Moderator Action Sticky 2022
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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. Creates lots of burner accounts to promote himself. 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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Hall of Stickies Past: For those who love to get lost in the meta. The first, the second, the third. the fourth. The fifth. The sixth. The seventh. The eighth. The ninth. The tenth. The eleventh. The twelfth. The thirteenth.
Seth
January 10th, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
WHY DO YOU MODERATE...
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
SanDiegoWolverine
January 11th, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
Seth, by and large the moderators do a wonderful job here and dedicate a lot of time to keeping this board decent and clean. However, #7 is rarely enforced - less the banning of Kate Upton - and it would be a stretch to say this board is a place most women would find a chill place to hang out. Between the dude who posts the stanmarshsplooge.gif and similar gifs and the thousands of references to "six to midnight" and similar juvenile 'just being a guy' references nobody is enforcing #7 so why even keep it up?
Personally I do sometimes chuckle at stupid dick jokes but if we want this corner of the internet to be welcoming to female Michigan fans then maybe we should cool it on the constant references to hard-ons and ejaculating every time there's good recruiting news.
Joined: 02/03/2009
MGoPoints: 7340
Seth
January 13th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
^^^ Mods, please enforce.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
LSAClassOf2000
January 14th, 2022 at 10:13 PM ^
I will start combing the recruiting threads moving forward. In my mid-forties and as the father of two teenagers, the decisions of kids typically are of little to no interest to me, but it shall be worked on.
Joined: 01/07/2011
MGoPoints: 130776
Seth
January 10th, 2022 at 5:38 PM ^
Darrien Green-Warren, defensive back, in transfer portal.
Already reported.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
SecretAgentMayne
January 11th, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
"OT: Transgender athletes and fairness"
This thread has been up for less than 10 minutes and that's probably long enough. I can't imagine any scenario in which this thread is necessary to have on this blog or ends well.
Joined: 07/10/2019
MGoPoints: 10661
mooseman
January 11th, 2022 at 2:49 PM ^
For the most part it's been a thoughtful discussion.
gobluedave however needs to go to bolivia
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 35678
rob f
January 11th, 2022 at 4:07 PM ^
It looks like Seth already hit him with a -100 million penalty; I just gave 'dave' a warning in a response to his trash comment. Next piece of garbage he spews will be the last comment to emanate from his account.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
Seth
January 11th, 2022 at 10:58 PM ^
If that was me it was me a long time ago. I don't remember it.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
rob f
January 11th, 2022 at 11:21 PM ^
Then it must have been a long time ago (and maybe Ace or someone else dinged him) and it must have been a pretty serious infraction to lose 100 million points.
I negged him myself today, I hope losing yet another point teaches 'dave' a lesson!
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
SecretAgentMayne
January 11th, 2022 at 5:19 PM ^
I just went back and checked and am thoroughly/pleasantly surprised! I guess I stand corrected.
Joined: 07/10/2019
MGoPoints: 10661
4th phase
January 12th, 2022 at 4:54 PM ^
EZMIKEP should be on the watch list at the least. He said being trans is "a mental disorder"
Joined: 12/12/2017
MGoPoints: 14146
Seth
January 11th, 2022 at 10:42 PM ^
OT: Transgender athletes and fairness
Couldn't last forever. Left it as long as I could because it was SRK who posted it. Comments locked now.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
Seth
January 13th, 2022 at 5:15 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh's 'Anticipated Return to the NFL
That was terrible journalism. Please don't post that kind of crap again Globules.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
Seth
January 13th, 2022 at 6:22 PM ^
Texans coaching job open and Jim's in Houston
let's not be NFL reporters
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
Seth
January 13th, 2022 at 9:08 PM ^
Trying to win the $10K for posting the 1000th NIL Message: NMF
no.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
matty blue
January 14th, 2022 at 9:26 AM ^
finebaum. that is all.
Joined: 08/01/2008
MGoPoints: 39295
Seth
January 16th, 2022 at 3:04 PM ^
New Rule Nueters NIL's Effect on Football Recruiting
Nueters? This was taken down for pure unpopularity--people hated the idea.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
MH20
January 17th, 2022 at 8:39 AM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/scoutexile
Either this guy reveals the "source" for his "Harbaugh to NFL" junk he's pushing in the Joel Starlings thread or we change his name to MGoBlogExile.
Joined: 10/30/2008
MGoPoints: 40827
SpamCityCentral
January 17th, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/woodyblue
This guy is a patriot.
Joined: 09/05/2018
MGoPoints: 7238
rob f
January 17th, 2022 at 11:27 AM ^
He's not a "patriot" by any legit definition I have ever seen. But thank you 'SpamCityCentral', I just took a look and followed that up with an inspection of his prior posts. Yeesh!
After seeing all the ill-advised punches I found when looking at his posting history, 'WoodyBlue' goes the way of his namesake. He would have been banned three weeks ago if I had seen something of his nonsense linked/posted to the mod sticky thread earlier.
Also a
warning ⚠️ given to'Michigan4Harbaugh'. When I followed WB's posting trail, I noticed a number of posts by M4H spreading COVID misinformation. (Edit @ 11:45 am: After an even deeper dive into M4H's posting history, he's gone too.)Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
Seth
January 17th, 2022 at 10:00 PM ^
Conspiracy theory regarding former President Schlissel and NIL
I have read enough Schlissel fanfiction this week and it's not yet Tuesday.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
crg
January 17th, 2022 at 10:09 PM ^
Joined: 04/30/2015
MGoPoints: 75057
Shop Smart Sho…
January 19th, 2022 at 7:45 AM ^
The PSA: At Home COVID Test thread has some of the same old boring misinformation about comorbidities and comparing Covid to the common cold and flu. This time it's even debunked right in the thread. Unsurprisingly, it's MeanJoe7 and evenyoubrutus doing it.
Of course, I'm surprised that MeanJoe7 survived calling someone a "tranny" on 1/11 at 4:25 PM to go along with some other pretty awful bigotry.
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 9599
Monocle Smile
January 19th, 2022 at 6:27 PM ^
MeanJoe has been unraveling for some time now...probably has always had some loose threads, but it's past time to boot.
Joined: 09/17/2009
MGoPoints: 23066
MeanJoe007
January 21st, 2022 at 1:28 AM ^
Agree. It's been a rough year and everything is unraveling. Now I'm banned. Cherry on top.
Joined: 01/21/2022
MGoPoints: 45
mooseman
January 20th, 2022 at 12:06 AM ^
gobluedave right there with him
Joined: 07/10/2008
MGoPoints: 35678
MeanJoe007
January 21st, 2022 at 1:14 AM ^
It's a post about COVID where people were discussing COVID. I only responded to other posts. I highlighted the seriousness of Covid and my bottom line was that you should always discuss your health and personal risk level/situation with a doctor. it was more reasonable than most posts in that thread. Ive had 3 family members die from COVID so I understand it's severity quite well and I don't take it lightly. I AM in fact TRANS. I don't recall the context of the tranny comment, but you may be making some assumptions around my use of the term and reaching a bit to get me banned. A glance at your own history shows unnecessary/argumentative references to politics and COVID quite often. I will accept the mom's decision, but I would like to appeal. I think the good I've contributed to the blog over 10+ years outweighs the bad and my membership has been a net positive.
Joined: 01/21/2022
MGoPoints: 45
Seth
January 21st, 2022 at 8:49 AM ^
I'm unblocking MeanJoe07 and letting off with a warning to stay out of the COVID threads please.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
oriental andrew
January 19th, 2022 at 3:47 PM ^
Not sure if this is Mod Action or just Meta, but the diDNA autoplay ads with audio on are out of control. I intentionally don't use an adblocker on this site and those are getting extremely annoying. I really don't need to hear ads about cacti and trolls buying new homes every time I click to a new page.
Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 56535
Seth
January 19th, 2022 at 4:57 PM ^
Thanks for letting me know. They're not supposed to have audio ads running.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
TruBluMich
January 19th, 2022 at 4:31 PM ^
https://mgoblog.com/users/thesunismaizeandskyisblue
Joined: 08/03/2011
MGoPoints: 22549
LSAClassOf2000
January 19th, 2022 at 10:27 PM ^
I actually just saw that, thanks. Yeah, his skies are considerably gloomier now.
Joined: 01/07/2011
MGoPoints: 130776
Seth
January 19th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
It's simple
First rule of MGoBlog: it never is.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
Michfan777
January 20th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
Just a heads up, but the mobile interface is almost unusable the past week or two with display ads/google search with display network opt-in ads covering 60% of the screen. They were always there, but lately the amount of real estate they take up on the page is alarming. Occasionally, ads take up 80-90% of the screen as well.
Joined: 10/10/2018
MGoPoints: 24580
Seth
January 21st, 2022 at 8:43 AM ^
Investigating. If you could add a screenshot that would help.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
Emmitt Smith's…
January 20th, 2022 at 1:10 PM ^
This isn't worthy of its own thread, but I'm not sure where else to post that there have recently been sound-on 300x250 video ads running rotationally on the site, tagged didna.
This isn't a complaint about the site being ad supported, and I have no intention of turning on an ad blocker. Simply hoping that there's an easy fix through your SSP, whether it's ensuring that autoplay video with sound isn't enabled, or by blocking the demand source that's running these ads. I doubt that your ad yield would be meaningfully impacted in either case.
Joined: 07/20/2015
MGoPoints: 171
Seth
January 21st, 2022 at 8:45 AM ^
I reported this as well.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
MeanJoe007
January 21st, 2022 at 12:46 AM ^
I get why I was sent to Bolivia, but in my defense, Ive been a member since 2012ish. I've donated to the site and supported it through thick and thin. I've contributed some good posts over the years and rode the ups and downs of Michigan fandom with that username and picture that another member made for me. Some might consider me a regular and some of the stodgier might hate me. I joke around and write some drunken Koalaman nonsense for sure and push the boundaries on occasion but I think I've stayed within the parameters set by the moms by and large. I get my opinions and sense of humor aren't for everyone (I think some may not get the inside jokes I have with other members) so I'll respect your decision if it's final, but being banned for commenting about COVID in a thread about COVID (that IMHO probably should have been locked immediately bc what did you expect?) seems harsh given the comments and gifs/images I see left standing quite often. You guys def have a tough job though so no hard feelings either way. -MJ
Joined: 01/21/2022
MGoPoints: 45
Haskin’s Bandaid
January 21st, 2022 at 1:59 AM ^
MJ, you were banned or whatever they call it here, because you simply do not ascribe to the liberal agenda this site demands. We have never conversed, although I thought your posts were amusing. You do not need to bow to these mods, you are free to express yourself how you please. There is a clear agenda on this site and it has become political, no longer athletics related. This will be my last post, if it even means anything anymore. Farewell, MGoBlog, you used to mean something to me.
Joined: 07/06/2019
MGoPoints: 3005
MeanJoe007
January 21st, 2022 at 2:23 AM ^
I sincerely appreciate the vote of support. Idk about liberal agendas (left vs. right) and all that stuff. Politics sucks the joy out of everything so I try to not to dive into those dichotomies. Lots of my posts are playful trolling in jest and tongue in cheek sort of stuff which probably turns off people who keep it a bit more serious online. Even my serious stuff is me playing a role or persona to highlight the silliness of arguing online with strangers you'll never convince (bc your a stranger online to them). Shop Smart took it hook like and sinker. He's a serious person that's fine. I'm not, that's why I'm a Koala. It's insane. This might be my only honest "naked" post. It's all good either way and I do love this Blog. Best wishes. I'm glad I could amuse you. That's what I was going for! People are too serious.
Joined: 01/21/2022
MGoPoints: 45
Seth
January 21st, 2022 at 8:51 AM ^
MeanJoe I restored your old account. Stay out of the COVID threads. I need people who've been around here a long time to set a better example.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
rob f
January 21st, 2022 at 2:44 AM ^
Fine, 'HB', you're welcome to leave since you're wrongly trying to make this about politics.
And full disclosure: I don't know who made the decision to ban, but since day one as a mod I've made it my personal policy to not criticize the decisions made by other mods.
Joined: 11/11/2010
MGoPoints: 195666
MeanJoe007
January 21st, 2022 at 2:46 AM ^
Seems like a good policy. Not asking you to. I'm asking the mom who did to reconsider.
Joined: 01/21/2022
MGoPoints: 45
JonnyHintz
January 21st, 2022 at 8:52 AM ^
I still can’t wrap my head around the mental gymnastics to take “don’t post CoVid misinformation” and turn that into “liberal agenda.”
The amount of people willing to die on that hill of conspiracy is truly mind boggling. Also makes me mildly curious what those same people consider the “conservative agenda,” to entail.
Joined: 01/11/2015
MGoPoints: 48830
Seth
January 21st, 2022 at 8:53 AM ^
People who intend to victimize others need some way to pretend they're the victim.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
mGrowOld
January 21st, 2022 at 10:26 AM ^
I agree. I'm a 62 year old white, business owning, gun owning died-in-the-wool conservative who's vax'd, boosted and has had Covid (mild). Viruses dont have a political party, vaccines dont vote and anyone who turns down the vaccine "to own the libs" is a first class idiot.
According the AMA 98.4% of physicians have been vaccinated. If the guys who absolutely know a LOT more about the human body, viruses and our immune system than boobs on Facebook do are taking it what more proof do you need? And when you look at the hospital ERs (I work in medicine) they arent filled with vaccinate people - it's the freedom fighters who are dying.
There. That might be the first, and only, comment I make on Covid. Let's go back to posting Harbaugh rumors and innuendo.
Joined: 10/04/2010
MGoPoints: 213635
Seth
January 21st, 2022 at 8:52 AM ^
Bye.
Joined: 10/14/2008
MGoPoints: 149732
McSomething
January 21st, 2022 at 1:51 PM ^
I believe posts like this should be met with a ban. Simply to prevent the user in question from being a liar later on.
Joined: 09/29/2010
MGoPoints: 36898
Zarkin Frood
February 4th, 2022 at 8:47 PM ^
McTattle strikes again.
Joined: 12/12/2014
MGoPoints: 948