META: Read this please.
Look, I get it. You're pissed. I'm pissed EVERYONE is pissed. Nothing is going well. Everything is horrible. We get it. But people need to calm the eff down.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Personal attacks on other posters will be treated with extreme prejudice. This goes for long-time posters as well. Call another poster something that a 3rd grader couldn't get away with, and you're going to the penalty box.
- Unnecccesarily personal attacks on players/coaches will be treated likewise. "Devin has really struggled this month" is fine. "Devin sucks" is not. Saying "fuck [Player/Coach X]" will result in an instaban.
- Posts that just whine will be deleted (see: "This offense is UNACCEPTABLE!!!!11").
- Posts that just offer an opinion on long-standing debates will be deleted (see: "I think Michigan should fire Al Borges")
- Repeat offenders will be Bolivianed through bowl season.
None of these are new rules. But consider yourselves warned: Captain Insane-o shows no mercy. Tempt the ban-hammer at your own peril.
In short: KNOCK IT OFF, or be cast upon by the wrath of the mods. We are under martial law. There is no presumption of innocence, no due process, and no First Amendment. The use of unneccesary force in the apprehension of trolls has been authorized.
November 25th, 2013 at 3:19 PM ^
This a thousand times. I've had to use the back button before hitting save at an alarming rate lately. The question I end up asking myself is "Is this really going to contribute anything or is it just going to make this place worse?"
November 25th, 2013 at 12:01 PM ^
The negativity gets contagious. Beat the Bucks!
November 25th, 2013 at 12:04 PM ^
This may sound caustic and overly negative (see Erik-in-Dayton, below), but please, please include in that banhammer list anyone who cannot string a series of sentences together to form a coherent thought. I'm not talking insightful or knowledgeable thought, I'm talking a thought that doesn't sound like it's coming out of a drunk person. These posts are distracting, cause others to lash out, and are embarrassing for the person posting and us as a fanbase.
November 25th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
I am happy to see this. All hail BiSBiño
November 25th, 2013 at 12:23 PM ^
Thank you for keeping us from becoming the RCMB.
Also,
If you can meet with Michigan Footbal Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same on mgoboard.
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Michigan Man.
November 25th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
Thank You!!!
November 25th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Thanks dad
November 25th, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^
I'm usually pretty far behind on mgoblog ongoings, so forgive me, but didn't BiSB retire as a mod like a year ago?
November 25th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
But I pinch-hit from time to time when things get really out of hand and more manpower is needed.
November 25th, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
(best line in the movie "Signs")
November 25th, 2013 at 3:46 PM ^
There is nothing Best from that movie.
November 25th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
this won't reach the posters we need it to reach.
November 25th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
this thread should be titled "OMG FIRE BORGEZ NOW. OPEN APPRECIATION THREAD" or something like that. That would catch peoples eye better.
November 25th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
I blame youth and execution.
November 25th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
Hey mod where have you been all season?
November 25th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
BiSB actually isn't a mod right now (he used to be, but he has a small human to care for, so that takes up his time).
As for the rest, we only have 2 other active mods (to my knowledge, Idk how active Seth is) in JustinGoBlue and LSAClassof2000. They've been working hard to keep everything in check, but it's a lot of work, and they don't get any sort of benefit for it (except that they get to delete their own double posts) and they have jobs/lives of their own so they can't sit around modding the board all day. They do a good job, but its hard to keep up with the recent insanity.
November 25th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
BiSB is doing some combination of picking up my slack and providing help that would be needed anyway. My living and work situation changed big time this football season and I've had to cut back on modding basically because there aren't enough hours in the day.
However, another temporary change will leave me with some more time starting this week, so y'all should be seeing some more of me in the near future, although that thought probably excites nobody (maybe BiSB and LSA haha).
November 25th, 2013 at 1:14 PM ^
FUCK Ohio!! GO BLUE!! that's all.
November 25th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
- Personal attacks on other posters will be treated with extreme prejudice. This goes for long-time posters as well. Call another poster something that a 3rd grader couldn't get away with, and you're going to the penalty box.
Too bad that wasn't enforced when I linked to a long-time poster doing it in the moderator action thread.
November 25th, 2013 at 2:07 PM ^
I think trying to put a lid on the never ending, soul crushing, and very boring negativity is a great idea.
I applaud this effort.
November 25th, 2013 at 2:31 PM ^
Thanks for doing this!
November 25th, 2013 at 3:24 PM ^
Well okay then.