Dethreading

[warhol]

Dethreading: A counter to topic-derailing. (Something I love to do)

Imagine a thread talking about A and suddenly transitioning to a discussion about B.

Dethreading would be to cut all the responses in relation to B and creating a whole new thread to paste all this info on.

Hard to do? Yes.

[Rapt0r]

This is done occasionally.

Already I ready this as Deth Reading.

[SUSAltd]

I think I've seen this on some forums; I think it's called "splitting".

Also I originally read this as a portmanteau of "deth" and "threading".

[slashfan7964]

I also read it the same way.



I have it on my forum and it's called splitting. I rarely use it so I can't see how it would be a big use here.

[Metallicaholic666]

could it be because the activity there is almost non-existent at times?

[slashfan7964]

Sometimes. Activity died recently. But the actual site is thriving.



It may be of some use here but I think the mods/admins would say it would just bloat the site.

[wolferacing]

The best way to fix topic-derailing is to not create off topic posts!

[slashfan7964]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[SUSAltd]

This forum probably does have it, but mods don't use it because the off-topic conversations wouldn't make sense at all if put in a separate thread.

But I wouldn't know because I'm not a mod.

[slashfan7964]

That's a good point. Half the crap that goes on usually would be better off in the thread and a mod asking to return on topic to the post that the off topic posts were in. It's kinda if pointless when you think of it that way.

[PiXeLaDo]

I read this as Deth Reading.

yes

Half the crap that goes on usually would be better off in the thread and a mod asking to return on topic to the post that the off topic posts were in.

Here in the FoFFF, you'd need a bot for such an exhausting task, y'know?

[warhol]

The best way to fix topic-derailing is to not create off topic posts!

Unheard of

[aander91]

It's not exactly difficult to get threads back on topic without mod intervention. To be quite honest I'd rather just let the off topic conversation take it's course. It happens in just about every thread, so it's almost inevitable, and some times the "off topic" discussion isn't really so far from the original topic anyway.

[Rapt0r]

I never saw the point of getting upset over off-topic discussions. It's usually because the original discussion led to that point. Just look at the PS3 root key thread I made.

[aander91]

Exactly. All of the off topic posts are a byproduct of the original topic.