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Old 07-14-2007, 08:46 PM   #1

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hijacking posts
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?
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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
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Old 07-15-2007, 12:41 AM   #3

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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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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.
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Most forums have a split thread option. If some users are steering into another topic, just split it and make it a separate thread
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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.
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Old 07-15-2007, 11:20 AM   #7

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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.
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Our forums are about gossip, so any post like that just remains like that
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So by hijack you mean changing the topic mid-thread?
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Just kidding, I think it depends on how bad they hijack it and if it's multiple times that they've done it.
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