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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Flame Warriors

Are you an Enfant Provocateur? Or perhaps the Lonely Guy is more your style? I'm a bit of Netiquette Nazi myself and so because of that, we're going to spend a little time learning about the different types of Netizens you may encounter in Cyberland and how to combat them.

If you frequent message boards, forums, or chatrooms you are bound to run into certain types of people. Some aren't so bad, others you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.

Take the Lurker for example. The Lurker is harmless because he/she does not participate. He merely reads. Occasinally someone may post something that rattles the Lurker enough to cause him to "De-Lurk" and actually say something, but it does not happen often.

Then again you have the Nitpicker. This user is usually quite prolific yet their posts rarely contain any 'meat.' Instead the Nitpicker will look for errors in other people's messages. Anything from spelling errors to factual errors are fair game to this annoying little twit.

Visit Flame Warriors and scroll through the roster on this site to see if you've met any of these types of people. Or indeed, to see if you are actually one of them yourself (and if you are, cut it out man, it's irritating.)

How do you fight these Warriors? Well each one requires a different line of defense. With the Lurker it's easy because you hardly ever remember he's there. But with Nitpicker it's a little more difficult, like trying to swat a fly you can't quite reach. Nitpickers know they are obtuse and annoying and they enjoy watching you writhe in annoyance. Perhaps the best way to deflect is to simply learn to live with the fly.

Written by atomicweightofcheese @ 11:14 AM ||

Flame Warriors

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