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Re:Social media promised connection, but it has delivered ex... by diggan on Saturday September 13, 2025 @06:06AM (#45230832)
> I have often wondered why such a thing hasn't arisen again, on things like twitter.

We still have "flame wars" I think, they're just less intelligent, is more about spamming than insulting, and is often called "brigading" instead, basically one community trying to "overrun" another community one way or another.

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Re:Social media promised connection, but it has delivered ex... by awesome_dude on Saturday September 13, 2025 @04:40PM (#45235142)
> is often called "brigading" instead

Yeah, I think that you're right - Reddit is often referred to as being the Usenet of today, which is where I see the term brigading coming up the most.

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