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It isn't the same thing at all.  It is much more akin to a couple of people sitting at a table trying to have a proper conversation and then another group with their own agenda comes to sit at the same table to have another conversation, talking over the original.

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ORIGINAL: Alumbrado

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It isn't the same thing at all.  It is much more akin to a couple of people sitting at a table trying to have a proper conversation and then another group with their own agenda comes to sit at the same table to have another conversation, talking over the original.

Except this isn't a place to hold private conversations... this is an open forum where people know in advance that what they are posting will be subject to comment and even criticism from the group at large.

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What I dont understand is. there was a thread about "what else other than ones body does your Dom like about you". Every reply I saw, was about the topic and there was even posts redirecting what little drift there was...people being on there best behavior and still there was a reprimand posted by moderator 11. This confused me. I was like "what hijacking"?

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It isn't the same thing at all.  It is much more akin to a couple of people sitting at a table trying to have a proper conversation and then another group with their own agenda comes to sit at the same table to have another conversation, talking over the original.

Except this isn't a place to hold private conversations... this is an open forum where people know in advance that what they are posting will be subject to comment and even criticism from the group at large.

I didn't say private conversation.  I have no problem with people *joining in* on the conversation, nor *related* comment and criticism.  In fact, I encourge that.  It is the off topic drag that I have issue with.

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This confused me. I was like "what hijacking"?

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The group I playfully refer to as the CollarMe Women's Auxilliary seem to feel most every thread is a welcome place for their insessant off topic chat with one another.

Otherwise known as the Bigmouth Submissive Collective - though you may avoid that particular group by joining more 'arrid' discussion threads. They tend to not frequent those as assiduously :-) .

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What I dont understand is. there was a thread about "what else other than ones body does your Dom like about you". Every reply I saw, was about the topic and there was even posts redirecting what little drift there was...people being on there best behavior and still there was a reprimand posted by moderator 11. This confused me. I was like "what hijacking"?

It confused you because by the time you got to it, half of the posts had been deleted by Mod11.  You would have had to have seen it before that to really understand.

Cali

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The group I playfully refer to as the CollarMe Women's Auxilliary seem to feel most every thread is a welcome place for their insessant off topic chat with one another.

Otherwise known as the Bigmouth Submissive Collective - though you may avoid that particular group by joining more 'arrid' discussion threads. They tend to not frequent those as assiduously :-) .

Jeez....and you've made us have to PM each other instead, but its really hard to have jello wrestling in private one on one e-mail.[:D]

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I personally just don't give a damn if a thread gets hijacked, including my own. This idea that once it gets hijacked it will never go back on topic is absurd. If the topic is interesting enough new people will come and post their own ideas on the OP, pulling the topic back.

If your thread or your friend's thread gets hijacked, get over it. Nobody did it to insult you. It's the same as sitting at a table and trying to introduce a new topic of conversation and whoever you are talking with go "Nah, we'd rather talk about this instead." Hell at least hijack keeps the thread alive and I've gotten some interesting responses to my threads because thread hijack kept them alive and on the first page.

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ORIGINAL: ottRopesandKnots

The group I playfully refer to as the CollarMe Women's Auxilliary seem to feel most every thread is a welcome place for their insessant off topic chat with one another.

Otherwise known as the Bigmouth Submissive Collective - though you may avoid that particular group by joining more 'arrid' discussion threads. They tend to not frequent those as assiduously :-) .

Jeez....and you've made us have to PM each other instead, but its really hard to have jello wrestling in private one on one e-mail.[:D]

No, you're probably more than welcome to have your frivolous threads in the off topic/humour areas of the site.  The point is, your jello wrestling probably isn't appropriate while other people are trying to discuss issues relevant to the thread in question.

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About hit and runs.  Sometimes I do that with the intention of never going back to the thread (as saying what I had to say is enough on the subject), sometimes I forget to check the thread again, sometimes.....I just do not care what people may say in response.

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It's the same as sitting at a table and trying to introduce a new topic of conversation and whoever you are talking with go "Nah, we'd rather talk about this instead." Hell at least hijack keeps the thread alive and I've gotten some interesting responses to my threads because thread hijack kept them alive and on the first page.

It isn't the same thing at all.  It is much more akin to a couple of people sitting at a table trying to have a proper conversation and then another group with their own agenda comes to sit at the same table to have another conversation, talking over the original.

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I would recommend everyone read the "Collarme Forum Guidelines"  on the admin. board

Jeff

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I personally just don't give a damn if a thread gets hijacked, including my own. This idea that once it gets hijacked it will never go back on topic is absurd. If the topic is interesting enough new people will come and post their own ideas on the OP, pulling the topic back.

If your thread or your friend's thread gets hijacked, get over it. Nobody did it to insult you. It's the same as sitting at a table and trying to introduce a new topic of conversation and whoever you are talking with go "Nah, we'd rather talk about this instead." Hell at least hijack keeps the thread alive and I've gotten some interesting responses to my threads because thread hijack kept them alive and on the first page.

If you're sitting at a table and want to introduce a new topic of conversation, and your tablemates say, "You stupid doofus, how dumb of you to think anyone would be interested in your inane subject," and then the conversation continues in a manner that is demeaning and nasty, that is bullying. And when the tablemates get called on the carpet, they claim that "the OP was just asking for it by being stupid and uninformed"

If you think the OP is stupid and uninformed, just ignore the thread - dondon't post at all; the thread will die a natural death. The OP may be sad that no one wanted to discuss his/her topic, but at least he/she will not be left feeling like a beating has just been received.

A thread drifting naturally into a different direction is natural. Deliberately belittling and putting down the OP is bullying, and there's a big difference.