The Great thing about the Flame Warriors is it captures trolling, XKD 386'ing, and many other reasons people write for effect. It captures the idea that people write for sport and that the simplest form is little but gamesmanship.

This is why gamification can work to reduce bad behavior. It encourages people to write within community standards and provides incentives for the community to discuss, publicise and enforce standards. Without gamification, flaming and banning are about the limits of the arsenal against bad behavior.

Thanks for this, great resource - although a little saddening there so many different categories! Updated the original article to include the link.