On Monday, 30 November 2015 at 21:52:34 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
You have 3 seconds to convince a random visitor that the site
is worth his/her time.
That's basically why i use the word 'flamewar' - it fits into a
tweet while being pretty descriptive.
Though, indeed, the meaning among hacker communities and other
parts of the internet is a bit different* so might as well reword
it on the front page (I do think the content inside stands up
pretty well though, and several of the posts match 'flame' by
either definition).
* A flamewar among hackers doesn't need to be personal, profane,
or particularly insulting. Just invested, long, and esoteric
(which often appears pointless to those on the outside).