What does "flooding" mean here on fluther?

I’ve heard it used in debate, where it means something similar. It can also be called “spreading.” You raise so many different objections to the opponent’s argument, that they can not possibly answer them all in the time alloted.

I saw the term used here today, and am not sure it was used accurately. It seemed to mean just answering again and again and again, which, as long as you are adding new information, and you back up your arguments, does not seem to me to be a problem. People argue as long as they can tolerate. There’s no social convention I am aware of that says jellies should hold back.

But you never know. A newbie may have brought us a new tradition—a way to cut off debate before it bothers everyone else. I know a few people who would use that on me, for sure!

It is a useful term for a phenomenon that I have noticed. Someone will answer 15 out of the 40 answers, in a way that does often seem thoughtless or even out-of-control. I have wondered why he or she didn’t move it to PM.

(I can’t find the question where the term was used, unfortunately, but I think that’s what the user was implying.)

I have never heard the term, but have certainly witnessed the phenomenon on Fluther. Hate it.

I didn’t know it had a name, but I’ve witnessed it on here, too and it’s annoying. If was in a debate, I don’t mind. But when it’s just to keep adding what the person knows, I stop reading the thread. It’s like the jelly is wanting attention to show how much they know about the subject. Why can’t they put it all in one post?

I have a word for that behaviour, it’s gobshite & there seem to be a few here.

What makes someone not able to observe his or her own behavior and then put in some course corrections?

If that was thrown in my direction, then you seem to be more than a little confused.

@ucme: MIne was a directionless comment, please note,

A familiar song, you know the lyrics well.

[Mod says] Hi! I was the author of the confusing comment. And it appears the term is not as well-known as I might have thought.

“Flooding” is a term that was once used in chatrooms to describe the practice of posting multiple times at high speed without allowing time for a response. In forums (such as Fluther) it looks cluttered when multiple posts are made by the same author, when it would be just as easy to put them all in one post. I had noticed this occuring and sent a message letting the poster know that we have the option to edit posts, so in most cases there wouldn’t be any reason to “flood” – or have a long list of individual posts by the same author.

I apologise if my terminology caused any confusion.

This would be considered Flooding:

If one were to make an example, I mean.

I suppose there might be another term, but I’ve always known it as Flooding.

By the way, I like pizza with feta cheese on top. Seriously, this shit is delicious.

It means that you’re saying the same thing over and over again. For example, “Hhihihihihihi” except you keep typing that a kajillion times.

@Seek_Kolinahr

I had noticed this occuring….

Do you have a link to the thread where this happened?

@Brian1946: We aren’t talking about a specific thread but a pattern of behavior.

On Social Networks the feed is often referred to as a stream, so when someone creates multiple posts in a short period of time, it is considered “flooding the stream”. I haven’t heard the phrase used in reference to the comments section of a post, though. However, I do see people whom are inclined to reply to each comment with a completely separate comment, rather than replying collectively in a narrative form, or by placing all the replies as separate paragraphs within a single comment. I suppose this habit devlops on sites where clicking on the username generates the @_____ and that user is notified that the reply has been made.

@Brian

I think it’s on the one about Social Darwinism. Really hardly worth the waste of time to read it IMHO.

(I meant the entire thread, not Seek’s admonition, just to clarify.)

But, if you enjoy tedious, be my guest :)

I should have unfollowed that one quite a while ago :)

It’s not Mod policy to name names or situations. Suffice to say it was a new user who didn’t know about the “edit” function on answered posts. There was no harm done, and it wasn’t even a situation of people being annoying or whatever. Just a few posts in a row where it seemed the user didn’t know they could edit a post if they felt their answer needed more clarification.

I did a poor job of explaining my original comment to the user, and the user thought I meant something I didn’t. The situation has been explained and rectified, and I have apologised for using jargon incorrectly or in an unfamiliar manner.

Pmsl at certain responses could be construed as “flooding.”

I remember that question and the posts and now I’m glad that I know a new term : )

Note: I have had the experience of answering a question, posting it and then had something else to say. I came back 20 minutes later and found the next answer space was just below my previous response. Too late to add it to my previous answer. Should we limit the number or answers one person may make per question? I don’t think so. As in actual conversation, if one or two people are monopolizing it, you can move elsewhere, It would be polite of the monopolizers to take it to p.m.

@Sunny2: Your experiences are reasonable.

Should one suggest to the the monopolizers to take it to PM, if they have not thought of it?

I have a serious feeling one innocent mod comment has started a snowball that may never stop. It was, quite literally, just letting a new user know they could edit a post and didn’t have to post a string of corrections and additions. That is all

@Seek_Kolinahr I don’t see this question as a “snowball”. It seems like a thoughtful discussion to me.

I second @chyna. This is an ongoing problem not something confined to one new user. I have seen it combined with threadjacking.

Flooding (definition nr. 2)

My wife thinks the name of this site is Flooder.