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Baiting: Dropping provacative statements in the forums just to stir the waters; to single out and to bait other forums members in order to provoke a strong reaction from them
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The Problem: Flamebait
"Flamebait" (sometimes rendered "Flame Bait") is a subject that people feel strongly about and which almost always causes causes sharp divisions in viewpoint. In general, these topics involve sex, religion and politics. Here are some examples of topics that are considered flamebait:
Abortion
Atheism
Capital punishment
Gun control
Legalization of drugs
When flame war veterans see one of these topics come up, they often restrict their reply to something like, "This is flamebait; I'm not touching this topic." Inexperienced users, on the other hand, blithely charge in, and the same tired arguments are trotted out for the millionth time. Nobody changes their position and everybody gets irritated.
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http://members.aol.com/intwg/flamewars.htm#IRYD
If lesser forum skippers see
even Kapitan is subject to discipline, they will think twice before hijacking threads and baiting
