META: Where the fuck are the mods?

Submitted by Bambi on

Sensationalist title, I know. I obviously appreciate everything the mods do and realize it's a very tough job, especially with the new site and all its issues.

That being said I felt like this was the best way to get the point across. There have been a litany of OSU (and MSU but mostly OSU right now) trolls on the board recently who have been allowed to post for weeks now with nothing happening to them. A bunch of us have posted in the Mod Action sticky thread asking for bans yet nothing. It's honestly pretty fucking dumb that in every thread we can expect at least one or two OSU fans posting some dick-ish comment knowing they're free to do so because the mods aren't doing anything.

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trueblueintexas

August 14th, 2018 at 6:17 PM ^

Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

Tom Snow

August 14th, 2018 at 6:18 PM ^

They simply don't care. They are fine turning this into a terrible wasteland of racist and sexist posts. 

rob f

August 14th, 2018 at 6:20 PM ^

Bar of soap for you, Bambi!

But yeah, the invasion by OSU trolls has gotten out of hand over the last couple weeks.  I'm sure that if we trolled 11 Warriors at a corresponding level, we'd have been tossed out by now.

MichiganFan1984

August 14th, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^

Agree. The interesting thing though is that there were less trolls from other teams. The trolls in the past were just annoying and said stuff to rile people up. These trolls are a whole new level. I’d trade these pricks away for RDT, Wolverine in a Bag and the Franklin Hatchetts of the world in a heartbeat. This ain’t your daddy’s Mgoblog! 

Mike Damone

August 14th, 2018 at 6:29 PM ^

Try trolling the Ann Arbor City Council elections - they come back quick for such treasonous comments.

And god forbid, no criticisms of Draftageddon - to the dungeon, yon troll!

Gr1mlock

August 14th, 2018 at 8:21 PM ^

Real talk, I didn't even notice it was Bambi who posted this, I just kinda assumed it was one of the people who's been here six months and likes to rant about how awful everything is.  Another piece of functionality lost from v2.0, making who the thread poster is much less obvious.  

greatlakestate

August 14th, 2018 at 6:42 PM ^

I still don't have the ability to up/down vote (I think most people don't... maybe...not sure?)  Multiple downvotes is a BIG hint that the rest of the board is tired of certain people and calls attention to it. Otherwise hgb4529, woody2, scioto and a few others would be deep into negative point territory.

CLion

August 14th, 2018 at 7:26 PM ^

I know I'm in the minority, but I love a good troll. Sloppy trolling is lame, but whatever, easy to dismiss. McFarlin though, I still can't quite figure out. High quality trolling. It's embarrassing that Brian, funkymoses a troll himself, went to great lengths to expose McFarlin's identity. I'll probably get banned for bringing this up, but c'est la vie. On to username #3. 

CLion

August 14th, 2018 at 8:27 PM ^

Dear All,
I present to you, sloppy trolling. Ineffective and also an embarrassing representation of his own fan base and actually humanity itself. His OSU brethern at r/cfb would cringe if they saw this.

-CLion

Winchester Wolverine

August 14th, 2018 at 8:51 PM ^

Tired of your need to spend countless hours on the interwebs, trying ridiculously hard to troll rival fanbases on a message board out of a self-serving desire to fulfill the empty void in your soul? 

WELL TRY THE ALL NEW "LIFE"! Yes! Getting a LIFE has been scientifically proven to boost self-esteem, while simultaneously reducing the chances of being a douche canoe! Why try to fill your emptiness with bringing others down to your level of unfulfilled happiness, when there's a LIFE TO LIVE?!

TRY GETTING ONE TODAY!

Winchester Wolverine

August 14th, 2018 at 9:30 PM ^

No problem, buddy. And, yeah, while we're on the topic of "scrolling on by", have you thought about why you're here in the first place? If you don't like what's going on at your school, perhaps instead of instigating arguments on an online forum dedicated to the rival school that you "dont care about", you could try to mentally handle the Meyer situation all by yourself, without the false sense of validity "because Michigan has done bad stuff too". Sad.

Get the fuck over yourself. So glad you made it your personal responsibility to insert your bullshit takes and contrarian drivel on a football blog in order to break up the "circle jerk echo chamber". What a public service you're providing.

Give yourself a pat on the back.