This, this, and this. Saw eight pages and became hopeful for some good discussion only to scroll through several pages of everyone arguing with Brock.
I realize he brings it on himself a lot of the time, but for **** sake please stop hijacking thread after thread. Just ignore it at this point if you really think it's that bad.
Nice sentiment and all, but people can't help themselves. If the mods haven't put a stop to this problem, despite it repeating itself over and over, I am not sure they genuinely want it to come to an end. Like you said, he created pages of responses and views, that is good for the owners whether it causes you to read through trash or not.
What wild and magnificent speculation. I don't get a dime from this site and I never will. I don't get more information, I don't get better access. I do it for the lolve. People who create problems are nothing but a headache for mods, and yet if they aren't breaking rules there's nothing we can do.
If I can ignore a litany of posters whose opinions I personally and consistently find awful, then so can everyone else. There's no page view conspiracy or shadow directive to ensure certain posters stick around. I specifically stepped into this thread to stop "pages of responses and views" that were off topic, which disrupts that narrative completely.
If a poster is not initiatiting attacks on other posters or constantly detailing threads, if he's not trolling or posting inaccurate information, what on earth is the problem we're supposed to "put a stop to" that ignoring him or her can't already solve.
Simply to address your final paragraph, here is a thought.
While it is hard to define "trolling", Brock frequently "trolls" in the way that he insults and demeans other posters (and, sure, maybe he falls a bit short of a "personal attack"). When people then critique him, he launches a barrage of insults and "FOH" tough-guy nonsense. Brock is the typical guy with a glass jaw, he shatters once you hit him with something solid.
Yes, it is possible to "ignore" him, either willfully or with technology. And I believe that works with someone who only occasionally posts. But Brock's post count is so high, and he insists on posting in nearly every thread, such that it is hard to avoid responding to his more outrageous arguments.
Thus, I would only say that none of us have a "fetish" with Brock, it is the other way around. Brock didn't go to UM, he doesn't live in Florida, he is obsessed with UM sports (which is fine), and he is obsessed with inserting his opinion into nearly every conversation on this board.
I completely understand that his behavior may not be something that earns him a ban, but I don't think that everyone else is to blame either.