In modern Internet space constantly there are new terms, quickly becoming for it quite usual. But sometimes to understand that any given word, rather difficult means. One of such words is, for example, "flood".
The word "flood", as well as many Internet terms, came from English. The English word flood means "flood" and its value on the Internet something probably on initial, though is used in metaphorical, figurative sense. Flood is senseless, empty, not relating to a subject messages from users. Respectively "flood" - to mean, talk not on a subject. On the Internet the set of resources is devoted to quite specific subjects and discussions. If on such website, in users who start a conversation about other event come to a subject of a forum or group, call their messages flood. Let's say it is impossible to get a subject of the family relations in group on issues of sale of apartments, and in a subject of examination questions it is impossible to begin discussion of summer holiday - it will be considered as derogation from a topic of conversation, the user will ask to stop similar attempts and to return to an initial subject.
Types of flood
It is possible to flood as from ignorance of specifics of discussion, and intentionally. To avoid flood on ignorance, it is necessary to study attentively the new website, a forum or group on social networks in which you appeared. Read rules of users not to draw upon themselves discontent of people around and to prevent nobody. Intended flood can be connected with the different reasons: desire of non-compliance with rules, action to spite of other users, mockery at them, wrapping of number of messages or even the hacker attack. Some users in the form of flood send one request or one message many times, thus blocking requests of other users and littering space of a forum or group. Rules of some games in network space prohibit players to send several messages from the person at once, calling also it flood too.
Punishment for flood
As punishment for flood the moderators or site administrators use the warning and even the ban of the user - temporary or constant. Usually big problems with fluder - the people extending flood - arise where moderators or administrators of a resource do not monitor the branches of discussions. At existence of such control the users try to follow the standard norms and the rules. If the person by mistake writes the message to the wrong subject or for such message there is a subject which was more suitable it, moderators usually at once send the user to the correct course. In other cases flood is more similar to spam therefore similar messages quickly are removed.
The negative side of flood is shown first of all that it prevents users to communicate on the selected topic of conversation, confuses them and even causes an uncontrollable controversy. However not always flood is so bad. Quite often this word is called also simple communication of users on all subjects in a row. However, such communication should be carried out in a separate subject which on thematic resources usually carries the name "Flood" which is quite suitable it, and in it nobody will already control on what subjects you communicate with other users.