On 10/06/09 15:51, Charles Campbell wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just thought I'd inquire as to others' thoughts on this netiquette
> topic: highjacking a thread for a totally unrelated subject. My own
> tendency is not to reply to such highjacked threads; should I/we start
> asking that a new thread be started on the subject instead of giving
> substantive replies? As a recent example of this, consider Carsten
> Agger's "Hide cursor" which hijacked the "is the [Esc] key not very
> unreachable?" thread.
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
You're right. I've been replying to such hijacked threads in the past,
but I think that in the future I'm going to reply by just "This is
off-topic on this thread" for a first offence, and treat repeat offences
as trolling (i.e. "Don't feed the animals").
Best regards,
Tony.
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