FLAMIMG ?

skylight1987

so I just popped onto the weather forum on boards and there was a mod warning no trolling, no flaming .what the hell is flaming ? is there a new online abuse I don't know about

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Flaming is a hostile and insulting interaction between persons over the Internet, often involving the use of profanity. It can also be the swapping of insults back and forth or with many people teaming up on a single victim.

griffin100

Flaming is when you try and melt the snow which ruins a snow thread.

It just means insulting and winding up others. Old term but it's kinda fallen out of use I think

mad muffin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIffBiVUKds

Hande hoche!

It's the fad sweeping the nation. Are you kids flaming?
I have no idea.

The Backwards Man

You only get flaming in places like Dublin where everyone is on heroin.

Ajsoprano

It’s flei Ming. No flei Ming means the curry shop is not delivering due to the snow. Hence it being in the weather forum.

biko

Flamin hot cheetos yum

prinzeugen

"Many people teaming up on a single victim"

Sounds like the politics forum.

Insect Overlord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdP7HOKehNc

Kivaro

Flaming is when Snowflakes get upset when posting about snow in the weather forum.

Rothko

That's not new. It's been around for a long time.

pleas advice

prinzeugen wrote: »

"Many people teaming up on a single victim"
Sounds like the politics forum.

Or some threads in this forum either...
I always thought it meant 'trolling'.

Flame trolling is the posting of a provocative or offensive message, known as "flamebait", to a public Internet discussion group with the intent of provoking an angry response (a "flame").

Fr_Dougal

skylight1987 wrote: »

so I just popped onto the weather forum on boards and there was a mod warning no trolling, no flaming .what the hell is flaming ? is there a new online abuse I don't know about

It’s another form of being fabulous. Don’t be too fabulous.

riffmongous

pleas advice wrote: »

Or some threads in this forum either...
I always thought it meant 'trolling'.

Flame trolling is the posting of a provocative or offensive message, known as "flamebait", to a public Internet discussion group with the intent of provoking an angry response (a "flame").

It's like a subset of trolling, when you really want to get a response and make a big argument, without being too obvious, a lot of flaming opinions are genuinely held.

E.g. you have a Conor McGregor thread, a troll might say 'MMA is for q****s', while a flamer would say 'MMA is barbaric and should be banned', leading to a big discussion that sucks in more users and annoyance for everyone if it's in AH, or a ban if it's in the MMA forum

Jack Kanoff

Seems to be a lot of mod activity in the weather forum...who'd have thunk it?

Oldtree

Flah Ming: in Cork slang means to give Ming a good one

biko

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Seems to be a lot of mod activity in the weather forum...who'd have thunk it?

The amount of people coming into other forums starting "so I was over in the weather forum" lately is unreal. I thought it'd be one of the quieter forums on this site.

riffmongous

biko wrote: »

The amount of people coming into other forums starting "so I was over in the weather forum" lately is unreal. I thought it'd be one of the quieter forums on this site.

I think at the time of Ophelia there were some many people there it was close to breaking the site

pleas advice

It broke the site for a while around this time last night

Jack Kanoff

biko wrote: »

The amount of people coming into other forums starting "so I was over in the weather forum" lately is unreal. I thought it'd be one of the quieter forums on this site.

I used partake in a previous existence, normally only during thunder and lightning instances... but I don't remember it being so bad...maybe a hooha about that NZ lad some time ago.. but it seems to be a bit feisty these times

prinzeugen

riffmongous wrote: »

It's like a subset of trolling, when you really want to get a response and make a big argument, without being too obvious, a lot of flaming opinions are genuinely held.

E.g. you have a Conor McGregor thread, a troll might say 'MMA is for q****s', while a flamer would say 'MMA is barbaric and should be banned', leading to a big discussion that sucks in more users and annoyance for everyone if it's in AH, or a ban if it's in the MMA forum

So are you saying that people with different opinions to you are flaming, and should be silenced because it might upset someone?

Are you saying posts/posters that the mods or the majority of posters on a forum don't like should be bullied/banned or both for trolling/flaming?

Just for having a different opinion?

This folks is why boards is dying.

harry Bailey esq

Oldtree wrote: »

Flah Ming: in Cork slang means to give Ming a good one

A good fla in Cork is a good ride in Dublin. Corkonians use the term flaming as a measure of intoxication.
'you were flaming last night boy I dunno how you found your way home'
"I sure was finbar, absolutely langers. I woke up with a big bag of grub from hillbillys beside me and not even a chip ate'

koumi

learn something new everyday

riffmongous

prinzeugen wrote: »

So are you saying that people with different opinions to you are flaming, and should be silenced because it might upset someone?

Are you saying posts/posters that the mods or the majority of posters on a forum don't like should be bullied/banned or both for trolling/flaming?

Just for having a different opinion?

This folks is why boards is dying.

No that's not what I am saying at all, did you miss this part?

It's like a subset of trolling, when you really want to get a response and make a big argument

edit:and to clarify the other part if that's what you dont get

a lot of flaming opinions are genuinely held by others

longshanks

'Rack off ya flaming galah'

Alf Stewart.

RIP

koumi

riffmongous wrote: »

a lot of flaming opinions are genuinely held by others

Genuine question, how do you discern between the genuine and the flamebaiters?
Take the current spate of transphobic threads and I understand it's a seasonal thing and that next week it could be dole bashing threads, but when there are several threads being started to provoke at what point do mods decide to take action. I only ask because I know how much some people are affected by them, including one suicide victim, which I figure would make it something that people should be more aware of when initiating them.

patmac

No idea what Flamimg means tbh. Maybe setting an image on fire.

Ghost Train

Alf Stuart still going strong 30 years later... he's doing well

prinzeugen

riffmongous wrote: »

No that's not what I am saying at all, did you miss this part?



edit:and to clarify the other part if that's what you dont get

Oh I get everything you said. The last paragraph said it all.

riffmongous

prinzeugen wrote: »

Oh I get everything you said. The last paragraph said it all.

Let me ask you a question.. do you think people coming into the mma forum claiming they dislike mma, it's barbaric and that it should be banned encourages fans of mma to come there ir stay away?

Of for the hunting forum that new people coming in saying it should be banned encourages regulars to stay?

riffmongous

koumi wrote: »

Genuine question, how do you discern between the genuine and the flamebaiters?
Take the current spate of transphobic threads and I understand it's a seasonal thing and that next week it could be dole bashing threads, but when there are several threads being started to provoke at what point do mods decide to take action. I only ask because I know how much some people are affected by them, including one suicide victim, which I figure would make it something that people should be more aware of when initiating them.

I don't mod here so I can't comment on how they mod it. AH is completely different to everywhere else

Atoms for Peace

Flaming golahs.

prinzeugen

riffmongous wrote: »

Let me ask you a question.. do you think people coming into the mma forum claiming they dislike mma, it's barbaric and that it should be banned encourages fans of mma to come there ir stay away?

Of for the hunting forum that new people coming in saying it should be banned encourages regulars to stay?

Calm down!

I was not singling you out. I was talking about (some) Mod attitudes in general.

No need to go ape or burst a blood vessel.

If people think MMA/Hunting/mustard or another forum are wrong then they should have a voice.

But to ban someone because they said something you don't like or disagree with is censorship.

You, as a mod have just admitted you do it.

riffmongous

prinzeugen wrote: »

Calm down!

I was not singling you out. I was talking about (some) Mod attitudes in general.

No need to go ape or burst a blood vessel.

If people think MMA/Hunting/mustard or another forum are wrong then they should have a voice.

But to ban someone because they said something you don't like or disagree with is censorship.

You, as a mod have just admitted you do it.

Well you said this is why you think people Boards is dying.. which is clearly nonsense, the complete opposite.

People have a voice, AH. You can post freely about your dislike of cycling/hunting/mma/vegetarianism here with unnecessarily annoying people who do like it and want to talk about it without being flamed all the time.

And I think you'll find I definitely don't do it, the forum I mod and the threads I post couldn't be further apart

harry Bailey esq

prinzeugen wrote: »

Calm down!

If people think the mustard forum is wrong then they should have a voice..

The mustard forum is wrong? I've got some news for buddy, YOUR WRONG!
Pick on somebody your own size. What kind of man doesn't eat mustard? Bearded fukkin nancy boys thats who.
Strewth.

gozunda

I think some one is flaming this flaming thread tbh ...