Personally I don't think it is overly rude unless the original poster doesn't get their question answered, although it can get confusing. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: "greenzer...@gmail.com" <greenzer...@gmail.com> Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:59:13 To: <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] Just so you know -- hijacking a thread is rude I think were all guilty of it. but the civility that follows is what i like about this group... and that as long as i post a new thread i can even ask stuff completly off topic (ie. not NH or even bike related)... thanks guys (and girls too) yeti --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time™ Mobile --- ---Original Message--- From: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: 9/19/2011 8:09 am To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Just so you know -- hijacking a thread is rude I just hijacked your thread to talk about oatmeal cookie recipes instead of hijacked threads. It still falls under "RE: hijacking a thread is rude" in the subject line, but now I've added to the conversation and changed the subject. Hotrodmamma. From: Graham Rogers <graha...@ptd.net> To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 5:08 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Just so you know -- hijacking a thread is rude How do you hijack a thread or not hijack thread just in case I am doing it or not doing it? On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Kyle Munz wrote: I'm really tempted to hijack this thread only I can't think of anything else witty enough to talk about :) >-Kyle >On Sep 19, 2011 2:04 AM, "surfswab" <surfs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> One of the things I like most about this site is its civility. >> Threads are generally pursued to completion, meaning the conversation >> has reached a natural conclusion, there's no more interest in it, so >> the topic dies a natural death. >> >> I don't even mind when the thread takes a wacky, usually humorous, >> turn off-thread to go into something off the wall, but still related >> and entertaining. >> >> I do mind when someone literally highjacks a thread and makes it about >> something else entirely, ignoring the original poster and his >> question. >> >> That's just rude and we're better than that. I'm referring to our >> host asking for suggestions for solutions to his saddlebag fitment >> problem. What followed was totally unrelated haggling over exhaust >> pipes (?!) >> >> C'mon guys, that's what the "+ new post" link is all about. I'd >> expect the rest from Yahoo or one of the other Nighthawk pretender >> sites. >> >> Stepping down off the soapbox. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
