h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

i read this entry and it has a lot of good information
but
it seems to not draw a clear line between troll and flame

its all mixed up
and then so am i

i think the edited entry on trolling and flaming
on h2g2
should be a lot clearer

They overlap.

Life is confusing.

Live with it.

Thinking about this a bit more - (it's a question, they eat at my brain) - I would say that trolling was prodding to see if you could get a reaction and flaming was the online equivalent of shouting. Trolling can therefore be a bit more general, aimed at anyone who's around. Flaming is more likely to be personal.

But they defintely overlap.

There's also nasty and mean behaviour that's neither trolling nor flaming but is still mean. I can't think of examples, but you can spot it when you see it.

B

Mrs Zen, you said
"They overlap.
Life is confusing.
Live with it."

i think that is just mean

shall we 'live with' all the entries that need to be amended?
i know there are alot of them and that folks are working on them
because i see it in the conversation lists
i didnt know where to go to get that started for this one
so i thought i would start here

your second posting is more to the point
sorry you couldnt bring yourself to apologise
for hurting my feelings with this first post though

You are right, my first post was decidedly sharp, which was why I posted the second. I am sorry I posted so sharply; it was rude and unkind.

B

thank you so much
i cant tell you how much that means to me

and i am sorry, myself, for the rude characterizations of 'crass' and 'vulgar'
that i used in another thread
that may have affected your feelings towards me...

Oh I am certainly vulgar!

I try not to be crass though.

B

yes moi aussi

a time and aplace for ( almost) everything