RolStoppable said:
Nem said:
Jay520 said:
My advice for dealing with flame threads is to either report them & move on, as you suggested, or simply confront the OP directly in his own thread. I prefer the latter method. If you believe the person is truly flamebaiting, then you should be able to clearly and persuasively articulate this point in his thread. If you cannot put forth a decent argument that the OP really is trolling, then perhaps he isn't trolling and maybe you are butthurt. Indeed, this method will cause you to think about whether your disdain towards certain threads are founded in reason or biased emotion.
It's best to do this as peacefully as possible, so as to not be moderated yourself. Again, if you are right the OP is flaming, then you should be able to illustrate this point without breaking any rules. I find that this method can be effective discouragement to the OP as he will know that future acts of flaming will be called out immediately for all to see. Eventually the user will get tired of being publicly called out and hopefully the frequency of flaming will decrease and/or eventually the mods notice and step in.
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That is probably a bad idea since the thread will keep getting bumped up and more people will get involved. I understand what you mean, but not only would it be time consuming as theres no garantee the person will listen. Theres examples of that on this same thread.
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No, that's the right thing to do, because it creates personal drama. If a thread is truly flamebait/stealthtrolling/whatever, then it will get bumped a lot anyway, so that's of no concern. Also, it doesn't really matter if that person will listen. What matters is that the moderators and community see it. And in that sense, it's equally valuable if someone is rightly or wrongly attacked for their OP. In either case we'll learn something.
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