Until quite recently, each of us could not have imagined that the rapid development of modern technologies would give each of us a portal to a completely different world. They gave him the name “Internet” and said that you can find anything on it, and even what you don’t really need … you can always find it too. He knows everything, always advises, finds friends, and if you want to quarrel, then you are here too. We gradually and uncertainly mastered an incomprehensible invisible network, and today we simply cannot live without it. His Majesty the Internet has filled everything at once, he knows our hidden desires and fills in the gaps in knowledge, he is full of the world of music and cinema, he will always lend a helping hand if you are in search, and will cheer you up. He opened to us a very special world of communication, his own communication, with a special pace, slang and a set of laws written in bytes. One has only to go to your favorite forum and hit the keys … As soon as the evil moderator with might and main shakes his finger with might and main: “Guys! Do not flood! What does it mean? What a tricky word, and which one of us did it and how did he do it? And maybe thisdid I inadvertently?
We do not deviate from the topic
In the realm of the Internet, everything is special, it even has its own language. That's just to know everything. What does the word "flood" mean? Well, since you are reading this article, it can be assumed that you are now walking around the Internet. And he, as you know, knows everything, and therefore he must explain.
"Flood" - what does it mean? The word itself comes from the English "flood" - which means "stream". The insidious Internet has slightly changed its sound and gave the word a peculiar meaning. Now it has become slang and means “a stream of garbage”, and to be precise, a stream of unnecessary information that users pour into the network. It happens that a person, without noticing it, deviates from a given topic for conversation and is carried away by a stream of eloquence and a desire to share experience with others in a completely different direction. That's when he starts to flud. What does it mean? If the moderator is kind, he will make a remark and send him to the fludilny, but if he is evil, he will hang up a ban. And the second is much worse than the first.
Smoke break
Flooding house, or, as it is often called "smoking room" - will endure everything, and here it is allowed to discuss a variety of free or involuntary topics. You can go to this separate forum or chat thread and invite the person you are interested in to discuss. And there you look and the rest of the "smokers" will catch up. Or maybe the moderator himself will connect to your flood. Everything is possible in the smoking room, the main thing is that it doesn’t come to a fight. ATStuff happens online.
If you really want, you can sometimes, or What is offtopic?
If you really can't bear to deviate from the given topic, but you understand that a remark can be made, then "offtopic" will come to your rescue - this is another slang word from the World Wide Web. You can write: “sorry for the offtopic”, and then express your thoughts “off topic”. Such a message will be regarded as an apology, but you will still flood. What does it mean? Well, since you apologized, they won’t punish you much, although offtopers are also not particularly liked. It's better to be brief, otherwise the moderator will wag his finger again.
So you and I figured out some tricks, and now you know what it means to flood the chat. Remember that wherever you are, you always need to adhere to the rules of verbal etiquette, and the World Wide Web is no exception. The users who are with you on the other side of the network are most likely quite decent and literate people, and you should definitely respect them. Try not to waste other people's time, and don't waste yours on someone else's flood.
Enjoy your surfing!
