Originally posted by BruceBanner I've never understood the problem of threads being 'hijacked', personally I don't see the problem at all when a thread moves on a tangent. Just because the thread started out as A and then moved to B and C doesn't stop a single person from asking or making a point relevant back to point A again. I could understand more the issue of hijacking when we couldn't use quotes, but nowadays I just say let the thread flow wherever man. Otherwise tbh the thread can also be dull, I mean how many posts do you want to hear from people saying stuff like "OooH! Exciting, can't wait!" ZZz... so boring. Hijacking has shown to often make threads richer and more diverse and it's clearly not a problem for anyone to ignore the hijack and make a point pertaining to the original points rather than the tangent points.
The problem is when a person comes to a thread expecting to read about, for example, the D FA* 85mm f/1.4 lens, and finds little information relating to the thread title and lots of what is nothing more than random noise such as: Pentax will/won't, should/shouldn't make an MILC, Fuji equivalent of the 645D killed Pentax MF market, KAF4 mount is doomed (No it's not, yes it is, no it's not, yes it is, oh yeah?!, yeah! ), DSLRs are doomed, etc, the forum looses it's usefulness and people move on to other forums, or even other brands because we look like a bunch of halfwits.
We've had two threads regarding the new lens closed because of hijacking, meaning discussion of a new and decidedly exciting product in the Pentax world has been made impossible by some very self centered people. I include myself, as I have contributed by not staying on topic to the thread by allowing myself to get sucked in by off topic posts. This reply to you has nothing to do with the thread, for example. It is part of a hijack.
Some people will always be part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
My goal is to do better.
What, if anything, is your goal?