TurquoiseB wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>authfriend wrote: >> >> >>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: >>><snip> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Wrong. Thread hijacking is considered bad netiquette and you'll >>>>get bashed for it on other lists. I've been a programmer for >>>>over >>>>20 years and have been using email and online clients for that >>>>long. I think I might know a little about how these things work. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>I'm not a programmer, but I've been participating >>>in electronic forums, via BBSs, email, newsgroups, >>>and on the Web for over 20 years, and I've never >>>heard the term "thread hijacking" except from >>>you. I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. >>> >>> >>Here's more on the subject: >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_Hijacking >> >> > >I don't really give a shit about threading, period, >since I've discovered that it's more fun for me to >read forums such as this one in strict chronological >order than it is to read them 'threaded.' > >But, that said, doesn't the following definition >from Wikipedia... > >@ Thread hijacking is the act of taking a forum >@ discussion thread off topic by discussing a >@ subject entirely unrelated to the subject at hand. >@ >@ While this can be an intentional act of trolling, >@ it is often accidental - caused by other participants >@ in the discussion responding to a throwaway remark, >@ taking the thread off at a tangent to the original >@ subject matter. The results, whilst often humourous, >@ often extract a feeling of resentment from the author >@ of the post. > >...sound a lot like EGO to you? :-) > >I mean, somebody introduces a concept and then gets >uptight when someone takes the concept off in directions >he or she didn't intend? I'm picturing Aretha Franklin >singing, A T T A C H M E N T. > >:-) > >What you're complaining about with Thunderbird, by the >way, is a limitation of ITS software. It was designed >with certain protocols in mind, as if they were standards. >They weren't. > No it isn't a limitation of Thunderbird which is very flexible. Have you ever even used it? This is so funny, a bunch who embraces coherence embracing incoherence. :)
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