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[Fish n Geer]

Just to have a clear understanding. I have seen coments here and there about thread hijacking? What exactly does this mean? I dont want to be hijacking anything! For example if someone posts a question about their project and i start asking questions to because it relates to somthing i have to do or am thinking about doing. Is that hijacking? Or is it better to start a whole new thread asking about the same thing? Just want a bit more clarity on it being i am a fairly new member.

 

[Caveman Charlie]

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I think thread hi jacking is when you go off topic to a whole new area. I try not to do it on purpose. I sometimes do it a little but try to be respectful about it. For example in the oil change thread I told a story about a friend with a oil burning car. I maybe shouldn't have done that. But, it's still about oil and I try not to do things like that too awful often. To me a hi jack would be if I took this thread and started to talk about plane hi jacking or something. Or, worse if I started to talk about my love life or something like that. This is IMHO of course.

 

[SgtMaj]

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It could also be discussing your project at length in someone else's project thread... though using it as advise for that other person is acceptable I think.

 

[JB]

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Howdy, FnG.

Hijacking, sometimes called derailing, is changing the focus of the discussion away from the topic. . .or question. . .of the originator.

In your example the originator asks a question about his/her project. If you ask a question about a similar project you have diverted helpers away from the original question to your question. That is a hijack. It would be far better to start a new thread about your project.

Ideally, all responses are addressed to the thread originator and respond to the original question.

Probably the most common form of hijack is a response to another response, as in: "Hey, Joe. How is that Cigarette project coming?", which completely ignores the originator's topic.

All hijacks are considered bad manners.

Thanks for asking.

 

[Fish n Geer]

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Thanks JB. Crystal clear now.