META: Posters and user-generated features that you want to see again
Nice to have THE_KNOWLEDGE at the top of the diary section again, even if I've never been that taken with the feature. Reminds me, though: there are some other features and writers that have ghosted or at least seriously reduced their presence here. The user-generated stuff is one of the great features of MGoblog, and I hope to see more of it continue to prosper.
Two things I miss seeing this year: Alum96, who was/is a great poster and whose recruiting posts were essential reading...
And the long lamented BlueSeoul (now SFBayAreaBlue) Game Wraps with Pics.
I will remember them by making a stick football player with punctuation over his head for purposes of nostalgia.
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Bring them back!
What users/features do you miss?
November 16th, 2016 at 5:51 PM ^
November 17th, 2016 at 8:26 AM ^
Hop on over to TTB, Magnus still does this
November 16th, 2016 at 5:52 PM ^
A feature that automatically blocks stupid posts, so I don't even have to scroll past them! :-D
November 16th, 2016 at 5:53 PM ^
Where the fuck is Alum96? He killed it with his swim lanes.
Would also love story time with Mad Hatter and Darker Blue.
November 16th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^
Once upon a time I touched myself. Later Jim Harbaugh became head coach at MICH.
The End.
November 16th, 2016 at 8:18 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^
I don't see how they aren't
November 16th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
This used to be the source for information on expressing your dog's anal glands. That's a feature that should return.
Also, I miss Section One. Sort of the Don Quixote of the board for many years.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:02 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 7:18 PM ^
Politics and concern trolling.
November 16th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
Probably making no-so-subtle racist remarks about Jorge at the diner
November 16th, 2016 at 6:36 PM ^
Herm was actually 13 years old.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^
~OysterMonkey
November 16th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
I remember back during the RR / Hoke transition years, profitgoblue and Section1 were real regulars. WHat ever happened to those two?
As for features, Wolverines in the NFL and "where are they now" about former Wolverines not in the NFL would be pretty cool semi-regular columns.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^
became CooerLily21. I just checked. He hasn't posted in 37 weeks. I think he lived too fast, pos-banged too much, and got burned out. You've got to pace yourself (are you listening WD?)
November 16th, 2016 at 8:54 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 6:13 PM ^
They were incredible
November 16th, 2016 at 10:34 PM ^
...as was his Asian sister-in-law
November 16th, 2016 at 7:09 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 5:56 PM ^
Just glad the point system is back after that one (year?) it was non-functional.
It really helps looking for the best comments out of 100.
I do miss wallpapers people used to make.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:02 PM ^
That was also the year that things really started to go south for Hoke, and the board was basically in a constant state of meltdown for months. It was awful.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:12 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 6:18 PM ^
Not even close. For one, with a successful team, we're all a lot happier. For two, the immediate feedback makes it much easier to adapt to posters who are less pleasant. Reprehensible remarks are negged as such and people don't feel like they have to respond verbally to make sure that the poster knows they were saying something objectionable.
The no-points year was actively caustic and unpleasant. It was a constant, angry shouting match. People were leaving or getting tossed, and many others were about ready to give up. I don't think it's anywhere close to that bad now.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:22 PM ^
Snowflake threads after games are a MAJOR improvement.
There used to be 30 threads after each game with nearly the same subject.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^
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November 17th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Here I disappear for a couple months during football season, and you still can't stop talking about me.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^
Just do a whole site revamp and then I'll tell you what I like/don't like.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:01 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
He was a great poster. His last few posts gave no indication that he was about to drop off the grid. I sincerely hope all is well with him.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:03 PM ^
Yeah, really weird. Anyone know what happened to him? Hopefully just busy and decided to go easy on mgoblog. I once noticed how much he posted and occasionally checked his profile and he basically wouldn't go less than 30 minutes without posting besides a few hours of sleep. I had a running joke with my girlfriend about it even. She would sometimes ask how alum96 is or when the last time he posted was.
November 16th, 2016 at 7:21 PM ^
I had the same thought - really dug Alum96's diaries and general perspective.
Full disclosure - in the mod role, I can actually see e-mail addresses in profiles, which in some cases are crap addresses but a few I know are good. I might send an e-mail to the one he provided in the event we can find out what is up and if it is OK to provide updates if I get a reply. That might seem a bit nosy, and I try not to be that way, but I too am a little concerned.
November 16th, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^
Please do! I, for one, would be interested to hear his story.
November 17th, 2016 at 5:20 AM ^
Or, if he opts for privacy/anonymity, at least to know that he's alright.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:52 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
I miss Alanis lyrics.
November 16th, 2016 at 6:12 PM ^
BKFinest?
November 16th, 2016 at 6:16 PM ^
whatever happened to that guy....
November 16th, 2016 at 6:20 PM ^
Benn a long time...
November 16th, 2016 at 6:29 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:21 PM ^
Whoever posted about jersey sales in Ohio. Now I have no idea about the state of the rivalry or if the tide ever fully turned.
November 17th, 2016 at 5:13 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:27 PM ^
November 16th, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^
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November 16th, 2016 at 6:29 PM ^