hijacking posts

**british** · 07-14-2007, 07:46 PM

How do you handle posts that are hijacking your threads?
I used to delete them, but I realized that it was a very unpopular decision and I'm not sure now if deleting them hurts my traffic more than if I kept them.
What's your take on this?

**Andrew johnson** · 07-14-2007, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by british

How do you handle posts that are hijacking your threads?
I used to delete them, but I realized that it was a very unpopular decision and I'm not sure now if deleting them hurts my traffic more than if I kept them.
What's your take on this?

if they do hijacking threads - i would deal them - split off the offending post and close the original thread if it really old - more than 3 weeks
but if it new - just few days - then i would leave open but split off the offending post

**british** · 07-14-2007, 11:41 PM

When the discussion grows a leg of its own, but it still remains within the forum's subject, I split the posts and move them to existing threads. But when the discussion really takes an odd turn, like "it reminds me of a dream I had" and people reply to it, then my first reaction is to delete them. However, people don't always appreciate that... Would you just keep them?

**Vyoma** · 07-15-2007, 12:07 AM

Yes, I would keep them but clip them off the thread and make it a thread of its own in appropriate section of the forum.

**DrkSnpr14** · 07-15-2007, 02:20 AM

Most forums have a split thread option. If some users are steering into another topic, just split it and make it a separate thread

**Moelman** · 07-15-2007, 04:46 AM

Depends on the situation, but usually I just make a post in the thread remind them of the thread topic. If its veered way off topic I will either split the thread or close it. So really you have a lot of options, just do what you think is best for the situation.

**british** · 07-15-2007, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DrkSnpr14

just split it and make it a separate thread

Yes, that's what I usually do. But those are different. I can't move them anywhere, not even in the Off-Topic sections! So the choice is, to keep them or to delete them.

**Rizzo** · 07-15-2007, 10:41 AM

Our forums are about gossip, so any post like that just remains like that

**Toucan42** · 07-20-2007, 06:51 PM

So by hijack you mean changing the topic mid-thread?

**mh0825** · 07-20-2007, 06:55 PM

Skin them alive!

Just kidding, I think it depends on how bad they hijack it and if it's multiple times that they've done it.

07-14-2007, 07:46 PM	#1
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british Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 182	When the discussion grows a leg of its own, but it still remains within the forum's subject, I split the posts and move them to existing threads. But when the discussion really takes an odd turn, like "it reminds me of a dream I had" and people reply to it, then my first reaction is to delete them. However, people don't always appreciate that... Would you just keep them?

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