# Dealing with flamebait

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dealing-with-flamebait/56893>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dealing-with-flamebait/56893 "2021-03-10T15:43:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dealing-with-flamebait/56893/6 "2021-03-10T16:27:27Z")

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> [@mbauman](#):
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> I _really_ don’t want there to be public discussion/accusations of trolling/flame-baitery. I think members here should assume good intent; it’s upon us moderators to decide if something is being done in bad faith.

Having spent a fair amount of years on all kinds of public forums relating to open-source development (Blender, Python, VTK, etc), both lurking on threads and engaging in them, I really agree with this point. I’ve never seen a post like [Stefan’s](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-a-post-mortem/56809/63) calling out one or more users (wether real or not) and calling them “sock puppets” in such strong terms. Not only was I shocked to read it, but I’d be very careful with posting such things as they are publicly visible and will be for a long time. Such posts really give a weird and negative impression of the forum, its community and leadership, whether deserved or not.

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