Over the past few days I’ve watched a mini flame war erupt on the ScotAvNet Google Group, these are not that uncommon in the online world. Essentially they usually revolve around some slight, either percieved or actual. Sometimes they are simpler, in as much as someone takes the hump about something or someone.
But in the long run, they do the online community no favours – simply put they are fractious and eventually kill the community spirit. The question that I would ask is where were the moderators when this was going on?
The group is unmoderated, which keeps the owners of the group in the clear legally. But without moderation, these groups can degenerate into a Bun Fight where everyone is a loser.