Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2023-08-27 01:37
Julian,
When you wrote: "I don't think that in all fairness a single poster can be accused of " hijacking" a thread by posting something off topic . A thread becomes "hijacked" when others voluntary follow suit with that person. Often someone annoyed by this derailment of topic will pitch in to to put the topic back on track so I don't see a big issue here."
IMO, a single off topic post very often becomes an "invitation" for others to follow suit with comments that perpetuate the first off topic post. I simply look upon that verbal behavior as "human nature".
As to your statement: "Often someone annoyed by this derailment of topic will pitch in to to put the topic back on track...", I only remember this once and it was done my a moderator who then abruptly "closed the thread". I have never seen this done simply by a member of the BB.
Lastly, when you stated: "...so I don't see a big issue here." Thread hijacking has, many times, become "a big issue" for me while doing research by reading past threads found through using the "search" function. More than a few times I have simply given up because it was so difficult to find precisely what I was looking for because of reading posts that "wandered' all over the place.
There was a recent thread about a Buffet B18. I had a question in my mind about the origin of the B18. However, instead of just adding it to the first B18 thread, I deemed my question to be a totally different topic so I started another thread.
So, to put it succinctly, to someone reading just the main page BB topics, hijacking a thread may truly be "no big deal". However, to anyone doing research of old threads, reading "off topic" posts can be a real headache as well as a waste of precious time.
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