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- inactive, 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. - gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -7/+33Winning on the internet is like winning in the Special Olympics; in the end you're still retarded.
- jimbocook, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Ron who?
- gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Well, I guess I see your point.
- 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. - 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.
- RealmDown, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Well, it's 5 pounds for a 5 minute argument, but only 10 for the full half hour.
- SpectralSounds, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I was just asking for that 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?
- Skitzzo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11you realize the article is basically about arguments online right? rtfa...
- NuFadZoo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Wouldn't you agree that using all caps is a terrible way to start an argument?
- 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.
- 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. - UglieJosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Your mom didn't read the article.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8wtf
- 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. - Bamborzled, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9"Wii is overrated."
That's what she said.
//obligatory sexual joke - thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8DDOS:
Distributed Dumbasses with Opinions on ***** - 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.
- 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 - polyGone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Is that an Ehelmet attachment?
- elementfire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Burgundy!
- 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
- Obscenewords, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6ald McDonald
- WikiEasy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7To win at e-war, first you have to have what I have, a big e-penis.
- 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.
- 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!*
- rarson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5LOL! I'll fellate it with TLA's while I masturbate my own blog @ www.*****.you.
- 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
- prezzy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/images/hehe/***** ...
yw sir - CaesarTjalbo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3who e-slaughtered the server?
- 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 - DJCult, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I want to complain. OWWWWW
- 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.
- conceptkid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Now selling, "I won an internet Flame War on Digg.com" T-shirts. Add me and send a shout if you want one :)
- inactive, 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)
- 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!"
- FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Jeremy!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't ***** with the The Pirate Bay.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1that was funny
- 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. - iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You missed Ubuntu.
- RadiatedAnt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1tsun zu does not compute
- firstkipchak, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i hope to god theres some sarcasm in there.
- 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.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This article sucks balls, just like the video game Halo.
- inactive, 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......>
- cawpin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Boom, headshot!
- Aidenag, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Good stuff, the stick to your guns one is very important
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