[Meta] Why are users with -800 points allowed to even comment?
I'm really tired of these racist trolls peppering comments throughout every goddamn post.
Can we just make it so users with -100 MGoPoints or worse automatically cannot comment? And then maybe in the weird case where this was undeserved, they can be restored by the mods?
January 16th, 2018 at 8:15 PM ^
Oh YEAH!
January 16th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
Hey, what did i do?
January 16th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^
to count to 13 or however many teams are actually in this conference
January 16th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
There you go - ban anything BLACK.
Haha, not sure that would work so well! LMAO!!!
January 16th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
thats racist.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:27 PM ^
Maybe the answer is just to ignore these sorts of posts. Whoever is doing this gets off on the attention.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:30 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 2:41 PM ^
Many people simply cannot help themselves but reply. The trolls know that, too.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:47 PM ^
I am guilty of replying. But every time I do he/she just responds with the same schtick, so it just adds fuel to the fire. I guess if you have the mindset that being a troll is fun, you're already sort of fucked in the head. Having someone named Marvin tell you politely to stop isn't going to change that.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
How about everyone who posts behave like an adult and refrain from deploying personnas steeped in offensive and tired racial stereotypes?
January 16th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
Cue the "wat did i do 2 u?"
January 16th, 2018 at 2:54 PM ^
If I can't hide behind an anonymous online persona and spew crap that I would never have the balls to say to a person's face, then what's the point of using the internet?
Besides porn, of course.
January 16th, 2018 at 4:01 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
Wish I hadn't gone long on all those Betamax machines
January 16th, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 7:24 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
If they are unable to comment, then they would not be able to redeem points and get back in the positive. This would just push them to create a new user name.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
Yes, they would have to create a new username every time they wanted to comment. Make it as difficult and annoying for them as possible.
And if you get a dozen new registrations for racist trolls from the same IP address, then you could in theory hit that IP with a hammer. Could they then spoof another IP address? Sure, but at this point I think a vast majority of these idiots would give up.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:29 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 2:57 PM ^
HOW DARE YOU SAY WE HAVE THIN SKIN!!!
January 16th, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
Since we've figured out who it is, the problem is clear. This person wants a negative response to force structural changes, so they keep upping the annoyance ante. We then get the racism, the posting first in every thread, the posting nonstop. It becomes impossible to ignore, which is the whole point.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
Has the culprit been identifiied? (Some threads appear and disappear so quickly I don't know if it was mentioned elsewhere.) I know some posters assume that it is a WD persona, but is that anything more than speculation? Just wondering what the consensus is right now.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 3:41 PM ^
Who else has THAT much free time to comment as much as that user did?
January 16th, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
I don't think it's fair to say that we "know" who the culprit is. Many suspect, but a lot of suspicion comes from people predisposed to dislike their suspect anyway.
I have stated that I consider the scenario plausible; perhaps even likely. But there are other people who may have beefs with the board who may be abusing it, and the pattern began almost at the same time as a different user got caved, barely to return.
It's worth noting that is the "scenario" we suspect is indeed the case, it is idiotic; but it did start with a pretty awful series of abusive accounts directed at the person who is now the perp. An immature response does not justify an immature provocation.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
He's slipped a couple times, and the rise of these stupid accounts comes conveniently at the exact same time he has all but disappered from the board. You could love extraneous t-shirt threads and still realize the glaringly obvious culprit here.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
If "the person who is now the perp" is the person whom many are attributing these troll-like accounts to, it should be noted that that person through their twitter account professes to be of a religious denomination - before admitting to being a Michigan Wolverine fanatic - one of whose basic tenets is, "turn the other cheek." Throwing a three-months long (or longer?) hissy fit in anger over site moderation practices while engaging in virulent racial stereotypes suggests to me that this person, at the very least, needs to perform an examination of conscience and seek forgiveness.
If I'm wrong about who the person who is now the perp is, I apologize.
January 16th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
it won't have been the 1st time a religious person will have turned out to have been doing horrible things.
in an unrelated note, I wonder what church Larry Nassar attended in EL?
January 16th, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
"On the other hand, if the perp is irreligious, it won't be the first time an irreligious person will have turned out to be have been doing horrible things. Stalin didn't go to church either."
See how idiotic that sounds? 1. To make it an issue of religion. 2. To equate internet trolling to systematic sexual abuse.
C'mon, man, do better.
January 16th, 2018 at 4:50 PM ^
that's not the point. It was implied that, as a religious person (apparently assumed via twitter) that somehoe he should hold himself to that higher standard.
the guy being or not being religious should have no bearing on his character or ability to redeem himself here at all. he could be the fucking pope and I wouldn't think anything more of him re: this bullshit that's been happening here lately.
"On the other hand, if the perp has a mustache, it won't be the first time an mustacheoed person will have turned out to be have been doing horrible things."
of course it's idiotic. that's my point
January 16th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 4:53 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 6:17 PM ^
Missed the point.
WD has a cross in his Twitter info.
He advertises he's a Catholic.
WD is one of the biggest jerks on here -- hence the hypocrisy/irony-related comment.
January 16th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
But if you do intimate that someone does it, and that person is innocent, you are guilty of calumny. And even if he did do it, you are guilty of detraction.
Best to not accuse others publicly of faults.
Wait... am I detracting? hmm emoji
January 16th, 2018 at 5:33 PM ^
I think not. Trying to get someone to refrain from engaging in racist stereotyping is a valid reason for pointing out their hypocrisy. I'll admit, it was a bit of a "Hail Mary" pass. So be it...
January 17th, 2018 at 12:13 PM ^
It can be pointed out to the internet persona without calling someone who should be presumed to be anonymous out by name.
January 16th, 2018 at 6:16 PM ^
Name your names.
Personally, I think that would be a great thread!
I'm curious becuase I've been attributed to 5 DIFFERENT accounts. Everyone guessed wrong. One person was hell bent on who I was though (funny enough, that accuser got banned too!)
If you guess correctly, I promise to reveal myself!
January 16th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
Right--I hated those parody accounts as well and sympathized with the victim. I said as much at the time. At this point, my well of sympathy is all dried up though.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
It may be "impossible" to miss, but it's EASY to ignore - I do!
Just move on
January 16th, 2018 at 2:30 PM ^
The website gets updated, and you don't feed the trolls.
I for one would appreciate posts complaining about posts posters and all lead to a banning. Everyone gets a ban.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
Why not just lump in all people who consistently make political statements, Left or Right (I'm looking at you FauxMo). I came here for Michigan sports news, not CNN shit or Breitbart shit
January 16th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
CNN is not equivalent to Breitbart. This comparison is in itself a political statement.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
Instead of CNN,
Im not sure it was meant as a direct comparison, the point that any biased news, or really any non UM news should be left for else where.
Hopefully the general discourse will be better under President Facebook
January 17th, 2018 at 11:39 AM ^
Note: this is a news comment, not a political comment:
In my opinion CNN jumped the shark from being a news organization a long time ago. Somehow they decided to take the agenda themed strategy from Fox, and fill the day with "breaking news" editorial round table discussion. What is discussed may be vetted with a news level of veracity better than others, but they have come a long way from the news reporting agency they used to be (e.g., during the first Gulf War) - especially Headline News - all in the name of ratings. To me, this is a big reason they are being challenged.
In my view all the cable news channels have become equally unwatchable, because you have to gleen the actual factual news out of the endless editorial discussion of opinions on "the news channel".
Of course what do I know - to me news should be like old school Walter Cronkite news, where the news is presented and there may be an editorial short as part of the broadcast.
January 16th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
There's bias and fake news everywhere now. And I was not excusing Fox News
January 17th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
If by bias and fake news you mean endless editorial discussion of opinions about the news to support an agenda - then yes.
This is very different however, from presenting unverified content from the internet or other sources as news.
January 16th, 2018 at 2:53 PM ^
everyone can agree to dislike racists.
January 16th, 2018 at 3:58 PM ^
Ok, this is vaguely political - before 45 CNN was thought of as just another MSM news outlet, nothing too overtly political. Certainly NOT the representing the "left" to Breitbart's "right"!
But it's indicative of how far to the right the bar has been moved now that anyone but the pres & his most ardent followers would ever consider CNN as some sort of mouthpiece of the left!
Pretty sure they're NOT Bernie Sanders' go-to for political commentary!
Now, carry on banning people!