread.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/justin-fields-announces-intent-transfer-georgia?page=2#comment-243243528
If you want to say I could have held off on a few replies, sure fine. But claiming I'm Maizen because I agreed with him in this thread and was arguing with people over a legit point (that the Fields transfer is different than the Solomon transfer) is overly harsh.
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mgowill
December 26th, 2018 at 2:18 PM ^
I have restored your account. One of the things that gets difficult in moderating is when someone is arguing a point and when they cross the line into trolling.
So I would agree with your statement about emotion, because in that thread you were emotional and telling people they just didn’t get your point and then it got to name calling. In the future I would suggest just letting it go might be a good idea. Make your point, back it up, and let the audience decide or argue for themself. The problem I have with people getting riled up and bitching in a thread about a player, is that the players do read this stuff - not all of them - but it is reason for caution.
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ScooterTooter
December 26th, 2018 at 2:24 PM ^
Appreciate it.
Also, I will definitely do my best to avoid the argumentative, repetitive responses in the future. Generally, my rule of thumb is once its off the main page, let it go. Unfortunately, it was a particularly boring night and I found the tone of many of the people responding that I disagreed with exasperating to say the least.
I know modding is a tough job and thank you for doing it. Its probably better for board quality to have a heavy hand when it comes to banning and blocking.
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mgowill
December 26th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
The JBB thread right now is a good example. There would soon be three pages of the same responses, some with more vitriol than others. Every few minutes a new comment is added but when they get that large, you don’t know where the new comment was made. I locked the thread because I think that thread will only go south from where it currently is.
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Seth
December 26th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
JBB
?
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