Comment Voting: Back, Modified
Hello. Comment voting is back. As as often the case with these things, I just had to do something entirely different to get it to work. Once I modified the approach it was easy, which… computers, man.
The graying out and highlighting are still a work in progress, but we have restored the status quo ante bellum, pre-slashcomments. I'll probably move the voting thing to the right, but I figured I'd let people get a grasp on the new/old status quo before making further changes.
The system:
You need 100 points to vote and start threads. As per before. No change there.
Upvoting is free and provides two points to the upvoted user. Someone posted something you like. Hurray!
Downvoting costs a point and subtracts a point from the downvoted user. Finally: something to spend your points on. It costs a point to downvote a guy in an effort to mitigate the echo-chamber effect; downvoting is not supposed to be disagreement. It also hurts the downvoted user less than upvoting helps him an effort to only excise folks who get more than two-thirds of the site on their bad side. If this is you… I cannot help you.
THERE IS NO LIMIT. bwahahahahahaha (there should probably be a limit. working on that.)
December 11th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^
I love nothing more than spending virtual currency.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:16 PM ^
Posbang x2 YAAAAYY!!!
December 11th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
will be readable again!!!"
December 11th, 2013 at 8:27 PM ^
Anyone know the conversion rate for bitcoin to mgoblog points?
December 11th, 2013 at 10:02 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^
Just like the old days!
EDIT: Second
December 11th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
Haloscan? Repeatedly refreshing waiting for a new thread? The Groh mafia? Just keep choppin' that wood, man.
Those were some dark times. Made the Borges-hysteria look like a walk in the park.
/get off my lawn
December 11th, 2013 at 7:04 PM ^
What about the Jim Grobe mafia? It had a smaller contingent, but definitely had some supporters at the time.
Haloscan wasn't bad, though, because there was a lot less "mainstream" readership at the time; it was pretty much only die-hard Michigan fans who'd gone looking for MgoBlog specifically or who had happened upon it via happenstance/internet search for Michigan blogs back in the blogspot days. And those days were glorious; I heard Les Miles bought a home in Barton Hills on Haloscan, after all.
December 12th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
Upvote for your avatar!
December 11th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^
may we remember nothing else from this year!
December 11th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
Are neg comments going to be hidden?
Edit: I should read.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
December 12th, 2013 at 1:14 AM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
Brian:
December 11th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty. Free at last.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:04 PM ^
w00t! And hopefully the board will move closer to sanity.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
December 12th, 2013 at 9:47 AM ^
The disappointing season coupled with comments going commando kept me in lurk mode for much of the year. Thank you Brian & Co
December 11th, 2013 at 4:04 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 4:07 PM ^
I'm pretty sure that's accurate. Pretty sure...
December 11th, 2013 at 4:07 PM ^
99k in the red here
December 11th, 2013 at 4:19 PM ^
If you ask nicely, ProfitGoBlue used to represent Bolivians pro bono.
December 11th, 2013 at 5:02 PM ^
You remembered! That was a good time.
December 11th, 2013 at 6:25 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 7:48 PM ^
That was some serious fun. Here's hoping there's many more good times like that on the Board to come!
(Next time'll cost ya, though!)
December 12th, 2013 at 12:07 AM ^
Now, I'm being paid off by the Bolivian Office of Economic Development, Tourism, Travel and Banishments.
December 11th, 2013 at 5:09 PM ^
How does this even happen?
December 11th, 2013 at 4:08 PM ^
It's like 2009 all over again!
But without the seven losses!
December 11th, 2013 at 4:25 PM ^
So basically it's exactly like 2010? Beat ND, lose to State, lose to Iowa, lose to OSU, lose to PSU and head to the bowl game 7-5. If not for the Wisconsin scheduling ommission it would be back to the future II
December 11th, 2013 at 4:51 PM ^
Damn, that just hurt me as much as it hurt you.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:08 PM ^
This is just like how you make BitCoins, right?
December 11th, 2013 at 4:22 PM ^
but let's just say I used to have a LOT more MGoPoints before a recent trip down the Silk Road . . . .
December 11th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^
Fire Borges!
Let's test out this PosBang thing... yea, that's it.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^
This just saved MgoBlog from falling to the trolls and other idiots who exist to cause chaos!
December 11th, 2013 at 7:17 PM ^
Safe for now...although never doubt the ability of the troll to evolve and adapt. Because nothing spurs the destructive ability of a troll quite like functions meant to limit trolling.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:55 PM ^
The Trolls were created by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies.
And they have a plan.
December 12th, 2013 at 8:57 AM ^
And they look like us, now.
December 11th, 2013 at 10:02 PM ^
we as a collective need to stay on the lookout for douchery, in whatever form. It's like I always like to say, being nice should come easy, being an asshole takes effort and generally indicates an unhappy person, easy choice really.
Thanks Brian, I'm really glad you worked hard to get this accomplished, I really appreciate all the work you and the staff does, we are truly lucky to have you guys, keep up the great work!!!
Go Blue!!!
December 11th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
Excellent!
December 11th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
I'm afraid to comment. My ego can't take the rejection.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
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