One of my original objectives of starting this blog was to promote discussions etc. But I seem to have expressly failed in that objective. However this does not mean such discussions do not happen on blogs. Ever since my initiation into the blogosphere, I have learnt some of the jargon related to blogging. One such jargon, relevant to online discussions, is Flaming, which refers to "the act of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting, usually in the social context of a discussion board on the Internet". Another definition for flame.See the consequence of flaming here.
In my early days here, I came across a fairly decent post on People watching, but the no of comments on that post was a whopping 103. I can now see that part of the reason was a flame war happening on that post.
More recently, I was going through the blog of another well tracked blogger, Megha aka the wannabe indian punkster. She is incidently a Flippery Fish in the TTLB Ecosystem! That is very high on the evolutionary chart, where I reckon that I'd just be an Insignificant microbe! One of her posts, And this one is for the bleach, had a phenomenal 228 comments! Despite being relatively jobless I could just browse through a fifth of all the comments! Warning: If you want to completely read all the comments, choose a day when you dont have any pressing work. :P
Have a great day! Cheers!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Flaming Wars
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Have never bothered to find out about flippery fish and the whole ecosystem - I suspect I would be way down low, parallel to you, on that scale.
For the first year or so not really many people came to blog, or read it or even bothered to comment on it. It would be great to be ever popular and have 500 comments per post like some of the superstar bloggers. But there just ain't no dazzle here, my friend - so I shall have to continue to languish in the 0-4 comments category. Make no mistake - I am thrilled that even 4 people will bother to comment. It also means I can write naturally with no pressure on how to please the public!
Welcome 30in2005! It's an honour! :) Actually I read somewhere that someone preferred 5-10 sincere, thought out comments to 50+ inane comments. And yes, playing to an audience, causes stress that a blogger needs to lookout for.
500 comments! I shudder to think of it - imagine trying to answer all of them - impossible if one wants to answer sincerely. I guess super bloggers have a comment policy in place, where they state as to how they respond or dont respond. I personally prefer the 'local community' feel where the communication is informal.
My post on Imrana had a sort of flaming war going on too. And the guy who was doing it apparently told one of my friends who was studyin with him in the same university that he actually agreed with everything I said but just couldn't digest the fact that I was female AND made sense.
Something for you...
@GB
... he actually agreed with everything I said but just couldn't digest the fact that I was female AND made sense.
I cant believe it!
@mosilager - Thanks for the link
just couldn't digest the fact that I was female AND made sense.
:))
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