Anti-Flame Action

Hey guys (and gals),
i was thinking.... there is a way to stop all these jerks who come on our site to start trouble. let's not reply to them. when people like oblio and chemical post stuff on the site... view it and then move on to another thread. don't waste time replying... that just moves it to the top of the list anyway. it would stop all the "how to hack..." threads as well... if no one answers them.... the people will hopefully get the point and go away. I also think that if JP had a link to a "How not to get flamed" tutorial on the front page constantly, we wouldn't have all the trash going on that we have. think about it next time you go to reply to someone who is just trying to cause trouble.... if you don't reply, it won't stay at the top....

Merry Christmas Guys!

I tried suggesting that before, but no one listens to me...

Good idea, lets hope people take notice.

Who are you to decide what is a good post or not? You people are not exactly the ones who get to pick the topic of discussion. Obviously if the owner of this site felt there was a problem, he would do something about. He hasn't therefore it is to be accepted as part of the content of this forum. You are all in no position to judge the validity of any post. Start your own forum if you dont like it you pathetic losers.

uraloony: I know what u mean... I experienced the same....

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Originally posted by oblio
You are all in no position to judge the validity of any post. Start your own forum if you dont like it you pathetic losers.

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Hey onblio you suck at annoying people. I hope yuou die wanking over pictures of chemical who was ok.

Damn how many accounts do you have, 3 or 4 who cares you lil bitch!

Are you trying to say these people are not better than you, well its true but they are still slightly above you in intelligence.

Long live the old people who annoyed us, Seb-G and die these annoying fools!

ok:confused:[happy holidays! what up with other post ??? dont reply#1

:confused:....and the point of this thread was to stop flaming?!?!
:hiphop:

:confused: no flame just why do they reply i dont know why that just keeps post on front page ;(

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Who are you to decide what is a good post or not? You people are not exactly the ones who get to pick the topic of discussion. Obviously if the owner of this site felt there was a problem, he would do something about. He hasn't therefore it is to be accepted as part of the content of this forum. You are all in no position to judge the validity of any post. Start your own forum if you dont like it you pathetic losers.

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O/k.... my point was not to not reply to the posts that aren't "good" posts. what i meant was that there is no need to reply to a post that is a personal convo between you (oblio) and one of your "bitches"(chemical). that sort of thing just starts a gay ass flame war and gets the post bumped to the top again. and the point wasn't even to stop flaming... even though that is the ultimate goal. i just hate when i come to the site and the front page is covered with posts that are personal convos, flames wars, and "how to hack...", all of which are up there because a ton of people decided to bitch and moan about it. i know that i am just as guilty of this as anyone else... my point is that we should all agree that from now on, we aren't going to give posts like that any validation by replying to them. by replying to them, we are just giving some of these people (oblio, chemical) more reason to do it.

no reply is the best solution, especially when some people just post annoying things because they know it will set off a 3 page thread of flaming. and they probably don't even come back to read any of it.

You'd think the ignore feature of this site would not be too hard for you elite hackers to use

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You'd think the ignore feature of this site would not be too hard for you elite hackers to use

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dude, are you just trying to start a flame war or something? it's a waste of time, cause none of us are going to flame you

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You'd think the ignore feature of this site would not be too hard for you elite hackers to use

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Where did that come from? I must have missed seeing where it was quoted from when I read the thread here. :D

I agree with this practice, if you don't like what was said in a post the best thing to do is not reply and move on. AO is busy enough that the post in question will quickly fade from view and the message will be clear to the poster.

Anyway -- Merry Christmsas.

moving this back to the top so a few more people will read it

I have a different point of view for the subject, if you don't mind me posting, lord_darkside_x.

I beleive, in the General Chit Chat area of course, we should be allowed to post whatever our hearts desire...weather it be oblio talking about a jam session...or Ennis spreading the Christmas Spirit. I think your bais against oblio's thinking. I'm sure he came here with best of intentions...he just sorta...drifted, if you know what I'm talking about.

*chuckles*

But I'm with you when it comes to the *Nix Security, Windows Security, Networking Security, etc., etc. forums. Posting bullsh*t in there isn't the best place. Leave that for e-mail or the General Chit Chat.

I agree with Web Carnage that we should be allowed to post anything we want, but I would encourage anyone who wants to reply to something that is likely to start a flame war to think twice if it's even worth saying anything. Esp. if you know it's going to start a long series of back and forth posts that don't really concern anyone else. Sometimes it's best to just read and move on and forget. Usually it's just a waste to bother flaming back, but if you must General Chit Chat is the place for it. No where else please.

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Originally posted by [WebCarnage]
...or Ennis spreading the Christmas Spirit.

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One last time on Xmas day!

Merry Christmas!

when I was five I tried to burn down the next door neighbours hedge, that's all I have to say about flames. Don't mess with them they get you in trouble. :eek:

i didn't say he shouldn't be allowed to post web carnage. i said that he should post them in general chit chat AND that people should waste there time replying with **** like..... "you are gay for posting that" and the like.... i don't really care what he posts. let him post about jam sessions, as long as it's in general chit chat.... it doesn't belong in tutorials and the like. i just don't think it's necessary for people to reply to that sort of thing just to stazrt a flame war. and i don't think that it is necessary to reply to threads that the topic is something along the lines of "<user> is gay" or "i hate ao" or "ao users are stupid" these people are just trying to start trouble and i am only saying that lets stop the flame wars

Ok its pretty obvious what he's trying to say and in theory it works.

User insults everyone: in theory we let it slide to the bottem.

User insults everybody: In reality people get annoyed and he replies trying to annoy individuals, they get mad and reply thus creating a worthless long always on top thread.

So Im just saying basically we would all love it to stop but it probably aint gonna happen.

Wishful thinking I call it!

;)

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Wishful thinking I call it!

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unless most of the people follow the theory.

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Originally posted by VictorKaum
unless most of the people follow the theory.

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They wont

PH33R human nature and group dynamics! I thought of an anti-post, which brings the thread down five spaces as a form of protest, but that won't work for a variety of reasons. Maybe we can vote on a thread's flame-level... :P Nah, nix that too, it just won't work given that new threads can always be created...

I think there isn't anything that can be done about it without moderation, both in the sense of self-moderation and in the sense of forum moderation. <insert shameless private forum plug here>.

Terr I hear the Private Forums will be up around Jan 1st or so.

In a negative mood Ennis?

You know I'am an idealist, perhaps some dreamer.

(I have a dream) :)

Sorry if I came off that way but its true!

Anyway how can I be negative on Christmas!

;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

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Yep some mistake,
sorry :)

Perhaps Negative is negative about Xmas?

well at least someone understands what i was saying now. i have to agree with you ennis.... i don't think that the general public here at ao is going to accept this idea or live by it. but i think that if we, as a group that agrees, all decided to put this theory into practice, we would at least make some difference. if just the few of us started this, it would stop some of the problem.... "it has to start some where, it has to start sometime. What better place then here? What better time then now?" i'm willing to try if you guys are. hopefully if we all start this, maybe we can become leaders by example. it could work in theory;)

I think this is a great idea and I'll do what I can to support it. As it is, I try not to cuss someone out just because I don't agree with what they post, however I do try to state my side. It's such a high-school mentality to cuss everyone out if they aren't on your side or whatever and much harder to actually try to make a point in a statement or post without cussing someone out in particular.

Anyways, I'll go by it. It's a good effort and can only succeed with enough of the right people.

Merry Christmas to all, by the way..

ill help put theory into practise...........:D

well, at least two people is a start... ;)

....make that three.....

make it four... :)

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Originally posted by nickywookie
when I was five I tried to burn down the next door neighbours hedge, that's all I have to say about flames. Don't mess with them they get you in trouble. :eek:

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Brother....you can say that again! My studio burned down on christmas eve!!! Total Bummer....but all escaped unhurt. What out for FLAMES

...minus one...hehe

well we have the beginnings of quite a little group here...