Highjacked Threads Fun or Bad

[Nyboy]

Sometime a thread gets highjacked and goes somewhere unrelated to the OP . Do you think a new thread should be started, or just go with the flow. I like them, think they can be a lot of fun, what do you think ? Do you mind if a thread you start gets highjacked?

 

[journey11]

If it's just chatting and goofing around, I don't mind it going wherever it wants to go. But if it's something more technical, I think it makes it nicer to search for info on here if you separate the two topics.

 

[so lucky]

So far, no one has complained about us going off-topic so much, but it probably is pretty frustrating to anyone coming here for information. Maybe we should be more conscious of sticking to the topic. I admit I am as bad as anyone about wandering off the subject. Oh look, a squirrel!

 

[Smart Red]

@so lucky and @journey11 have made some good points. I don't mind if a thread goes off topic. I seldom think of threads as belonging to someone or being hijacked and I know I've unwittingly hijacked a thread or two and I've redirected a hijacked thread back on track a few times.

It isn't a problem for me because I read every new post, but I can see that we may be confusing those poor robots to the point of mayhem.

I imagine we can each resolve to do a better job of keeping to the topic. Then we can go off topic with the warmest of friendly intentions from time to time.

 

[majorcatfish]

been guilty of going off thread as well having a few of my threads jacked..no harm
just a suggestion while starting a thread post serious replies only in the title...

 

[Carol Dee]

Mostly all in fun. That is one reason I love it here. No one ever gets terribly upset when it happens.

 

[thistlebloom]

Wow, speaking of fun do you know what I did today? No? Well, I finally got that truck bed full of leaves emptied out in the garden and cut down the remaining clematis vines. Then I brushed the littlehorse and littlemule and took them or a jog around the neighborhood (they jog, I ride the quad ). Played ball with the dogs, winterized an iffy perennial I shouldn't have bought.....oh....what were we talking about?

 

[canesisters]

 

[Jeni Ann]

Love how your mind works, Thistle

 

[Wishin']

The fact that people on here are so friendly and easy going is what makes this forum great. I have NEVER seen a mean spirited "hijack" and "hijacked" threads usually end up being fun and usually bring up unexpected information that nobody would have thought to put up in a thread. I admire the way people just go with the flow and keep things entertaining and friendly on here. It is what separates this forum from all the other forums I have been on. I have left four forums because I am sick of all the drama and hostility that seems to take over other forums. ( I am never involved, just a watcher.)