Copyright by Matisse "Flame War" Enzer -->When an online discussion degenerates into a series of personal attacks against the debaters, rather than discussion of their positions. A heated [..]

 Occurs when an online discussion

When two or more people exchange insults in a public messaging. It is sometimes done deliberately to disrupt the normal flow of messages. See troll.

Definition A Flame War is a series of Flaming Messages sent back and forth between different people on a message board that escalate higher and higher into ever increasing hostility.

n. (var. `flamewar') An acrimonious dispute, especially when conducted on a public electronic forum such as USENET.

Internet Glossary When an online discussion degenerates into a series of personal attacks against the debators, rather than discussion of their positions. A heated exchange.

In online forums and other online discussion spaces, a flame war is a series of flame posts or messages in a thread that are considered derogatory in nature or are completely off-topic. Often these fl [..]

When an online discussion degenerates into a series of personal attacks against the debaters, rather than a discussion of their positions, it is referred to as a flame war. See Also: Flame, Trolling

When an online discussion degenerates into a series of personal attacks against the debators, rather than discussion of their positions. A heated exchange. See Also: Flame

When an online discussion degenerates into a series of personal attacks against the debators, rather than discussion of their positions.

A series of public posts in which people flame one another rather than contribute useful information.