User blog comment:Tribaldragon1/New Proposition/@comment-11135771-20141201210316/@comment-10905876-20141201213455

Owl makes a good point, we tend to let issues between our various characters boil over into OOC. We tend to take each other's actions IC personally, I think we've all thought another user is out to get you even if really it's just how the character is written. People think that if a navy they are leading is constantly attacked, then the people attacking also don't like them OOC. If I were to take owls recent IC actions against UAC, I might be inclined to hate him for creating the evil Prometheus, I could even blame him for the attacks mace has made with his fleet! But I don't, because OOC he's a very reasonable and likable individual. It's the same with other users too, look at mace, I think we could all DESPISE him for his various evil IC acts. But, despite the caps raging, he is a liked member of the community. I could cite many more examples of people we could hate for IC actions.

The flaming seems to stem mostly from mixing IC and OOC issues, and I think that if users can separate them, flaming can be avoided. Finally instituting the admin rotation will help too, though that's on the current bureaucrats to facilitate.