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There's a flame war on a forum you frequent. What would make you get involved, and why?

A flame war is a term for, basically, a fight carried out via posting, chat, etc.
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michelleld...
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Marked as Best! October 15, 2009 04:14 AM
I'm pretty luck. I own a writer's forum so when a flame war starts, I just lock and delete the thread!

For the most part, I avoid flame wars, but if there is an error in fact and my name is mentioned, I might correct the error. I also have a tendency to protect people I care about, so if someone attacks or degrades a 'friend', I'll usually say something then too.

I much prefer running the show on my board where I can just kick the thread off and the poster too, if necessary.
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October 15, 2009 05:15 AM
As a moderator, it is great to be able to simply remind everybody to play nice, lock the thread when I have to, and refer my actions to the board owner. On the board I help mod, I can't join in a flame war - it goes against everything the board owner holds as ideals. On other boards, I rarely join a fray except to defend friends or to add facts, clarify information, and/or diffuse emotional outbursts.
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kty2777
kty2777
October 15, 2009 03:31 AM
The only and very only time I'd bother to get involved was if the topic was so personal to me that I needed to say something...

otherwise it's just sad watching people loose it on the internet.
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unwirklich
unwirklich
October 15, 2009 05:14 AM
I usually pick up the side of the underdog depending on the subject. Some times I don't even agree, I just enjoy seeing how many people I can convince.

I really enjoy a good debate, and when someone is just getting reamed it makes me feel better to know I made their day by sticking it to whoever was flaming them.

I stay out of the stupid ones though, or try to re-direct the thread.
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lonlonranc...
lonlonranc...
October 15, 2009 05:53 AM
Nothing. It's so much more enjoyable to sit back and watch.
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quesera
quesera
October 15, 2009 09:57 PM
I stay out entirely. I used to engage them, and you always stay mad. They're not about understanding each other's side: they're about venting and raging. Actually, I posted something here a few days ago about religion that I think has some people ticked, but I'm choosing not to read their responses, so I'll probably never know! lol Life is short. You don't know the people on the internet. Move on.
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