IMPORTANT: Check yourself
I'm horrified by the Susan Brown threads and have deleted them and banned a couple people who went way over the line, including someone with over 1000 points. Threats of violence and casually talking about "teaching a bitch a lesson" are not acceptable discourse here.
I put up with a lot of borderline stuff of late just because I didn't have time to monitor closely and that will be the case going forward, probably, but if I do check and I find something over the line I am banning without warning. Do not threaten violence. Calling people banal names is borderline. "Cunt" is over the line.
UPDATE: I don't have a good system in place for automatic notification when something gets uber-negged, unfortunately. Please email me with a link to the specific comment (not the thread) if something crosses your line. When in doubt, email me. [email protected].
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 AM ^
There was at least one worse thing said than the c-word. Thankfully the person was heavily negged, but it was a surprise just to see it posted.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:21 AM ^
Thanks Brian for filtering some of this stuff out. Those topics are not the content I come here for.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 AM ^
It's about time. Some of these threads have been ridiculous this week. Need alot of cleanup on the boards.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 AM ^
Thank you. I'm glad you're here to police this stuff because some of these comments are getting way, way out of control.
I love the team, too, but it's a game people. A game played by teenagers.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 AM ^
Make sure you cheer when RR gets announced. That is, if you stand behind him. If you don't, well, then you don't and you are not cool.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 AM ^
Who's Susan Brown?
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 AM ^
Brian, is there any chance you could add a "report this post" link for issues like this? Or, is that something that would be abused? It seems like you have better things to do than monitor the Board.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:44 AM ^
well, you'd think the situation would be as good as any to properly use the negging system, but that never really happened. can't completely stop it, but it should have helped discourage it then
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 AM ^
I was displeased with her comments, but some of the stuff on there was just downright mean.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:27 AM ^
There was stuff said there that I wouldn't even say about a geauxfur.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 AM ^
and that's why the radar was up.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:47 AM ^
I mean they are geauxfurs. It's not like they really matter.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:36 AM ^
Pride comes before the fall.*
*I whole heartedly approve of the deletion of malicious threads, what with mgoblog's being a forum for intelligent discussion. I was just enjoying the choice of words is all.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:38 AM ^
figured it was a sparty flame as well...
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:40 AM ^
It seems this controversy(ies) has revealed the worst of some folks. Glad Brian stepped in to tone down the masses. Any chance I can have some of their points? Just sayin.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 AM ^
Said advice is usually sage, especially before one might possibly wreck themselves.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 AM ^
themselves.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 AM ^
It keeps people accountable for their posts and makes them think before posting, creating a much more intelligent discourse and keeping the darker side of posting on a faceless medium in check. Thanks for keeping MgoBlog a step above 99% of the internet, and Go Blue, crush the broncos!
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 AM ^
Nicely done Brian. Agree 100%
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 AM ^
Hmm. What'd I miss?
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 AM ^
Someone give us the quick & dirty version.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:52 AM ^
I missed it too. Too many threads to keep up with nowadays.
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 AM ^
Not sure what I missed. Based on Brian's description, I'm glad I did.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 AM ^
call her an idiot but some of the things that have been said have been way out of line
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:07 AM ^
Thank you very much. This definitely needed to happen. Mgoblog is in danger of degenerating into the kind of board I abhor and refuse to spend time at.
FYI, there are some really crummy response posts in a forum post on the Mary Sue Coleman statement (cf. http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mary-sue-coleman-issues-statement)
Deletion/removal would be appreciated.
Also think you should make Jon Chait article on Rivals required reading. (http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-jon-chait-reason-and-wisdom-strikes-again)
Nuff said. Keep this great blog going, without killing yourself in the time commitment. Have to believe you aren't getting much time with your girlfriend this week.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:01 PM ^
Wait. Girlfriend? Brian, what was all that "one in a million" talk??
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 AM ^
Brian, would you mind running this on the front page tomorrow morning east coast time? I think enough diaries will go up and a lot of folks will miss it who ought to see it.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:58 AM ^
I concur. In the firestorm of odium coming from too many Michigan fans after The Article, I think this sort of reminder of basic human courtesy and level-headedness is sorely needed, even in the MGoBlog community. Whether it's this post or a newly-written expanded post with the same message, I think this needs to be seen prominently on the front page of the blog.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 AM ^
Thanks. Things were definitely getting out of hand.
Also, maybe some people (people who've been around a long time, people who have respect around the board, the kind who moderate comments on the liveblogs) could be tagged to fill in if nasty stuff starts getting posted when you're not around? It might be nice for you to have backup mods. So you could, you know, have some time off.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 AM ^
I just want to test whether posting the comment number in the email will work. If this comment becomes comment #25, then it won't work because the posted comment number would simply move down one. If not, then there's nothing to see here and this exercise was a waste of time and I apologize in advance.
EDIT: Yeah, comment numbers won't work.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:53 AM ^
it ends up moving to.
Click on the "comment number" on the upper right hand of the comment box you are interested in linking to (right now yours is #28 but as you stated, that can change in time). Up in your browser window you will see a new address. For example, your exact comment address is:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/important-check-yourself#comment-185753
That address will not change.
Copy the address that appears and send it in that wat to Brian - then he doesn't have to navigate around to try to find the specific comment you are referring to.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 AM ^
I can use the mouse to click on a thread, and then cut and paste the address/link. However, with comments in a thread, I can only click on the user name, which doesn't bring up the comment in the address line. You could mention the comment number, but I think this number changes if a comment on another comment is posted above the comment in question. And I apologize if this doesn't make sense.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 AM ^
The link is the number in the top right corner of each post.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 AM ^
Thank you. Of course there had to be a way to do this. I think I will now edit my comment to: Subject: (deleted) and Comment: (deleted). And go to bed. Edit: too late. Now realize that once someone has responded (i.e., Sgt. Wolverine) my idiocy is there for all to see. Moderators, you have permission and my request to delete this and prev. 3 comments!
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:04 AM ^
Hey, don't belittle yourself. It was a valid question whose answer isn't apparent.
Now, if you'd asked how to Google something...
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 AM ^
How about posting the user name, date, and time.
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:36 AM ^
is it possible to get a brief explanation of what happened? Somehow i managed to miss this even with being on mgoblog like 3 hours a day
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:51 AM ^
How will we contact you, "Brian"? You have no contact information listed.
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 AM ^
Uh, you could click on the "CONTACT" button at the top the the page!
September 8th, 2009 at 1:55 PM ^
MSM editor qualifications fail.
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 AM ^
that kind of nonsense.
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 AM ^
As we have seen with the Jay "more points than Brian" situation, it is possible for a group of people to take advantage of the system. With Jay, it was all in good fun.
But, I have noticed a certain lemming mentality because the point total (up or down) is displayed for each post.
Perhaps, the display should be removed?
That way each person would up or down vote based upon their own evaluation of the post rather than just mimicking what others have voted.
That would require (as Brian stated) some type of alert that he could check on.
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 AM ^
Or we could just not give a crap unless the point total is less than 20, which is the threshold for posting new topics on MGoBoard (not diaries) and voting. Other than that, it's just an E-go boost.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 AM ^
When I'm in a hurry, or way behind on reading the board, I quickly scan for posts with a large amount of points and just read those. Additionally, sometimes it is entertaining to read the ones that are being negged beyond belief too.
September 4th, 2009 at 1:57 AM ^
I think a few tweaks could definitely help the voting system, but I don't know what is possible using Drupal. Limiting the number of times person A can either + or - person B would help to prevent negging every post of someone you disagree with. Also locking out someone who receives too many -'s within a certain time frame to prevent excess garbage might be nice.
September 11th, 2009 at 7:04 AM ^
"Come on Everyone Hates, Everyone Kills People, Every Steals, Every drops C Bombs"
-T Pryor