Dear Mods: We Have a Troll Infestation
Normally, I never see flat-out trolls allowed to stick around on the board. There are borderline cases here and there, sure, but today we have a couple of guys on the board today just devoted to trolling and nothing else. What gives?
MODS: Thank you. I am glad Tampa is back to being a serial killer, and Paul Finebaum retured to Tuscaloosa...
December 19th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
I've heard this complaint before. I don't mind a well thought out argument on any subject, negative or positive, but the negative ones are virtually never reasonable. People's "critiques" claim to identify the causes of problems, but they have no concept of evidence and no data, i.e. amateurs with no background expertise about what's likely or probable in a given situation, and no first hand knowledge either. It just amounts to bitching about outcomes.
December 18th, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
I think the newbie trolls are actually one of the long-time users trying to force the MGoOverLords to change the policy on creating screen names. If there are enough garbage accounts in play (and right now there are a TON active on the board) then maybe they'll do something abou it.
Trying to find an explanation for what's going on. That's the best I've got......
December 18th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
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December 18th, 2017 at 4:29 PM ^
December 19th, 2017 at 12:17 AM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 4:33 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
(calls OTHER posters insecure nerds)
December 18th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
Do we really not know who is doing this? Really?
You know. I know. We know.
December 18th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
Is there really a list of banned users we can look up? Is this from what Brian mentioned a few weeks ago about people being banned for ripping O'korn?
Thanks for any clarification. Think I'm way out of the loop.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
I'd rather not be the one who drops the name, but I'm pretty certain that at least a few of these are one person who is pretty well known around here. Hasn't Benn posting much lately though, he's been very busy from what I've heard.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
Hopefully Brian can look up the IP and just ban the IP. If it's a usual poster, that may be a pretty large blow to not be able to even lurk here. That seems like a lot of effort if it's just one guy making a bunch of accounts. Also, the targets seem random as some of the fake accounts aren't posters that I see every day. It is targets of some guys that seem more like casual posters.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
I don't think they're all the same person, just several of them. The first few seemed pretty obvious to me, the new ones I'm not sure.
December 18th, 2017 at 9:17 PM ^
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December 18th, 2017 at 7:26 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
And he continually uses a photograph of a donation letter from the Athletic Department as if it's teflon from any criticism of his actions, when not trying to act like him receiving that letter makes him a better/truer fan than the person he's deploying it against.
If these accounts are truly his, well, that's a new low.
December 18th, 2017 at 9:26 PM ^
December 19th, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
My team is in the Outback Bowl you so desperately covet (why anyone would WANT to play in the Outback Bowl is beyond me).
— † Wolverine Devotee (@UMichWD) December 4, 2017
I also am a donor to the U-M Athletic Department. Let me know how much you donate to yours. Apparently not enough since the facilities are ass pic.twitter.com/GUkQnXqRK6
December 19th, 2017 at 2:04 PM ^
And never mind that the person he was attacking actually went to MSU and made sure he knew it, and his response was "well, I donate to Michigan." Because it's equivalent.
December 19th, 2017 at 6:19 PM ^
I think this person gets confused too that rooting for Michigan isn't exaclty like rooting for the Lions or Red Wings... Michigan is a place where we go and bust our asses and earn something which will set us up for the rest of our lives.
Well, at least I did. I didn't come from any kind of privilege or anything. I worked three jobs and put myself through school. Sometimes the social life suffered and I didn't sleep for 5 years.
It's cool to be a fan. You can be a fan even if you didn't go to school there. But don't insult the people who have accomplished something more than mailing in a check.
December 18th, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^
December 19th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
I leave mgoblog two days ago for awhile and now I hear the site is up in smoke.
— † Wolverine Devotee (@UMichWD) May 4, 2017
December 18th, 2017 at 4:22 PM ^
I am not able to view this site on mobile anymore. Ads pop up on my iphone within seconds. I am not sure why this started to happen or how to stop it. More concerned about this than a couple of trolls.
December 18th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 4:38 PM ^
MGoBlog App for That
December 18th, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^
There used to be a great ios app, but then it died.
The response from the powers that be regarding an app was something along the lines of, "lol, I have android."
December 18th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
Download purify for ios. I get no ads on mobile.
December 18th, 2017 at 8:44 PM ^
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December 18th, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
I blame fake news.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:02 PM ^
I blame badgers.
December 18th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
This site has 1 mod. A site this big should have way more than 1 regular mod.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:23 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
People are weird.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:47 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
December 19th, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^
Gee thanks - fucking spoiler.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:31 PM ^
they think their lives are better on a Michigan site or article. Followers ... A true compliment.
December 18th, 2017 at 5:41 PM ^
OK, I took out Tampa and PAUL FINEBAUM IS A YOU-KNOW-WHAT....
Am I missing anyone else? Wait, don't answer that. I am sure I am.
JFC, what did the rest of us do to warrant this behavior?
December 18th, 2017 at 5:44 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 5:58 PM ^
Sandman?
December 18th, 2017 at 7:05 PM ^
Can we buy you a flamethrower for Christmas?