Cover It Live Blog and Chats: Let's Have It Out...A Rope of Sand

Submitted by colin on

What do you guys think of the chats so far?  I really don't mean to invite a debate between CIL and Halosan, because the latter is really unappealing in so, so many ways that adding the layer of editing and commentary makes sense and gives some order.  I re-read parts of the Miami and Utah games, as well as the ND game which I modded and found that they aren't especially great as they are still decidedly sprawling and feature multitudes of folks with different internet experiences trying to co-exist.  A lack of an established culture between the great mass of readers and the much smaller community of regulars/WLAers/whathaveyou has resulted in some assorted misunderstandings that have left some with bad feelings and others perhaps overly ignorant thereof, or that's how I'd nerdily describe it.  

Whatever the case, let's talk it out.

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KRK

September 19th, 2008 at 6:32 PM ^

It seems like a clique because the same people make good comments and a lot of people make jack-mouth comments that won't get through.  If you want to be part of the clique, be intelligent, funny, or go down on Dex.  It's that simple.  By the way, most of the WLA guys are neither intelligent of funny.  I'm  just saying.

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shorts

September 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 PM ^

I've been a regular on mgoblog for about 3 years and did many of the Haloscan chats, and have done 2 of the live blogs this year.

It really is so much more enjoyable to not have to read the same stupid comment(s), ridiculous reactions or flaming posts. I have not had a problem getting through on the few occasions I have posted during the live blogs, and I think WLA does a fantastic job of getting the most important info and humorous information up.

I think the "clique" thing is coming from the pre-approval of some commenters. I don't have a problem with it, but I understand how some people could be frustrated if they aren't getting comments through while other people are able to go off on a tangent from time to time (not often, but occasionally). 

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shorts

September 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 PM ^

I don't know how many people are pre-approved, but maybe at the beginning of a liveblog we could get some info about who the moderators are and who is pre-approved, and what it is that those people bring to the chat (so those who aren't regulars might be able to make a little more sense of the situation).

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chitownblue (not verified)

September 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 PM ^

For what it's worth, I think we realized that we over-did the "pre-approval" thing in the last chat, and won't have anywhere near that number of people in the future. We'll always pre-approve gsimms, if he shows up, because we need someone who actually knows football. We will also, likely, pre-approve someone who is willing to provide cogent play-by-play.

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