Yep, I'm sticking my nose in again
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Originally Posted by FFnut
Oh, no, this is BAD.
There's a fine line between barbed comments and outright flames. Barbed comments do not directly insult a member, although they may indirectly.
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An insult is an insult. It doesn't matter whether its indirect or not.
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Originally Posted by FFnut
Flames, on the other hand, directly insult a person... LoKuS, you've done it, as has johnny... and even obliviongirl herself flamed in the trivia topic. I've done my best to keep myself at the barbed comment level, and I'm prety sure that I've come close to the line, but never crossed it.
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No you haven't crossed it from what I've seen so far but you have come darn close and can become very agressive. For someone who wants to be a mod (from what I've seen in a couple of posts) thats not a good thing. You really should try to get that temper under control
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Originally Posted by FFnut
Accusing someone of trolling, by the way, isn't flaming. If they go on to describe in great detail how stupid the person is outside of their posts, then sure, it's flaming, but just saying that someone's been making useless posts isn't really insulting them on a huge level.
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There is a big difference between flaming, trolling and spamming. Useless posts are spam not trolling and excess useless posts are post whoreing not trolling. For a definition of trolling
look here. Again an insult is an insult no matter what level its on. New members should be made to feel welcome and if they make mistakes, gently prodded in the right direction. If they don't listen pass it up to the admin. Its his job to decide who stays and who leaves the forum. Its not up to members to harass, insult and abuse a new member into leaving.