On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 07:08 -0400, Eric wrote: > At 12:16 AM 9/16/2008, Tim wrote: > > >>>>> > >Such as replying to someone's > >message instead of starting a *new* thread for a "new" message (thread > >hijacking). Or, not doing a proper reply when you reply to someone's > >message, like replying to someone else's message and responding to a > >prior quote, or starting a new message and cutting and pasting between > >them, or using a client that destroys the in-reply-to and references > >headers (breaking a thread). > <<<<< > > Just out of curiosity, isn't taking a thread off in a direction > totally unrelated to its Subject: line also considered a form of > thread hijacking? > > Don't you guys also object to that?? > > This thread hasn't had anything remotely to do with "Arranging icons > on a desktop" since about the third post. Yet, no one seems to care, > and no one has changed the Subject: to match what is being discussed. This is true, but since the thread is now about hijacking threads and was provoked by a thread being hijacked I guess people want to keep it in the same place. This illustrates perfectly the whole issue about hijacking. Changing the Subject wouldn't affect the threading, but I take your point so I changed it. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
