Talk:Hit-and-run posting

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I wasn't done with the page, however now I've added context, relevant links and elaborated the topic. Is it enough?

Cheers, SLOB

It's a rarely used neologism that probably wouldn't get past Afd. Though, I don't think this qualifies as speedy material. --- RockMFR 22:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, its hard to contend the usage of the term, however I've come across it as often as other used terms, such as flaming, flamebait, troll, trolling, socketpuppet - all present on Wikipedia. But I didnt find a similar reference on Wiki for it.

If you Google "Hit and run posting" you will notice it used quite often. [[[User:SLOB1|SLOB1]] 22:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)]

This needs sourcing; it isn't anything like as widely used as the other terms. The entire concept's flawed, anyway. I don't see any reason to automatically demonize people who choose to make a single comment in a threat. In fact, what generally undermines internet forums is the fact that every single discussion is drawn out into an endless series of rebuttals and counterclaims, usually going nowhere. IMHO people should try to summarise their point and leave it at that where possible.

Discouraging so-called 'hit and run' posting also allows those people who spend an inordinate amount of time on forums to dominate any given discussion, at worst descending into a type of group-thinking digital Maoism that savages alternative viewpoints. Granted, the article does note this in brief.

Personally, I see no need for the superabundance of individual articles detailing different aspects of net etiquette, with everyone attempting to carve out their etymological legacy. All the 'flamebaiting', double posting and so on could simply be combined into a single article discussing spam. The type of 'hit and run posting' you are talking about is so similar to 'flamebating' that the difference between the two could easily be explained in one or two sentences. The pomposity of separate articles is totally unecessary and more than a little annoying to browse through. Gunstar hero (talk) 14:59, 27 February 2008 (UTC)