Posted by gardenergirl on October 9, 2006, at 8:07:57
In reply to Lou's reply to zazenducky » zazenducky, posted by Lou Pilder on October 9, 2006, at 7:37:41
While I agree that "hijacking" of threads can and does happen, we also see dialogs and topics evolve in threads. I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing. I've also seen the issue of "hijacking" handled among the thread participants very well. Often someone will realize that the thread has gone off topic and that this might not be supportive of the original poster. Then you might see an apology to the person and an effort to redirect the topic back to the original poster's need. Sometimes the original poster comments on the change of topic. I've seen this done in a civil manner and also a not so civil manner. But that usually is sufficient to get the thread back "on topic".
I think this often gets handled very well within the community, and I would be opposed to codifying what is and is not appropriately "on topic" and "off topic."
gg
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