Until recently, each of us could not even think 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 in it, and what you don’t really need ... you can also always find it. He knows everything, he will always advise, he will find friends, and if you want to quarrel, you are here too. We were masterfully and uncertainly mastering an incomprehensible invisible network, and today we just can’t live without it. His Majesty the Internet flooded everything at once, he knows our hidden desires and fills the knowledge gaps, 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 prescribed by bytes. One has only to go to your favorite forum and hit the keys ... How then, the evil moderator with might and main threatens with a finger: "Guys! Do not flood! ". What does it mean? What a tricky word, and which of us has flooded and how did it? Or maybe I did it inadvertently?
Do not deviate from the topic
Everything is special in the realm of the Internet; it even has its own language. Just to know everything. What does the word flood mean? Well, since you are reading this article, you can assume that you are now walking on the Internet. And he, as you know, knows everything, and therefore, must clarify.
"Flooding" - what does it mean? The word itself comes from the English "flood" - which means "stream". The insidious Internet slightly changed its sound and gave the word a peculiar meaning. Now it has become slang and means “garbage stream”, and to be precise - a stream of unnecessary information that users pour into the network. It happens that a person himself, without noticing it, deviates from a given topic for conversation and is carried away by the flow of red-tongue and the desire to share his experience with his neighbors in a completely different direction. That's when he begins to flood. What does it mean? If the moderator is kind, he will make a comment and send it to the floodroom, but if he is angry, he will hang the ban. And the second is much worse than the first.
To smoke break
A flood room, or, as it is often called a “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 the discussion. And there you look and the rest of the "smokers" will catch up. And 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. Everything happens on the Internet.
If you really want, then you can sometimes, or What is offtopic?
If you really can’t tolerate deviating from a given topic, but you understand that they can make a comment, then “offtopic” will come to your rescue - this is another slang word from the World Wide Web. You can write: “sorry for 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, you won’t be punished much, although offtopers are also not very fond of. It is better to be brief, otherwise the moderator will again shake his finger.
So you and I figured out some tricks, and now you know what it means to flood in the chat. Remember that wherever you are, you must always 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 competent people, and it is certainly worth respecting them. Try not to waste time with others, and do not waste your time on someone’s flood.
Enjoy your surfing!