Moderator Action Sticky 2020
[LOCKED. Time for a new thread, which is here]
Please don't post on here unless it's for Moderator Actions because they get cumbrously long.
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REMINDER THAT SHARING TROLLS COUNTS AS TROLLING: Sometimes desperately lazy outlets hire trolls, or trolls who are good at social media build enough of a following, that they become a headache for us, spreading hate or falsehoods. Because having them repeated on our site can directly harm us, if you're on the message board you should be aware that posting something from them could get you banned. They are:
- SirYacht/Chat Sports/James Yoder - Fake news merchant who likes to make up plausible rumors or report non-sure things to get a false scoop.
- Any local Spartan media when they talk about Michigan. Unless they're yelling "MAKE PLAYS!"
Pete Finebaum: FoxNews for SEC fans. Occasionally useful to them but the only times he's intersecting with us is when he's carrying Saban's water. - Rainer Sabin: Finebaum wannabe hired by the Freep to troll Michigan fans.
- Steve Deace: Curiously well-funded white supremacist radio host who's got such a small Michigan following you can safely assume anyone posting positively about him is Deace and ban him again. Running joke among Michigan media members because he creates lots of burner accounts to promote himself. Type of person who plays the "they hate me for my politics" card in hopes someone's dumb enough to switch their morning breakfast cereal to flavorless cardboard flakes to own the libs. Recently booted by Maven for advocating lynching.
- Barstool: People who took the freedom of young internet too seriously because really what they wanted to do the whole time was propagate bad ideas.
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Seth
September 8th, 2020 at 5:37 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/harrybigcojones
Banned troll.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
crg
September 8th, 2020 at 6:00 PM ^
Long overdue - well done.
Just looking over the new mod sticky - seems a bit more.... political... than usual.
Joined: 04/30/2015
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johnnywalkerblue
September 21st, 2020 at 4:33 PM ^
Yes a lot of conservative Trump folks hmm
Joined: 04/26/2016
MGoPoints: 540
McSomething
September 9th, 2020 at 8:48 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/buckeye-troll
Joined: 09/29/2010
MGoPoints: 36898
Shop Smart Sho…
September 10th, 2020 at 7:54 AM ^
At some point a "report this account" button would be awesome.
Sexism and trolling
https://mgoblog.com/users/mrawatson
Trolling
https://mgoblog.com/users/buckeye-troll
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 9599
TIMMMAAY
September 10th, 2020 at 2:44 PM ^
I have never posted to these threads before, but this guy; https://www.mgoblog.com/users/mdoggy10
I was threatened with mod action some weeks ago for telling someone to "fuck themselves", which fair enough. But since then I have seen at least ten instances of either "fuck you", "fuck off", "go fuck yourself", or others with nary a warning uttered. Just saying.
Joined: 09/08/2008
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rob f
September 10th, 2020 at 3:59 PM ^
I honestly haven't EVER seen this guy's posts, TIMMMAAY. And looking right now at his account, I only see 2 new posts. Everything else is June or earlier.
It's entirely possible there were other posts and/or threads in which he posted that were deleted; if that's the case those comments are lost in cyberspace. I can only take action on what I see.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
BoFan
September 10th, 2020 at 4:19 PM ^
I see two new posts with FY and idiot from the guy and an older posting history that together seems to meet the banning criteria you once posted (IIRC): Misinformation about science, saying racist names aren’t racist, no sports posts in a long time. But it’s a judgement call. I’m only commenting here because he’s at 96 points. Uh oh!
Joined: 03/09/2012
MGoPoints: 20071
TIMMMAAY
September 10th, 2020 at 5:00 PM ^
I know, I get it. Just had to point this one out. I didn't mean that he was the one dropping all the f-you's, just that I've noticed at least that many, from a lot of folks.
Joined: 09/08/2008
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Shop Smart Sho…
September 10th, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
Nevermind. Not sure how this ended up here.
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 9599
rob f
September 10th, 2020 at 6:52 PM ^
TIMMMAAY, BoFan, ShopSmart---how bout chillin a bit, I banned "doggy10" and 4 others well over a couple hours ago. Maybe I didn't word my previous reply to you, TIMMMAAY, as well as I could/should have. My point wasn't that I'm not going to ban him, it was that I had not seen any complaints about that particular account nor had I seen his posts myself, until you posted that link.
My point I was trying to make when I posted something like "I can't ban what I don't see" is that there's no way I can possibly go through each and every thread, every post, numerous times. And yes, the toughest threads are most often the ones that end up with 100+ posts that actively are getting threaded replies which go off on tangents. For instance, I might read or skim through an entire 100-200 (or more!) posts only to find a couple hours later that it has mushroomed to 300-400 posts with replies on each and every page. You all gotta realize that this means skimming again and again thru each and every page over and over at least until it falls off the front page or two of the board. Even a link to an offending post takes time to search out: for instance the ones posted in the sticky today were mostly buried deep in each thread, the one TIMMMAAY linked was on page 4 of a 5-page thread. Needle in a haystack, y'all?
At best, if I have every day off work and spend hours each day on the blog I might have time to read 25% of the board. Right now it's closer to 10% because I still do have a full-time job and a life that includes family and friends and yes, even occasionally some sleep. I took most of this holiday weekend off the board and off work, instead spending time up north, including meeting Seth (great guy, spent a couple hours in conversation with him including a discussion about the MGoBoard itself) up in Beulah MI at the HTTV event, visiting XM's farm which was another lonnnng drive away, then spending the rest of Saturday and all of Sunday visiting my elderly aunt and uncle and numerous other relatives at their cottages near Baldwin.
If this board had a way to notify me of locations of new posts, it would be much easier to patrol. That's why I depend so much on being notified here on the "mod sticky" with clickable links. At very least, I'll research and either ban or physically write down their username on my "watch list".
PLEASE, continue to notify the mods here. It really does help! Though I won't guarantee a particular user will get banned until I investigate (EXCEPTION: the 3 am "massacre" about a week ago when I banned 9 accounts with practically no investigation of the individuals because I was majorly PISSED), it'll get my attention, and when possible and practical, a reply.
Have patience, please.
(Edit---and now I see you edited your post,"shop smart". But my reply still stands.???)
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BoFan
September 11th, 2020 at 1:03 AM ^
Hey Rob, I wasn't complaining and I wasn’t disagreeing with your no-ban. I wondered over here for another reason and saw TIMMMAY’s post and wanted to back him up. Especially since he’s dangerously risked crossing the line a few too many times and we all share his frustration.
Keep up the great work. And get some sleep too.
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rob f
September 11th, 2020 at 5:20 PM ^
Thanks, BoFan, it's all good.
Like I said I'm my lonnnng post last evening, I could and should have done a better job with my answer to TIMMMAAY the day before. And since you, TIMMMAAY, and Shop Smart all had expressed various concerns yesterday, I responded to all 3 of you at once.
But now it's on to today's board, as I just got home from work a little while ago. Looks like another fine mess but I'm first getting dinner before diving in, otherwise I won't eat until dark from the looks of things on the board. Geeeeezz ..
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rob f
September 10th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/boliviancivilian04
^^^"BolivianCivilian04 just got himself the 1-way ticket back to his homeland.
When you open an account to troll the board with politics right from the very first post don't expect anything other than immediately being 'deported', and it doesn't matter which side you support.
Joined: 11/11/2010
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ca_prophet
September 11th, 2020 at 2:01 PM ^
The comments on this post did not go as the OP hoped:
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/rutgers-president-shows-his-cards-not-boar…
Joined: 09/07/2010
MGoPoints: 7134
bassclefstef
September 11th, 2020 at 2:57 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/rutgers-president-shows-his-cards-not-board-fall-football-insults-president-trump
Added clickable link. Probably time to pull the plug on this one.
Joined: 09/01/2019
MGoPoints: 5554
Shop Smart Sho…
September 11th, 2020 at 3:15 PM ^
All this brand new account does is troll.
https://mgoblog.com/users/usmc-noragrets
This brand new account is spreading misinformation and trolling.
https://mgoblog.com/users/scrubsnsuch
Inactive for two years and pops up to lie and insult people.
https://mgoblog.com/users/archie-grosnover
In a different category, but someone should probably say something.
It's definitely in the conspiracy theory realm for mGrowOld to flat out state that Joe Biden has dementia.
https://mgoblog.com/users/mgrowold
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 9599
rob f
September 12th, 2020 at 1:56 AM ^
"scrubsnsuch" has been banned--- not just a troll but also a buckeye. Slam dunk case.
USMC on very close watch.
Strongly leaning towards banning "archie" , but want to more closely inspect his older post first.
And mGrowOld? Obviously not thinking about banning him. Had a conversation with him within a thread earlier on a "SirYacht" reference, and all is now fine on that particular issue.
In other matters, spotted a couple new accounts using the same suspicious email address. Sure sign of bad intent; as a result, new user account ''MF" has been torpedoed before he became a problem.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
Shop Smart Sho…
September 12th, 2020 at 3:49 PM ^
Thanks for changing your mind on USMC.
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 9599
MH20
September 11th, 2020 at 3:43 PM ^
I mean...
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/rutgers-president-shows-his-cards-not-board-fall-football-insults-president-trump
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/rutgers-president-calls-trump%27s-involvement-%27cheap-polirics%27
Joined: 10/30/2008
MGoPoints: 40827
McSomething
September 11th, 2020 at 4:22 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/infectious-disease-md
Joined: 09/29/2010
MGoPoints: 36898
rob f
September 12th, 2020 at 1:47 AM ^
His ability to post new threads has been removed.
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MGoPoints: 195666
rob f
September 11th, 2020 at 5:22 PM ^
Cleanup in the MGoBoard will commence after I first have dinner... unless another mod gets to it first, that is.
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Seth
September 11th, 2020 at 5:35 PM ^
Rutgers President calls Trump's involvement 'Cheap Polirics'
I just killed the thread.
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MGoPoints: 149732
The Deer Hunter
September 11th, 2020 at 5:42 PM ^
Great, but can we deal with the root cause as well (The OP)?
Joined: 05/21/2020
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rob f
September 12th, 2020 at 1:45 AM ^
After combing thru the OP's other posts I did something to his account that I think will at least prevent him from starting any more new threads.
I'm going to be monitoring his account extremely closely to see if the "mod buttons" I used on his account effectively take care of the problem. He may yet get banned, though.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
Shop Smart Sho…
September 12th, 2020 at 5:56 PM ^
Not sure what you did, but it doesn't seem to have stopped him from posting insane conspiracy theories.
"No getting around it. Everyone was 100% pro-football until the rumor that Ryan Day said Ohio was going to 'hang 100' on us, got out. Now everyone is really scared of COVID."
It also doesn't seem to have stopped him from posting misinformation about a global pandemic.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that why we are still sharing articles about 'cases', the most useless and misunderstood metric in virology, KEVIN WARREN'S SON. takes the field at 3:30 pm on CBS for Mississippi State.
When asked why he felt it was ok for his son to play, KEVIN WARREN responded, "we weighed the risks as a family and decided it was safe!"
Let that shit sink in and maybe ask yourselves some questions."
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rob f
September 11th, 2020 at 5:51 PM ^
??❗
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McSomething
September 12th, 2020 at 10:20 AM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/usmc-noragrets
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91wolverine
September 12th, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
Rob F, I don’t understand why Timmmaay is continuously being allowed to post here when he constantly spits his anti Trump rhetoric and berates and name calls anyone who supports him yet when my previous account called the moderators liberals, I get banned. (Btw I said that bc that thread was on for a while and I was upset that it was still on which is why I got ahead of myself and said what I said) I was a member for 8 years and I get banned for that? But Timmaay can post here no matter what he says?
Joined: 09/06/2020
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rob f
September 12th, 2020 at 1:26 PM ^
First of all, who were you? I don't know if it was me or of one of the other mods who released the trap door. And right now I'm at work, so the answer will have to wait.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
91wolverine
September 12th, 2020 at 1:39 PM ^
I was wolverine91. Either way, I’m just trying to understand where the line is I guess. Some posts are way worse than mine and yet nothing happens to them. And I don’t remember all of my past posts, but if they were that insulting then by all means keep me banned. Just trying to get more clarification
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rob f
September 12th, 2020 at 5:33 PM ^
If you were/are Wolverine91 with a join date of 1/12/14, I'm nearly 100% certain you were NOT banned. I know I didn't ban you and I was immediately able to click on your name and see all your posts.
As I'm getting ready to go visit my daughter and granddaughter, I'll take a deeper look into it tomorrow, but right now not seeing a problem with that user account.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
91wolverine
September 12th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
Ok thanks for your response. For some reason though, I can’t get to my account. It keeps saying user account not activated, something like that
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rob f
September 13th, 2020 at 5:22 PM ^
Try your old account now, I just tried something to see what happens (I reset your account to "basic user") but don't know if that will do the trick.
It's something I haven't tried before on my "MGoModerator" page, so let me know what happens.
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91wolverine
September 14th, 2020 at 11:36 AM ^
It works! Thanks Rob, appreciate it :)
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username03
September 12th, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
It's at least a little ironic that almost simultaneous to him whining and trying to get another poster banned he was calling me an idiot.
Joined: 02/12/2016
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91wolverine
September 12th, 2020 at 3:35 PM ^
You’re not talking about me right? I haven’t called you an idiot...
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username03
September 12th, 2020 at 4:34 PM ^
No sorry, Timmmaay.
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RGard
October 4th, 2020 at 12:28 PM ^
timmmay is not a nice person. Very abusive here.
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crg
September 12th, 2020 at 3:43 PM ^
Another "complain about the Big Ten" thread. Nothing new here.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-nfl-nba-mls-and-every-major-international-soccer-league-all-playing
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sketchc89
September 12th, 2020 at 3:49 PM ^
Someone is posting QAnon stuff
https://mgoblog.com/comment/243914666#comment-243914666
Joined: 09/11/2020
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rob f
September 13th, 2020 at 8:55 PM ^
I took a look this morning and it appears he's mocking a post by "infectious disease md", but I was just following up on it and seeing he's got a few other questionable posts. He bears watching; I'm going to look at the context of those other posts too.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
sketchc89
September 15th, 2020 at 12:17 AM ^
Ok, thanks. I just saw the tag line WWGOWGA and couldn’t tell whether sarcasm.
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MaizeBlueA2
September 12th, 2020 at 4:43 PM ^
Where did my thread about a 10 game season go? And what did I violate?
I can't ask the board how it feels about something?
Joined: 11/06/2018
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Harbaugh's Lef…
September 12th, 2020 at 4:48 PM ^
It's in the Diary section, chief.
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Seth
September 13th, 2020 at 8:17 AM ^
You posted it as a diary. I'm moving it to the board.
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MaizeBlueA2
September 13th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
My apologies, appreciate it, Seth.
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MaizeBlueA2
September 13th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
Oops. Completely on me.
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BoFan
September 13th, 2020 at 11:00 AM ^
“The BIG 10 Reconsidering its decision to cancel the season is all political”
Are people allowed to just make up political statements about the Big10 and start a thread? Of course not.
It links to a story that says the opposite.
Fake posts and political opinions like this are a takedown. You might not want to let the OP start a post for a while.
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