"Flaming" is what people do when they express a strongly held
opinion without holding back any emotion. It's the kind of message that
makes people respond, "Oh come on, tell us how you really feel."
Tact is not its objective.
Flaming is a long-standing
network tradition (and Netiquette never messes with tradition). Flames
can be lots of fun, both to write and to read. And the recipients of flames
sometimes deserve the heat.
But Netiquette does forbid the perpetuation of flame wars -- series
of angry letters, most of them from two or three people directed toward
each other, that can dominate the tone and destroy the camaraderie of a
discussion group. It's unfair to the other members of the group. And while
flame wars can initially be amusing, they get boring very quickly to people
who aren't involved in them. They're an unfair monopolization of bandwidth.
(Source: Rule 7-- The Core Rules of Netiquette)
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