http://www.butteredham.com/blog/2008/10/31/end-of-an-era-or-just-a-break/ The vaguely daily blatherations of Aaron Baugher, JF Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.butteredham.com/blog/2008/10/31/end-of-an-era-or-just-a-break/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Flamers, Trolls, and Flamewars - Virtual Adept Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:46:22 +0000 http://aaron.baugher.biz/blog/?p=133#comment-1010 [...] Usenet, although an extremely usesful tool to share information at the time, was also the home of many a Flamer and Troll.  Flamers - Internet flamers, that is - read something on the Internet that they feel is incorrect, offends them, sullies their family name, whatever.  The flamer lashes out at the source of the offense with an over-the-top attack (or flame) that is sure to cause another flame in return.  When the flames get to flying back and forth, you have a flamewar.  Flamewars can be fun as long as they don’t get too personal and make anyone cry. [...] [...] Usenet, although an extremely usesful tool to share information at the time, was also the home of many a Flamer and Troll.  Flamers – Internet flamers, that is – read something on the Internet that they feel is incorrect, offends them, sullies their family name, whatever.  The flamer lashes out at the source of the offense with an over-the-top attack (or flame) that is sure to cause another flame in return.  When the flames get to flying back and forth, you have a flamewar.  Flamewars can be fun as long as they don’t get too personal and make anyone cry. [...]

]]> http://www.butteredham.com/blog/2008/10/31/end-of-an-era-or-just-a-break/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Netiquette - Virtual Adept Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:10:01 +0000 http://aaron.baugher.biz/blog/?p=133#comment-949 [...] jason on Nov.01, 2008, under Uncategorized Aaron’s article about Usenet got me thinking about the “good ole days” in the world of the Internet, when [...] [...] jason on Nov.01, 2008, under Uncategorized Aaron’s article about Usenet got me thinking about the “good ole days” in the world of the Internet, when [...]

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