
I've been around here a while now and threadwasting existed when I joined. I think the major difference is that instead of moaning about wasting threads, people told you to threadjack instead. Threadjacking seems to be a dying art.
Threadwasting gets right on my tits, just like anyone else. If people didn't moan about it it'd happen all the time and this place would go to hell in a handbasket far quicker than just from people moaning.
I rarely see any unjustified flaming. People are generally fluffy to the new folk who are genuinely lost/confused.