20 Aug
2008
20 Aug
'08
9 a.m.
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Same here. I'd much prefer they drift than not drift.
Peace... Sridhar
If the current
line of discussion does not match the subject line,
then the message thread has been hijacked. It is discourteous and
disrupting to other members of the community who might be trying to
follow the original subject. How would you feel if you had started a
new subject only to later see the discussion taken in a different,
unrelated direction.
Also known as "topic drift", and something I'd consider to be perfectly
normal in most situations where conversations are ongoing. Three
words: "Get over it."
The turns that some converstations have taken in here have been, to me,
informative and entertaining and they're one of the reasons why I enjoy this
list to the extent that I do.