Meta: Can I be a Moderator?
First: THIS SITE NEEDS MORE MODERATORS. There are SO MANY SHITHEADS from other fan-bases who are polluting this site with trash that no Michigan fan wants to see. And there are other Michigan fans who aren't following basic rules of the site. And the content creators shouldn't be responsible for policing all of this.
I'm not a content creator on the blog portion of this site obviously, but I read and contribute to the board with regularity. And I think I have a level-headed finger on the pulse of what this blog is trying to be. And I want to contribute to the site being less of the shit show it has been since the Wisconsin game.
And if the answer is: "No, not you", can we please have some other people be made moderators? Others (I just saw Magnus, who is definitely a better option, offer his name up) are willing to take up the mantle.
This site needs more moderation. I want this site not to suck, in the way it has over the past several weeks, and also at other specific shitty times for Michigan football. I will do this for free. I just like the site.
October 8th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
I remember a time when Moderators abused their power. Back in 2014 I was sent to Bolivia for saying I would spear someone off their high horse. This was immediately after the MSU game and some guy was trying to be all preachy.
I dont mind some of the ideas in here(I like the idea of someone's post getting deleted after so many negs) but we dont need more moderators abusing their power.
October 8th, 2019 at 12:45 PM ^
I'm just shocked this got 32 upvotes haha.
October 8th, 2019 at 12:57 PM ^
How can we trust you if you just started this shit thread?
October 8th, 2019 at 1:51 PM ^
shush! This is a great thread!
October 8th, 2019 at 1:07 PM ^
There is no utopia, people are going to have different opinions than you, people are going to troll, presumably you're a grown up, you'll be okay.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
I just want to be able to run around and throw penalty flags at people.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:17 PM ^
Meh...I don’t think there should be more moderation per se. Instead, put some power in the points. Rather than making them a glamor contest, reward or restrict the privileges of users based on some type of “lifetime value” as well as “daily value.” That way, even if a user who had been here for years decides to tool out, some corrective measures can be made to stop him / her from eroding the integrity of the blog.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:21 PM ^
This is America..... you can be anything you want. You can even change genders, fergodsakes.
October 8th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
So... is there a problem with changing gender, or does your comic book hero God tell you that's not good?
October 8th, 2019 at 8:23 PM ^
/tips fedora
October 9th, 2019 at 1:50 PM ^
wow..... you're a special one aren't you? not sure what you're objecting to, or offended by, but i bet the internet hurts you often. you poor thing.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:22 PM ^
Eliminating freedom of speech? Great idea my friend.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:35 PM ^
freedom of speech only protects you from the government, not Facebook, blogs, places of employment, massage parlors, sporting events or brothels.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:43 PM ^
I’d like to congratulate the OP on posting a thread that has been mostly positive, gotten a lot of engagement, and wasn’t a hawt take. Well done. This improved my Tuesday considerably.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:48 PM ^
Amen.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:49 PM ^
You have my vote.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
I would argue we need less moderators - especially those who take all your points over a post.....
October 8th, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^
I say make everyone on here a mod. Crank it to 11, see what happens.
October 8th, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
Is that like 10? Just 1 more?
October 8th, 2019 at 5:43 PM ^
MOMAGEDDON
October 9th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
This is by far the best suggestion on this thread. Everyone with full mom powers just banning and negging point totals to oblivion until no one can create posts or vote and the board falls silent. Years later a small, furry rabbits hops cautiously across the overgrown weeds covering the remains of many a legendary mgoposter. He nibbles some grass. Michigan loses to Ohio State. The world keeps turning. Eerie stuff.
October 8th, 2019 at 2:20 PM ^
Just because you don't like what people say doesn't mean they're wrong or shouldn't able to post it here. Moderate yourself. That's all you should have to worry about.
October 8th, 2019 at 2:21 PM ^
I appreciate all the moms for doing what they do, but there must not be very many of them. I support your application.
October 8th, 2019 at 2:41 PM ^
I don't know. Can you?
October 8th, 2019 at 7:22 PM ^
Ouch, I see I was beaten to the punch (a few down).
October 8th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^
If you have to ask you can’t afford it
also so what kind of superiority complex does it take to have an dramatic urge to censor someone. That’s a bad look there playa
October 8th, 2019 at 3:18 PM ^
I really don't see that many fans from other teams, many people just can't handle people not thinking everything is okay.
October 8th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
This is one of those Im the best one and everyone else is stupid things. Get off my lawn. Its the OTHER drivers out there who are the idiots. Women are bitches. People dont know what they are talking about.
Get off the high horse, EVERYONE.
It is a sports blog. Not MEDIA, not a newspaper, not something meant to be profound. It is a message board, for gawd sakes, with POSTING POINTS that people actually discuss and treat as if they mean something!
It is the internet, where about 80% of the people are posing as something they wish they were.
Get over it, get over yourselves, and quit, for FUCK SAKE trying to act as if you are some kind of important guy who matters.
October 8th, 2019 at 5:45 PM ^
You're really into this fake persona narrative.
Why?
October 8th, 2019 at 7:20 PM ^
I don't know. Can you?