lee wrote:
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> writes:
lee wrote:
Queue your posts before sending them.
I tried that, and wound up not remembering to post afterword. It
sounds better than it works, at least for me.
It can happen --- since I got used to it, I don't forget it anymore.
Even if I do, nothing terrible happens.
Some threads happen to diverge into, sometimes multiple, different
directions, with many posters becoming inspired to come forward with
what they are interested in. When this happens, it doesn't mean that
the thread has been hijacked.
That's your opinion, I can agree if the diversion is a subtopic of the
original post, otherwise I disagree.
Let's take the 'Schrödingers' Cat' thread as an example. Does it
constitute hijacking the thread when someone asks why it's
"Schrödingers'" rather than "Schrödingers"?
Implementation details of a relevant answer are fine, too often a "How
do I" question results in a "you want to do something less" answer,
which is (a) often not helpful, and (b) comes with the assumption that
the original poster asked the wrong question, or is using a wrong
approach, usually without understanding the reason why an approach has
been chosen.
That isn't hijacking, or is it?
I have had some success with starting a post with a statement that I'm
not seeking alternate solution, just information on how to make the
chosen approach work. I don't do it unless I'm really closed to
alternatives, I have had a fair number of good alternatives brought to
my attention.
And you don't like it when alternatives are brought to your attention
because of (a) and (b)?
More to save someone the effort of writing a long response intended to help, but
not actually useful. If there's a reason to use the solution I chose, everyone
benefits from useful answers, or requests for context, why I chose to do it the
way I did. I'm often happy to have any solution, but there are times when it
must go the hard way.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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