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05-13-2004, 05:06 PM
Lately alot of stuff has been getting "locked" and threads deleted and posts edited, its taken the site to new lows.
Unforunteatly the actions of a few always seem to ruin the fun for the masses (I've said in posts before unfortuneatly its in human nature to focus on the negative then the positive), but who really qualifies to be a "flame warrior" ? How can you seperate these from other posters? Well we first have to go threw and see the general "make up" of these type of people.
From my experience on various forums the average "sh!t starter" (if you will) always seems to base there knowledge on stereotypes (ex..I'm Canadian so I must live in an Igloo, even though its 23'C outside and sunny..) They are often young (early-late teens) have no job(s) and have access to the internet (and in some case's no social life / social skills). They add little to no actual information to the site, they only serve to "cause sh!t". They do this for various reasons, and it usually varies depending on the type of person they are.
They enjoy being "anonymous", and often hide behind there keyboard and there nickname, fully realising that they can "be who they want to be" and sometimes in extreme case's they actually lie and pretend to be something / someone they are not (fully realising that if it was a "face to face" discussion there opinions / words would be choosen more carefully). They believe they are always right, even when proved wrong with legitimate facts (which usually causes quite the up-roar which they intend to cause). They often throw threads off topic, I cant tell you how many threads I've read that have been throw far off topic because of one well placed "comment". They usually have lil to no respect for authority (the mods / there peers / there elders and BTDT's), if you dont believe in everything as they do well then "your wrong". They will never engange in a meaningfull debate, and when offered 9 times out of 10 the debate wouldn't be accepted.
If anyone see's anything else to add feel free to add it to the list. This has been based on my experience at this forum and others. I will not name names, as they (and many others reading this) know exactly who they are.
So how do we stop people from becoming flame warriors and totally ruining our good threads / discussions ? That I havent figured out, the mods here are doing a great job and I have alot of respect for what they do. The time and effort it takes to "deal" with them and PM's and other things site wise is alot, and I thank them for using there free time to keep our forum clean.
What I ask everyone is to think before they type, come to this site with an open mind. Leave your stereotypes at the door, and deal with people on a "case by case" basis, keep a cool head and everyone will be able to enjoy sites like this one for years to come.
Peace everyone
the bastardchild
Unforunteatly the actions of a few always seem to ruin the fun for the masses (I've said in posts before unfortuneatly its in human nature to focus on the negative then the positive), but who really qualifies to be a "flame warrior" ? How can you seperate these from other posters? Well we first have to go threw and see the general "make up" of these type of people.
From my experience on various forums the average "sh!t starter" (if you will) always seems to base there knowledge on stereotypes (ex..I'm Canadian so I must live in an Igloo, even though its 23'C outside and sunny..) They are often young (early-late teens) have no job(s) and have access to the internet (and in some case's no social life / social skills). They add little to no actual information to the site, they only serve to "cause sh!t". They do this for various reasons, and it usually varies depending on the type of person they are.
They enjoy being "anonymous", and often hide behind there keyboard and there nickname, fully realising that they can "be who they want to be" and sometimes in extreme case's they actually lie and pretend to be something / someone they are not (fully realising that if it was a "face to face" discussion there opinions / words would be choosen more carefully). They believe they are always right, even when proved wrong with legitimate facts (which usually causes quite the up-roar which they intend to cause). They often throw threads off topic, I cant tell you how many threads I've read that have been throw far off topic because of one well placed "comment". They usually have lil to no respect for authority (the mods / there peers / there elders and BTDT's), if you dont believe in everything as they do well then "your wrong". They will never engange in a meaningfull debate, and when offered 9 times out of 10 the debate wouldn't be accepted.
If anyone see's anything else to add feel free to add it to the list. This has been based on my experience at this forum and others. I will not name names, as they (and many others reading this) know exactly who they are.
So how do we stop people from becoming flame warriors and totally ruining our good threads / discussions ? That I havent figured out, the mods here are doing a great job and I have alot of respect for what they do. The time and effort it takes to "deal" with them and PM's and other things site wise is alot, and I thank them for using there free time to keep our forum clean.
What I ask everyone is to think before they type, come to this site with an open mind. Leave your stereotypes at the door, and deal with people on a "case by case" basis, keep a cool head and everyone will be able to enjoy sites like this one for years to come.
Peace everyone
the bastardchild