Anyone not following the rules will be warned and perma banned from the thread. Please abide by the following list.
DON'T:
Last year's blacklist still applies and we will add or subtract new accounts to the below list as appropriate.
Twitter Blacklist (outside of the obvious ones like indykaila etc, updated March 9th 2020)
Also as a general idea, here's the Tier list from Reddit about the reliability of the journalists. Avoid posting stuff from low tiered sources
Again this is just to give a general idea.
UPDATE FOR CLARITY:
what tweets can we post?
ALL English league tweets. No non-league tweets.
Major European top leagues only for Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch
Do not post tweets from outside of these boundaries.
DON'T:
- Post anything from clear BS accounts.
- Post anything from clickbait tabloid accounts.
- Post anything from aggregator sites (Utdreport etc) who don't link to original source and tend to make stuff up for retweets/follows.
- Post anything that was tweeted more than three days ago. If it wasn't posted before then, nobody cares.
- Use the thread to argue about the players United are linked with compared to those that a club like City are signing. If you want to moan, make a new thread.
- Use the thread to moan about people who are moaning.
- post offtopic comments in the thread. Keep the thread small and simple rather wasting pages on discussion about the quality of the player
- post more than two tweets per post.
- post joke/piss take tweets
- post a non-English tweet without a basic translation
Last year's blacklist still applies and we will add or subtract new accounts to the below list as appropriate.
Twitter Blacklist (outside of the obvious ones like indykaila etc, updated March 9th 2020)
| Account | Reason |
|---|---|
| 360Sources (@360Sources) | Fake ITK |
| Alistair Fergusson (@Fergie1975) | Fake ITK |
| Ashraf Laidi (@alaidi) | Fake ITK |
| Ben Fairthorne (@BFairthorne) | Fake ITK |
| Daily Express (@DExpress_Sport) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Daily Star (@DailyStar_Sport) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Diario Gol (@diarioGOLcom) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Diego Martinez (@DiegoMSport) | Fake ITK |
| Don Balon (@DonBalon) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Futbol de Inglaterra (@Mercado_Ingles) | Dodgy aggregator site with suspect sourcing |
| Gregory Ioannidis (@LawTop20) | Sports lawyer who decided to expand into being a fake ITK. Only worth listening to for info on rulings. |
| Henrique Alvero (@HenriqueAlvero) | Fake ITK |
| Hesham Bilal-Hafiz (@hesham786) | |
| Julien (@Julien_mgrt) | |
| Kevin Palmer (@RealKevinPalmer) | Posts any old rubbish |
| le10sport (@le10sport) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Manchester Utd ITK (@WoodwardsBurner) | Fake ITK |
| Matt Davies (@mattdaviesmcr) | Fake ITK |
| Metro (@Metro_Sport) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Peter Harding (@PHardingSport) | Fake ITK |
| Richard Marrow (@RichardMarrow) | Fake ITK |
| Riddy Muppetiers | Low Quality |
| The Sun (@TheSunFootball) | Posts any old rubbish |
| Tim Pearson (@TimPearsonMedia) | Fake ITK |
| Tom McDermott (@TomMcDermott) | |
| Tommy Smyth (@TommySmythESPN) | Does work for ESPN but ignore anything transfer related |
| Transfer Bible (@TransferBibIe) | Fake ITK |
| UnitedReds (@UnitedRedscom) | Dodgy aggregator site with suspect sourcing |
| utdreport (@utdreport) | Don't link to original source and have previously exaggerated stuff |
| Vincent Rodriguez (@VRodriguezlaw) | Fake ITK |
Also as a general idea, here's the Tier list from Reddit about the reliability of the journalists. Avoid posting stuff from low tiered sources
| Tier | Source (Individuals) | Source (Organisations) |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 0 (Undisputed, Official Sources) | @ManUtd / ManUtd.Com | |
| Tier 1 (Highest Quality Sources) | Simon Stone (BBC) / Simon Peach (Press Association) / Henry Winter (The Times Chief of Football) / Mohamed Bouhafsi (France) / Fabrizio Romano (Tier We Go) / Paul Joyce (The Times/Liverpool/Everton) / Craig Norwood (Photographer) / Kristof Terreur (The Guardian) / Mike Verweij (Ajax) / Sam Lee (The Athletic) / John Percy (The Telegraph/Midlands Clubs) / James Ducker (The Telegraph/Numbers may be suspect) | BBC (United Kingdom) |
| Tier 2 (Proven to have current sources) | David Ornstein (The Athletic) / Raphael Honigstein (Germany Freelancer/Guardian German News) / Matt Law (Telegraph/Chelsea) / Andy Burton (Sky Sports) / James Cooper (Sky Sports) / Gerard Romero (Esports RAC1) / Lee Ryder (The Chronicle/Newcastle) / Paul Hirst (The Times) / Mike McGrath (The Telegraph) | The Telegraph (United Kingdom) / Sport1 (Germany) / Bild (Germany/Bavaria) / Der Westen (Germany/Schalke/Gladbach/Dortmund) / Kicker (Germany) / De Telegraaf (Netherlands) / Voetbal International (Netherlands) / COPE (Spain) / Caderna SER (Spain) / CMVM.pt (Portuguese Market Regulator) / RTP (Portugal) / RMC Sport (France) / Telefoot (France) |
| Tier 3 (Average reliability, or former Tier 2) | Jamie Jackson (Guardian) / Ian Ladyman (Daily Mail) / Mark Ogden (ESPN) / Daniel Taylor (The Athletic) / Ian Herbert (Independent) / Jason Burt (Telegraph) / Jim White (Everton only) / Rob Dawson (ESPN) / Stephen Howson (/u/mrstephenhowson, Tier 2 for youth news) / Gianluca Di Marzio (Italians only, Tier 4 if not) / Laurie Whitwell (The Athletic) / Adrian Kajumba (Daily Mail) / Dan Harris (The Guardian) / Alfredo Pedullà (Italy) / Mike Keegan (Daily Mail) / Kaveh Solhekol (Sky Sports) | The Guardian (United Kingdom) / The Times (United Kingdom) / Canal+/Pierre Menes (France) / Ruhr Nachrichten (Germany) / Le Parisien (France) / O Jogo (Portugal) |
| Tier 4 (Indirect sources, low reliability) | Guillem Balague (Sky Sports/Freelance) / Stuart Mathieson (MEN) / Duncan Castles (Record/Times/Tier 2 for Jorge Mendes clients ONLY) / Sam Pilger / Pietro Balzano Prota (Radio Rossonera/Non-AC Milan, Tier 1 for AC Milan) / Richard Keys (beIN Sports) / James Robson (Evening Standard) / David Amoyal (Gianluca Di Marzio) | London Evening Standard (United Kingdom) / Daily Mail (United Kingdom) / The Independent (United Kingdom) / Talksport (United Kingdom & Ireland) / Sky Sports / Goal.com / The Athletic / BildSport (Germany) / Mundo Deportivo (Spain) / Marca (Spain/Real Madrid) / AS (Spain/Real Madrid) / Sport (Spain) / El Chiringuito (Spain unless JL Sanchez, then T1) / Correio de Manha (Portugal) / A Bola (Portugal) / Record (Portugal) / Tuttosport (Italy) / Tuttomercatoweb (Italy) / CalcioMercato (Italy) / Paris/Euro United (France/PSG) / L'Equipe (France) |
| Tier 5 (Aggregators, Known Shitposters and Banned sources) | Peter O'Rouke (Freelance) / Tancredi Palmieri (Freelance/Bullshit merchant) / Don Balon (Spain) / Samuel Luckhurst (M.E.N - Shit-stirring bellend.) / Miguel Delaney (The Independent) / @CheGiaevara (aggregator) / @SimonSmithBBC (Simon Stone Impersonator) / Nicola Schira (Gazzetta dello Sport/Known Bullshitter) / Nouman/@nomifooty (Youtube, Banned for Self Promotion) / Mark Goldbridge (The United Stand) | Metro (banned - utter shit) / Express (banned - redditwide ban due to vote manipulation) / The Sun (Banned - for being the Sun) / Diario Gol (Spain) / Daily Star (Go there for tits, not news) / CaughtOffside (Aggregates, but poses the news as its own) / Squawka (Vote Manipulation) / Sport/LAD Bible (Clickbait merchants/Content thieves) / Joe.co.uk (Shit memes and even worse transfer content) / 90min.com / ESPN (except for articles by Mitten, Dawson and Ogden) / Manchester Evening News / Sport Witness (aggregator) / Newsnow (aggregator) / GFFN (France/aggregator) / Here is the City (Aggregator) / Bleacher Report (Aggregator) / 90 min.com (Aggregator)/ All Other Aggregators/ Football365 (Transfer News) / SportsMole (Shit source) / Josimar Football / The Mirror (United Kingdom) |
| Tier IndyKaila | This guy is worse than an unknown entity. In fact, his Twitter account is so bad, that Russia considered making a Space Station out of it. This tier is also known as Tier Kohler and includes fans of Toilets and Sink-makers... | |
| Tier of Shame | Jack Otway (Express) for this. / Samuel Luckhurst (MEN) for Sander Berg-gate / Simon Mullock (Mirror) for falling for a parody site article | Sky DE for falling for a fake Fabrizio Romano tweet. |
Again this is just to give a general idea.
UPDATE FOR CLARITY:
what tweets can we post?
ALL English league tweets. No non-league tweets.
Major European top leagues only for Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch
Do not post tweets from outside of these boundaries.
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