Re: Bitcointalk trolls, dysfunction and all out flame wars. Guide to the scandals.
I cannot remember a single hot public discussion involved in the appeal of the red tag. But I swami agree if we talk about the debate dedicated to the appeal of the red tags on the basis of a personal vendetta.
Ah, a hot discussion probably not. I wasn't thinking of major drama threads when I wrote my last post, just general complaints about getting negged for cheating or merit abuse or whatever. Those certainly never rose to the level of the flame wars that happened between Vod and OgNasty or TECSHARE and Vod or....you know what I mean.And you're right about the personal vendetta neg threads being more heated (and more extended), because there have been a number of those that I can remember. aTriz was one such case, and that was quite a while ago but I still remember all the drama that surrounded it (and I just looked, and that one is listed on the first page of this thread). And actually that wasn't so much vendetta-driven as it was a case of someone being justly tagged--though there was a lot of controversy around the tags if I remember correctly. I haven't re-read that thread, but I probably will.
As for xtraelv, I think he will not scold me if I say that everything is fine with him ... he leads a more active lifestyle than many of us, and in his free time he works to refute the lies that CSW has been telling for years, (at least that was the case a couple of weeks ago). 
OK, good to hear it (again). Sometimes when members disappear suddenly, I wonder if something bad has happened to them (like TMAN). And I'll once again acknowledge that you told me before that this wasn't the case with xtraelv. 