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What are examples of Flaming?
Sometimes people are provoked into flaming by the content of someone else’s discussion. For example a moms’ Internet group could get fired up by someone’s comments on spanking. Instead of offering support to each other, discussions and flames can erupt around this controversial issue.
What does it mean if someone is Flaming?
Flaming is the act of posting or sending offensive messages over the Internet. These messages, called “flames,” may be posted within online discussion forums or newsgroups, or sent via e-mail or instant messaging programs. Flaming often leads to the trading of insults between members within a certain forum.
What is Flaming and baiting?
flame baits. DEFINITIONS1. a statement that someone puts on an internet discussion group because they want to get an angry reply or to start a flame war. Synonyms and related words.
What is Flaming on netiquette?
“Flaming” is what people do when they express a strongly held opinion without holding back any emotion. It’s the kind of message that makes people respond, “Oh come on, tell us how you really feel.” Tact is not its objective. Flaming is a long-standing network tradition (and Netiquette never messes with tradition).
Why Flaming is a threat?
Flaming emerged from the anonymity that Internet forums provide cover for users to act more aggressively. Anonymity can lead to disinhibition, which results in the swearing, offensive, and hostile language characteristic of flaming.
What are the three types of flames?
There are three types of flames natural flame, carburizing flame and oxidizing flame.
Is Flaming a bad word?
Flaming – Is a swear word by itself, “flaming” is also used to preface to another word to show potent expression of anger or annoyance (e.g. “Flaming Aes Sedai”). Blasted – A swear word used in conjunction with another word, similar in usage to “damned” (e.g. “Blasted Dragon Reborn”).
What is baiting trolling?
Filters. Abusive language that occurs in online communications and violates online etiquette. It is trying to intentionally inflame someone with baiting speech to elicit an angry, if not violent, response.
Why flaming is a threat?
What is spamming and flaming?
“Flaming” doesn’t mean “attacking one person as opposed to many”, it refers to the content of a message (angry, insulting, and/or critical). One can flame a hundred people as well as one. “Spamming” relates to HOW the message(s) are distributed.
How can you avoid flaming?
Welcome to the world of Internet flaming….How to avoid the flame wars
- Watch where you go.
- Don’t feed the trolls.
- Make a special effort to understand others’ points ofview.
- Be a helpful contributor.
- When wrong, apologize.
- Meet your Internet pen pals when feasible.
- Cultivate a sense of humor.
Is trolling a form of cyberbullying?
What is cyberbullying and trolling? Cyberbullying is any form of malicious messages, abuse, name calling and threats using any kind of technology from social media sites to mobile phones. Trolling has become a more common term for any kind of purposeful online abuse on social media sites like Twitter or Facebook.