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The Art of e-War

bloggingexperiment.com — It is with great pride and the wisdom of many scars that I present to you The Art of eWar (with apologies to Sun Tzu).

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  • KoolKhemist, on 10/10/2007, -13/+2Don't forget DDOS.
    • supernova17, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8wtf
    • Skitzzo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11you realize the article is basically about arguments online right? rtfa...
      • thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8DDOS:

        Distributed Dumbasses with Opinions on *****
    • rarson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Somebody didn't read the article...
      • UglieJosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Your mom didn't read the article.
  • Aidenag, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Good stuff, the stick to your guns one is very important
  • FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -10/+13RON PAUL 200&NEVER!!!

    Who wants to e-war?
    • prezzy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6I will ewar you with my epenis
    • NuFadZoo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Wouldn't you agree that using all caps is a terrible way to start an argument?
      • BlogEx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8actually I'd say it's the perfect way to start an argument... it pisses me off to read it and I doubt I'm alone on that one
        • xBiTReaVeRx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2So what your saying is it pisses you off to have to read?
  • quickker, on 10/10/2007, -34/+1LOL, I love it! :) Will write about it @ my weblog www.EuropeanStartups.com !
    • Jordez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Really will you? Please keep me updated on that riveting news *sarcasm*. Seriously, nobody cares about your weblog and your blatant plug is just annoying.
    • rarson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5LOL! I'll fellate it with TLA's while I masturbate my own blog @ www.*****.you.
  • DustPuppySnr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Great one for developers. Knowing that your user is an idiot is half the battle.
    You have no idea how many checks you have to write in an app just because of this.
    • PakSiw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0heh, me thinks most of the bloatcode are idiot checks code.
  • Philluminati, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4I feel like an argument now. You know Windows is only called bloat-ware because you fat ***** of a mum uses it.

    oh no he didn't!
  • jimbocook, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Ron who?
  • BlogEx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Bush has been the best president in history! Lincoln, Washington, Kennedy, they got nothin on Gdub!
    • ninjasteeve, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Ron Paul for President of Iraq 2008!
    • firstkipchak, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i hope to god theres some sarcasm in there.
  • RealmDown, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Well, it's 5 pounds for a 5 minute argument, but only 10 for the full half hour.
  • onetimer, on 10/10/2007, -5/+34*Throws the bait*

    Ron Paul is NOT the best choice for president of the United states. And Apple fanboys whine to much. Wii is overrated. I don't like the iPhone.
    • prezzy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3iphones get you women! you should try one sometime... a woman
    • scuzzman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1PS3 FTW!!!
    • Bamborzled, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9"Wii is overrated."
      That's what she said.

      //obligatory sexual joke
    • iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You missed Ubuntu.
    • firstkipchak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0gar, takes the bait.
      how do you know you dont like the iphone?
      were you a developer for it who's ideas were squandered?
      or was the idea subconsciously put in your brain by Microsoft?
      what if you actually love the iphone but you just think its opposite day?
  • martalli, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17This should really be called the Art of the Flamewar....in which case this is a 20+ year old topic. E-war? I thought he was going to be talking about China's attacks on our military computers, researchers setting a power plant's generator on fire through the net just as en experiment, and so on.
  • gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -7/+34Winning on the internet is like winning in the Special Olympics; in the end you're still retarded.
    • Acolyte357, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3WOW, are you going to post a pic of the lime cat, clock spider or banana fish next?
      • Hollic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That's precisely what I was thinking. I'm all about funny, but this has been way overused. Oh well, time to get dugg down.
        • chris4404, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1As long as we have people like you we'lll always have a place for it.
    • omnis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1while your comment is off-hand, it's unfortunately true...
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I thought it was
      in the end everyone is a winner
    • tektalk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Congrats, you won...
  • unknamed, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Expecting a link to the "Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics..." picture in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2....
  • jcr223, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Buried as inaccurate -- Wesley Snipes wrote the book
  • SpectralSounds, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Debating/Arguing on Digg is pretty pointless. Ad Hominem is accepted practice and hardly ever do you see anybody comment with these words, "Well, I guess I see your point."

    Doesn't happen.
    • gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Well, I guess I see your point.
      • SpectralSounds, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I was just asking for that one.
    • ZeRux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Debating/Arguing anywhere on the Internet is pretty pointless - fixed
  • rarson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12This seems more like "How to be a prick that argues nothing solely for the sake of arguing." Like anyone on digg who calls people a label, makes a general statement, and then refuses to back it up with any kind of fact.
    • epilonious, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1To be fair... it seems that if things have escalated to the point of e-war, there was already lots of dickish behavior and inconsequential argument. This is what happens when a forum-goer traipses over the line of personal attack.
    • Acolyte357, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7"This seems more like "How to be a prick that argues nothing solely for the sake of arguing." Like anyone on digg who calls people a label, makes a general statement, and then refuses to back it up with any kind of fact."
      On digg: check
      Call people a label: check
      Makes a general statement: check
      refuses to back it up: check

      I see what you did there
  • TotalHalibut, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1If people actually read this, then maybe arguing with them would be more challenging.
  • La5eR, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0If you have your E-Warfare at V you should be able to do anything. And if you don't have your E-War up to V, id highly recommend you increase your memory and intelligence.
  • Gamer2k4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The "Go to Extremes" part is complete BS. Statements like "So you’re suggesting we just kill off all Mac users?" are in no way logical and using them is a very poor debating technique.
    • ZeRux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So, whom you would kill instead? :-)
    • InferiorWang, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Pretty much all his points are cheap diversion tactics used by someone with poor arguing skill. An experienced debater wouldn't let him get away with that stuff.
    • dougmc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Beyond `know your enemy' (which should be common sense), MOST of his suggestions were illogical and showed poor debating technique.

      But I don't think he was telling you how to be a good debater -- he was telling you how to argue on the Internet for the sake of arguing on the Internet. And he did that reasonably well.
  • conceptkid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Now selling, "I won an internet Flame War on Digg.com" T-shirts. Add me and send a shout if you want one :)
  • o0joshua0o, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11"Prey on emotion"? "Lure and ambush"? I would prefer if people would purposely avoid underhanded tactics like these and instead present clear, curteous arguments based on verifiable, factual data. But I'm living in a dreamworld, aren't I?
  • WikiEasy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7To win at e-war, first you have to have what I have, a big e-penis.
  • smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11the blog post reads more like Sophistry 101: how to be a troll and use informal fallacies to avoid rational discourse.

    appeal to emotions? sticking to your guns? rational, mature individuals debate or discuss things with people to uncover the truth, not for the sake of being right all the time or to flame others. this guy sounds like the archetypical forum troll who constantly goes around the internet instigating meaningless arguments with people for petty victories in order to validate their self-worth.
  • CaesarTjalbo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3who e-slaughtered the server?
  • DeeBlackthorne, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6No... seriously... I felt my IQ drop after reading that. Thanks. *runs along, chasing errant brain cells -- come back here!*
  • r00fus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2So you see conversation as a war?
    This is a better reference on how to detect when the person you're talking with is in "war" mode:
    http://www.vandruff.com/art_converse.html
  • qhor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Mirror: http://bloggingexperiment.com.nyud.net/archives/th ...
  • skyz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1so if you are central to a forum 'uproar' 'outrage' lol as i have been and you leave forget about it and then chance to stop by and they are STILL invoking your name ~ have you lost or won ~ i say won lol lol lol......>
  • BECoole, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Lameness.
    I want my clicks back!
  • skyz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2what is there to win in virtual reality ~ nothing but greater understanding about how people are ~ which i find to be sometimes bizarre (how people are)
  • skyz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1there is nothing to win in an ewar but a greater understanding of how people are ~ which is sometimes bizarre
  • Sheb, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I got a good laugh when the author suggested that you question the size of your opponent's wang to throw him off his game (and then stopped reading). Sure, he managed to make it look all fancy with all that vocabulary of his, but it still boils down to the twelve year old-ish insult of "ha ha, your dick's tiny!"
  • slanted, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Arguing online is like participating in the special olympics... even when you win, you're still retarded.
  • Beatmiser, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Big one I've always stood by: If you say "I'm done with this, nothing left to say" Don't come back a few posts later.
  • rmeddy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't ***** with the The Pirate Bay.
  • wakeup2truth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You should also take into account the 25 rules of disinformation when in an eWar. You may have the moral highground and also be correct. However an opponent versed in the art of disinformation may be your un-doing. http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a394fc1cf0ba9.ht ...
  • okmon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I am going straight to what your mom and sister(s) did to me last night.
  • gene1102, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This article sucks balls, just like the video game Halo.
  • RadiatedAnt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1tsun zu does not compute
  • diggmediggyou, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Know Your Enemy , Know Your Self .
    With great power comes great responsibility.
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