Flame (net culture)

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A flame (from English to flame ' to flare up') is a comment on the Internet that is provocatively aimed at other participants. Fleming can be translated as "ignite", in the sense of deliberately igniting (igniting) a verbal dispute.

A Flame War ( German  war ) arises when many users get involved through provocative responses that are related to the original Flame bait (from English to bait , German: 'bait'). Flame Wars often drag many participants into the conflict (including those trying to resolve the conflict) and can negatively affect the regular forum discussion. A flame war is therefore a controversial discussion in which the participants are insulting and / or argue completely irrelevant. A flame war usually arises from a factual discussion, which then slips into secondary theaters of war. It is typical that the “arguments” are delivered in quick succession. Flame Wars are part of the net culture ; on mailing lists or newsgroups , they are among the recurring phenomena that are also promoted by the anonymity of communication.

Tolerated and not tolerated flaming

Flaming is seen as a bad habit in most forums and the moderators usually punish them with a warning. Flaming can sometimes spread quickly in certain forums that are only weakly moderated and put a strain on the otherwise topic-related atmosphere of conversation.

In the game scene in particular, there are flaming and flame wars on an ironic and humorous level. This is sometimes clearly indicated by the addition of smileys or emoticons , but even without these additions it is not perceived as an immediate disturbance on many servers, but is hardly considered as a common phrase. Flaming is also practiced on game servers ; losers often abuse their opponents as hackers , noobs or cheaters .

For those who like to argue, a newsgroup called news: de.alt.flame was created. So-called flame threads find many followers. Often topics are created in various forums, which primarily serve as an occasion - as a playground, so to speak - to insult or provoke other users.

See also

literature

  • Mei Alonzo, Milam Aiken: Flaming in Electronic Communication. In: Decision Support Systems 1038, 2002, pp. 1-9.
  • Joe Talmadge: The Flamer's bible. 1987.

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