Editing Flaming (Internet) (section)

===Flame trolling===
Flame trolling is the posting of a provocative or offensive [[message]], known as ''flamebait'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Flamebait |url=https://searchmicroservices.techtarget.com/definition/flamebait |access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> to a public Internet discussion group, such as a [[Internet forum|forum]], [[newsgroup]], or [[mailing list]], with the intent of provoking an angry response (a "flame") or argument.

Flamebait can provide the poster with a controlled trigger-and-response setting in which to anonymously engage in conflicts and indulge in aggressive behavior without facing the consequences that such behavior might bring in a face-to-face encounter.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In other instances, flamebait may be used to reduce a forum's use by angering the forum users. In 2012, it was announced that the US State Department would start flame trolling jihadists as part of Operation Viral Peace.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sydiongco |first=David |title=New Strategy in the War on Terror: Trolling Jihadi Forums |url=https://slate.com/technology/2012/07/viral-peace-plans-to-combat-terrorism-by-trolling-jihadi-forums.html |website=Slate |date=19 July 2012 |access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref>

Among the characteristics of inflammatory behavior, the use of entirely capitalized messages, or the multiple repetition of exclamation marks, along with profanity have been identified as typical.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Turnage|first=Anna K.|date=2007-10-01|title=Email Flaming Behaviors and Organizational Conflict|journal=Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=43–59|doi=10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00385.x|s2cid=8093848 |doi-access=}}</ref>