NOW!
Posted on 05/09/2006 9:52:39 AM PDT by kevkrom
Single-issue people.
They're out there... on every thread. No matter what the topic, they try to link it to their pet issue in some way, shape, or form.
They are... The Thread Hijackers™.
While little can be done to stop them, and it is probably best to ignore them, I find it much, much more fun to mock them. Sure, being passionate about an issue you care about is a good thing, but thread hijacking is annoying and, to be honest, turns off people who might otherwise agree with you.
So, on to the mocking.
I'd like to coin the term "H-score" to indicate the number of posts on a thread before someone tries to hijack it with the issue du jour. For example, if the attempt occurs on response #5, the thread has an "H-score" of 5.
What I propose is that when hijacking offenses occur, that they be documented here in the following form:
Thread: Thread title and link
H-Score: Post # on thread containing the offense (first per thread only)
Offender: Screen name of offending poster
Severity: Scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high) on how off-topic the comment is
My Comments: Optional, use to justify severity or just general mockery of offender
Perioidcally, I will go through the nominees and post finalists (for subjective awards) and winners (for non-subjective awards) in the following categories (subject to change at any time):
The issue du jour changes over time. At one time, it was Terri Schiavo. As of the time of this posting, it is illegal immigration. Note that ridicule on this thread is not to be taken as argument over any poster's position, but rather their methods and bloody single-mindedness.
So, for now, nominations will be taken for threads hijacked by "illegal immigration/border control" single-issue folks. Watch this space for any changes.
I had a couple people follow me from thread to thread just to roast me on my Elian views. Now that is scary!
340 posts and no one noticed I posted the wrong date on the article?
Mom accused of helping bake Ex-Lax cookies
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/2715034.shtml
ping
Allahu FUBAR!!
You know, a thread needs to be started of posts that were removed by moderators. For those of us who are sick and twisted and just a little evil! :)
Hijacking threads that Americans just won't hijack.
Bookmarked for later! LOL!
LOL! Loved it!
Now you've done it. Here we come, like Rohirrim at a gallop :)
One more thing: whatever happened to some of the old FReepers, like DD and the 2 PB's?
NO one can match the Hobbit Hole for endless chatter. :~D
Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!
:-)
I agree. There are many things I don't agree with Bush on, or that I feel he should have handled otherwise, and I think it would be worthwhile to discuss these things. That's what I'd like - discussion, not hysteria. But there's a very shrill element - which, as you say, almost sounds like a parody of conservatives, dreamed up by the fevered DU brain - that is driving out or silencing some of the more rational posters. I really hope things settle down on FR and we can get a little more reasonable, because over the years, I have come to depend on it for news and interesting insights. It has been my lifeline in my wretchedly liberal area.
Are you supposed to put any water in that?
Only if it's good enough!
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