Re: Please stop hijacking threads

[Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

I recently posted a:

"<threadjack>

link to $my_product ;)

</threadjack>"

message as a reply to a post that was very closely related to $my_product.

This was meant as a harmless jape - very much tongue in cheek - but if it
caused offence/confusion/this current discussion, then I apologise
sincerely
for doing so.

Rob



2009/3/9 David Gumbrell <david.gumbrell@xxxxxxx>

>   To add to this, what this means is that for anyone using a threading
> email reader all the emails, both original and hijacked, get mixed in
> together. It makes it very much more difficult to follow the thread.If
> you read emails in a mail tool that collapses threads into a single
> line then the hijacked thread will be under the original title.
>
> This means it may not be read if the orignal thread was not
> interesting, and YOU (Mr Hijacker) may miss out on a response from a
> person who has the information you were looking for!
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
>
> On 9 Mar 2009, at 10:41, Andy Powell wrote:
>
> >
> > Can people please stop hijacking someone else's *thread* it's
hugely
> > annoying.
> >
> > For those that don't understand replying to an unrelated message
and
> > changing the subject does NOT start a new thread.
> >
> > Message threading uses the Message-ID which is copied into any
replies
> > you send as
> >
> > References:
> > In-Reply-To:
> >
> > For an example see Rob Mouser's 'More stuff on ebay' message
which was
> > hijacked into 'LED Lighting'
> >
> > How hard can it be to start a new message of your own?
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Andy Powell / ScaredyCat / FuzzyCat
> >
> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/ScaredyCat
> > Blog: http://blog.automated.it
> > Site: http://www.automated.it
> >
> >
> >
>
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