[ic] Thread hijacking

Stefan Hornburg racke at linuxia.de
Thu Sep 7 03:03:46 EDT 2006


Andreas Grau wrote:
> When people simply reply to a posting and then change the subject
> line and add a new text, people wo are using threaded mail readers have
> problems following. sb at airdelights.com was kind enough to do this twice
> recently as a demonstration:
> 
> Authorize.net online checks
>   Problem with adding parts to an item (<==)
>   Re: Authorize.net online checks
>     Quantity field on dynamic page help  (<==)
> 
> Top posters usually get flamed rather quick here, why not thread
> hijackers as well ? For the same reason : It renders threads hard to
> follow. And finding such a posting by sorting the subject line is also
> impossible.
> 
> Thoughts ?

Teach the correct way by notifying thread hijackers with private
email, most of them aren't aware of their fault. Other than that, you
can also choose to ignore their postings.

	Racke



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