At 1:31 AM -0800 11/10/2010, MichaelP wrote:
[quoting repaired]
Yes, it's hijacked. He hijacked "PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping'" thread.
I'm sensitive to and I object strongly to use of the word hijack to
refer to refer to posting an original request for friendly help and
info from exoerts if the request is written in some un-obvious way
to contain hidden reference to an existing thread
A thread is said to be hijacked when someone posts into it a message
that is totally unrelated to the thread, expecting to get some
response. Doesn't matter how you feel about that term - that's
simply what it's called. This is different than thread forking or
drift in that those are usually at least somewhat related to the
original topic.
The problem is that Google threads by *reference*, not by *subject*.
To create a new thread, you must create a whole new post. You cannot
simply change the subject field -- which is what you did.
- Dan.
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