-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-08-03 16:23, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
I'm still new to this mailing list, so please forgive my naivety.
It looks to me there is a number of users here who hijack and fork the thread title all the time, presumably to fool killfiles and filters, or simply for plain stupidity.
No, that's not the reason. There are two variants. In one, when what is being talked about changes from the original intent, the writer may change the subject, like: Subject: bla bla bla [Was: so and so] which we say is branching the thread, and is accepted. We may say that it is the proper thing to do when the thread diverges, so that readers know it. Some try to create a new thread, but often this is not noticed and the discussion goes on two distinct threads. Another one happens when someone tries to create a new post, but does so by hitting reply on an old one, changing the subject line and content. This is called thread hijack, it is frowned upon, and typically happens with newcomers, till they are told :-) - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlW/fp0ACgkQja8UbcUWM1ypnwD/RSXVwn7Ry8RXZyEv2zUR/8jt coEsMO6bLVvkUQ+7ldcBAItXMmt3UHSFQ3Qdgpi4OPxwBDx8jfJRmD3E8azgzy+L =h3io -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org