Flaming!?!?!?

Minor Dizaster · 11-21-2003, 06:59 PM

I do not know what flaming is. It's against the rules, that's all I know. Someone please explain it to me, and don't hate me because I'm stupid.

11-21-2003, 09:03 PM

Basically? Insulting somebody more than called for.

I could try to explain it better than that, but dinner calls.

Minor Dizaster · 11-21-2003, 09:41 PM

Thank you, Gramcrackered, I am forever in your debt.

synkr0nized · 11-21-2003, 09:52 PM

2 more cents adding.... now: Essentially, just use common sense when considering the line between criticism/debate and outright insults and the like.

Like, if I came into this thread and called your mother a whore and proclaimed that you were stupid for not knowing what it is to begin with - that would be uncessary and flaming.

Minor Dizaster · 11-21-2003, 09:57 PM

Hah! You tell ME to use common sense? I laugh at your silliness!

11-22-2003, 01:03 AM

Ok, here's a good example..

Say I say something is defence of George W. Bush.

Then someone replies simply saying "Bush sucks". This is not flamming, but rather trolling.

If I then reply "You suck." I'm "feeding the troll" as we forum goers call it and thus is the beggining of a perhaps long tedious flame war.

I only insult people when I have no respect for them in the first place, and I don't give respect, you have to earn it, but I give newbies like yourself the bennefit of the doubt. I find the future of any forum in the hands of newbies..

synkr0nized · 11-22-2003, 01:19 AM

Well said, indeed.

Tommathy · 11-22-2003, 01:46 AM

Basically, act unto others as you would act to them in person.

The internet seems to make people think that they can be assholes to people they wouldn't be assholes to in real life.

11-22-2003, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommathy

Basically, act unto others as you would act to them in person.

The internet seems to make people think that they can be assholes to people they wouldn't be assholes to in real life.

Yep.

And just like in real life.. I'm either a nice guy who can be your friend, your advisor, and your rival in video games.

Or I could be the guy that craps on your face. But that descision is completely up to you.. XP

Neverwhere · 11-22-2003, 03:55 AM

Wow, im the same way WM

11-21-2003, 06:59 PM	#1
Minor Dizaster Actually, don't. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Temple University Posts: 472	Flaming!?!?!? I do not know what flaming is. It's against the rules, that's all I know. Someone please explain it to me, and don't hate me because I'm stupid.

11-21-2003, 09:52 PM	#4
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	2 more cents adding.... now: Essentially, just use common sense when considering the line between criticism/debate and outright insults and the like. Like, if I came into this thread and called your mother a whore and proclaimed that you were stupid for not knowing what it is to begin with - that would be uncessary and flaming. __________________ Find love.

11-22-2003, 01:19 AM	#7
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	Well said, indeed. __________________ Find love.

11-22-2003, 01:46 AM	#8
Tommathy Holier Than Thou Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cloud Nine, Turn Left and I'm There~ Posts: 191	Basically, act unto others as you would act to them in person. The internet seems to make people think that they can be assholes to people they wouldn't be assholes to in real life. __________________ I always make passes at boys who wear glasses.

11-22-2003, 03:55 AM	#10
Neverwhere Bound by Repression Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Deep within my Mind Posts: 507	Wow, im the same way WM __________________ Infidel Defilers! They shall all drown in the lakes of blood. Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they will learn why they fear the night.

11-21-2003, 09:03 PM	#2
Gramcrackered Guest Posts: n/a	Basically? Insulting somebody more than called for. I could try to explain it better than that, but dinner calls.

11-21-2003, 09:41 PM	#3
Minor Dizaster Actually, don't. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Temple University Posts: 472	Thank you, Gramcrackered, I am forever in your debt.

11-21-2003, 09:57 PM	#5
Minor Dizaster Actually, don't. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Temple University Posts: 472	Hah! You tell ME to use common sense? I laugh at your silliness!

11-22-2003, 01:03 AM	#6
Whitemage Guest Posts: n/a	Ok, here's a good example.. Say I say something is defence of George W. Bush. Then someone replies simply saying "Bush sucks". This is not flamming, but rather trolling. If I then reply "You suck." I'm "feeding the troll" as we forum goers call it and thus is the beggining of a perhaps long tedious flame war. I only insult people when I have no respect for them in the first place, and I don't give respect, you have to earn it, but I give newbies like yourself the bennefit of the doubt. I find the future of any forum in the hands of newbies..