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The Mods have come up with a new one....

KatieB — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:49:33 GMT

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Krimpette — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:23:47 GMT

I've seen "baiting" several times before.

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KingstonsMom — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:25:02 GMT

"Baiting" has always been a reason for deletion, nothing new.

And in my own personal opinion, it should be.

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:25:23 GMT

It has been around awhile.

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AuntG — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:28:35 GMT

I've seen it but not really sure what it means. I'm guessing it is when you purposely try to upset someone. Like when my parents would say "now don't egg her on".

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gizmogal — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:31:19 GMT

If you post a baiting type of topic that would obviously invite polarity and provocative responses, then you are looking for something the Mods want to prevent. It’s not new to this board and common on other forums. Sometimes baiting is being a troll, sometimes it comes of boredom to look for a lively discussion, sometimes it comes when a poster wants to throw the hand grenade into a forum and then say “who me??” As if the Mods are the bad guys.

Baiting is a valid reason to have a thread or post deleted. The Mods maintain the standards for any forum. Compliance means your posts get read because they remain.

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traveler — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:32:57 GMT

I’ve seen it before. Are you for baiting?

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Skididdy — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:33:21 GMT

Call me nieve, but I am shocked at all the baiting on this forum.

People wanna get their gloves on and go rounds at times. lol.

I guess its part of any forum. And sometimes some forget kindness.

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GingerPeach — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:40:00 GMT

I doubt it would have been an issue if a relatively new poster hadn't actually included it in one of her responses.

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KingstonsMom — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:42:05 GMT

@traveler wrote:
I’ve seen it before. Are you for baiting?

@traveler

Sounds like they possibly had a post removed for this reason, just guessing here.

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Big Joanie — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:49:05 GMT

I was on a thread yesterday ... all went fine for a while ....but now I am

sure that when it turned nasty it seemed to be a clear case of baiting ..

I mean it was a subject that it was a stretch to get into an argument

about ....

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KatieB — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:52:12 GMT

Good to know that it's been around. I've never seen it before... Not even sure I know what it means as far as a post is concerned....

And, no it was not my post that was removed and considered to be baiting.....

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GCR18 — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:06:15 GMT

Baiting is around a lot. Agree those threads should be poofed.

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KatieB — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:12:43 GMT

Isn't it baiting when a QVC host tells all kinds of lies (I should probably use the word tales instead of lies) trying to get the viewers to buy a product?

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brandiwine — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:30:47 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
I've seen it but not really sure what it means. I'm guessing it is when you purposely try to upset someone. Like when my parents would say "now don't egg her on".

I think you hit the nail on the head!

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jubilant — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:29:09 GMT

Yes. I don't know what happened to the one I posted on... but next time I came back to it....poof! It was a subject you would never think would go "off the boards".....having to do with a certain item used for decor. Oh, well....it is what it is. Why can't they just poof the offenders or give warnings? They used to give warnings. I always thought that was a good idea. I may have missed something but I wished they would at least give a warning.

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Bri63 — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:17:16 GMT

They poofed a thread in the Home forum about roosters. Baiting was one of the reasons.

I have no idea how a thread about roosters needed to be deleted. LOL

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:51:26 GMT

@Bri63 - that was not nice from the opening post.

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Bri63 — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:53:00 GMT

@CelticCrafter, I never read the thread.

Thanks for the explantion.

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AuntG — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:31:27 GMT

@KatieB wrote:
Isn't it baiting when a QVC host tells all kinds of lies (I should probably use the word tales instead of lies) trying to get the viewers to buy a product?

=======@katieB

Even my DH cracked up yesterday when a host was presenting a cheap rotary lawn mower and said it would be great to get into places on his six acre farm that his riding tractor can't get. DH asked if the host was serious and I said you hear tales like that all the time.