Moderator Action Sticky 2017
New offseason, new sticky, because these get cumbrously long.
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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 will moderate so hard that if we were the government you’d probably have a 1st Amendment case but we’re not so shaddup about your freedom of speech this ain’t no democracy it’s just a message board run by people who believe in democracy.
- Politics. Don’t you get enough of this everywhere else?
How moderation looks from our end. - Noise. We ask our moderators to try really hard not to censor ideas, but we do control noise. 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. There are a lot of sites feeding a lot of Michigan content out there, and a lot of that is good stuff. But more than ever these days a lot of it is just stuff which tries to tickle your fancy or make you mad about something. 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. By the time you have enough points to post an article you should know that some people make a living off of trying to get the legions of Michigan fans angry enough to click.
- 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.
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.
- Seth on censorship vs. noise.
November 24th, 2017 at 11:30 PM ^
I think at some point I said I'd never criticize the mods here again if they did that. I'm a man of my word, well done Seth and LSA.
November 24th, 2017 at 11:31 PM ^
Double post, lo ciento.
November 26th, 2017 at 9:37 PM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 6:37 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 5:43 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2017 at 1:51 PM ^
PSD tax deduction is dead
If it is somehow possible, feel free to try this thread again.
It became too infested with breakages of the "no politics" rule to clean up though.
December 2nd, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^
Aw man, I had a whole tax policy write-up I was preparing to share with the board. As a tax accountant it was my time to shine!
December 3rd, 2017 at 2:20 PM ^
Could somebody with some power take a look at this thread and take some appropriate action? Or if no action is needed, could you explain the reason? I know nobody is "owed" an explanation, but I would like to hear one if a moderator is willing to give one.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:47 PM ^
Viva La Cash Cab
December 7th, 2017 at 8:47 AM ^
I was scrolling through the thread and saw this:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/posters-100-points-can-comment-again#comment-4808110
I don’t know if politics/racism was the reason he got banned, but if so he clearly hasn’t learned anything. This isn’t the first time this guy has done this, either. Check the posting history.
December 7th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
OT - Valenti is seriously butthurt about the Ole Miss kids.
No Valenti.
December 9th, 2017 at 3:29 PM ^
December 10th, 2017 at 9:04 PM ^
Mods won't have to, the community is ensuring no voting ability or starting threads....
December 9th, 2017 at 8:01 PM ^
December 10th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
Longtime user probably made a mistake, but still published a chatsports thing right after a moderated thread covering it. Bolivia till the end of the year.
December 10th, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^
Clearly a troll. Just posting in old threads and responding to himself.
December 11th, 2017 at 9:46 AM ^
This person is trolling.
December 11th, 2017 at 11:13 AM ^
This is very distasteful. May I suggest that this needs something beyond just an account deletion, if you are able to do IP bans?
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/alumni-productivity-tracker#comment-4815454
EDIT: Oh, look, 2 other "characters" who joined in the last few days are praising the bullying. One of those "characters" seems to be a re-hash of something you guys got rid of a week or so ago:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/alumni-productivity-tracker#comment-4815625
December 11th, 2017 at 11:26 AM ^
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December 11th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
itsinyomouth
December 11th, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^
Debbie downer question on Ole Miss transfers
There was no way this thread was going to go well.
December 12th, 2017 at 7:50 AM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 11:19 AM ^
Most definitely a troll account towards the bottom of the 'Bowl Ticket question' thread.
Might just want to nuke that one immediately.
December 12th, 2017 at 11:23 AM ^
Thirded, and all the other numbers after that.
December 12th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
This is that same person who was doing the same unpleasant thing yesterday.
Is there a way to IP ban this person, or is this something where you have to hope that this person eventually gets tired of creating multiple new accounts every day?
December 12th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
December 12th, 2017 at 12:02 PM ^
I agree, although the person in question claims their purpose for posting is to intimidate another user into staying off of the board:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/bowl-ticket-question#comment-4817630
December 14th, 2017 at 10:29 PM ^
I've never upvoted any of my posts.
That's below the belt.
But keep speculating if that's what helps you sleep at night.
December 14th, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
Clearly NOT the same person.
I think it's hilarious that there are 4 WD tribute accounts!
December 12th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
New account as of today. I hate that I even know this but his avatar is WD's girlfriend which seems to be a below the belt troll job to me. See comment #4 in the wrestling thread.
I find WD annoying and childish but he also produces actual content. This kind of trolling seems wrong to me.
*Edit: I see others above me agree
December 12th, 2017 at 2:10 PM ^
TooBusy is gone for the moment.
We'll see what the next incarnation is, I suppose, but I will say this - as complex as the board's collective feelings are regarding WD, to go to these lengths to intimidate the kid is simply a shitty thing to do. Of course, too many people who do shitty things either don't realize that they are or fully realize it and don't care so long as their need to feel important is maintained. I suspect TooBusy (formerly numerous accounts) is in the latter category.
Just report the next account here when you see it and we'll take care of it ASAP.
December 13th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
Pump the brakes on next year
Criticism and threads providing a reason to temper expectations are fine as always, but there' no way this one goes well at 154 downvotes.
December 13th, 2017 at 5:49 PM ^
It wasn't spectacular, but I feel that nuking the thread is unecessary. The downvotes were mostly disagreement with the opinion and the methodology. The original post was not inflammatory and some reasonable discussion occurred in response. I disagreed with the post, but personally I think it should have remained. No offense intended to the hard-working mods who have to make these calls.
December 14th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
His Dudeness is at it again:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/tommy-tremble-not-looking-good#comment-4821…
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/um-grads-dilemna-play-soccer-game-north-kor…
He was warned by Seth not long ago:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/insult-injury-logan-brown-commits-wisconsin…
December 14th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
I'll stop making accounts when WD is banned. The purpose of this sticky is to clean up the noise.
Well, with WD, there's too much noise.
He's NOT bigger than the blog.
December 15th, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
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December 17th, 2017 at 9:49 PM ^
Such sudden insight from a new account. Your points mission has been hindered since people are on to you.
BTW mods this: http://mgoblog.com/users/yes-you
One person who has who knows how many accounts, some of which survive, some don't. Has never learned how to use apostrophes.