Is it just me who feels this way, or is our community actually prone to thread hijacking?
Thread Hijacking
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 12:44
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 12:59
#1
Thread Hijacking
I was actually feeling a bit guilty for this in a recent thread... the raindrop-abstract thread. The thread reminded me of an old game design so I responded with a description of that old design... interesting (to me, at least) but not very productive in context. If anything, I should have started a new thread or a journal entry with an "I was reminded by..." intro.
....Not that anyone let my post interrupt the flow of the discussion, but still. After I posted it, I worried that it would.
I suppose its only natural for people to go off on tangents, and then sometimes for those tangents to overpower the original path. (Happens all the time, it's this newfangled idea called "evolution"....)
But, we are a reasonably intelligent community that strives to help each other (and ourselves), so organization with that end in mind is something that we should try and be mindful of. I for one will try to be better about putting posts in the threads where they belong, and starting new threads when it's warranted.
~Josh
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 13:54
#2
Re: Thread Hijacking
Nando wrote:
Is it just me who feels this way, or is our community actually prone to thread hijacking?
Yes it is. By the way, check out my journal on my Thirty Years War game here.
Seriously, this kind of thing does happen, but I think it's more a consequence of the lack of a hierarchical structure in Nuke, which would enable subdiscussions to proceed without jumbling the thread up. I wouldn't attribute it to malicious intent on the part of posters; it's just the natural course of conversations, that someone is reminded of something similar but different and a subconversation begins.
I'll also observe that some threads that I've seen drift off topic have been in response to "where do I get started" posts from first-and-last-time posters, and I think that if someone just posts a topic and then never chimes in again, it's perhaps not the worst thing in the world if their thread stays alive but the focus drifts.
If you see an egregious case, it's probably not a super-big deal for the admins to divide the thread, so feel free to ask. And I agree with Josh, that if we're all conscientious to start new threads as appropriate, that would be good as well.
-Jeff
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 16:31
#4
Thread Hijacking
Is it possible to make some sort of thread branch. Like somebody who who think his post is out of the original topic, make a new sub thread. In the post list, a entry will say somethig "see also this thread for discussion about X". Of course we can always do it manually.
Wed, 03/29/2006 - 05:00
#5
Thread Hijacking
Larienna wrote:
Is it possible to make some sort of thread branch. Like somebody who who think his post is out of the original topic, make a new sub thread. In the post list, a entry will say somethig "see also this thread for discussion about X". Of course we can always do it manually.
I think thats what Jeff was trying to say (i.e. Nuke doesn't let ya).
Which is a bit of a pity, as it may be useful.
On another (related?) note, whats the ETA on the Wiki site?
Wed, 03/29/2006 - 14:01
#6
Re: Thread Hijacking
Nando wrote:
Is it just me who feels this way, or is our community actually prone to thread hijacking?
Maybe, but I just saved a bundle on my car insurance!
