When does a thread become a rabbit trail?

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:11 pm

Wow! Some people carry their tourch wherever they go. There is at least one here who would turn a thread about how to make a pie into a political battle. I've transgressed myself in the past but not like I'm seeing now.

I suggest that if we have an issue burning in our bosom we start a new thread rather than take over one that isn't going our way.:yh_peace

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:27 pm

flopstock wrote: How about them bears Clint?

just kidding!!:wah:

i did that last week in a thread, caught myself a few minutes later and went back and deleted my post.

i think the problem is that we start seeing ourselves as if in a conversation and just keep going from one thread to the next, ya know? and not everyone is following along..

but i'll try to be better sweetie..

cubbies in '07, ya think?:D
Wouldn't ya know it. The cleanest player in the game promises to do better.

I'm with you. I'm gonna try.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:31 pm

:wah: I'll bet all the careful people think I'm talking about them and the others just blow it off.

weber · Post by **weber** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:42 pm

Well I dunno but maybe I am the worst offender but I would say if you are going to single someone out just short of saying their name, nothing is going to change because whoever you are talking about isn't going to get it. I often respond to a post that is going off topic because it is interesting to me. Sometimes I take a thread off topic without meaning to. Sometimes it is off topic when I post.

Half the fun of posting is being able to be natural, have fun. I think that if going off topic is a problem, then the OP should be responsible for butting in and saying to butt out. Otherwise, if the OP doesn't mind, why should you.

Just my two cents.

And if it is me PM me an tell me. If it is someone else PM them and tell them.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:51 pm

weber wrote: Well I dunno but maybe I am the worst offender but I would say if you are going to single someone out just short of saying their name, nothing is going to change because whoever you are talking about isn't going to get it. I often respond to a post that is going off topic because it is interesting to me. Sometimes I take a thread off topic without meaning to. Sometimes it is off topic when I post.

Half the fun of posting is being able to be natural, have fun. I think that if going off topic is a problem, then the OP should be responsible for butting in and saying to butt out. Otherwise, if the OP doesn't mind, why should you.

Just my two cents.

And if it is me PM me an tell me. If it is someone else PM them and tell them.
Well first off, I thought it might be an interesting topic. Next, I've been surprised by how often it happens now. When someone starts a thread and a few others join in, there's an investment of time and thought that should be respected. I suppose there isn't much harm in joining in after soemone else has already done the damage.

Maybe it isn't my business. Maybe it's everybody's.

weber · Post by **weber** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:13 pm

Clint wrote: Well first off, I thought it might be an interesting topic. Next, I've been surprised by how often it happens now. When someone starts a thread and a few others join in, there's an investment of time and thought that should be respected. I suppose there isn't much harm in joining in after soemone else has already done the damage.

Maybe it isn't my business. Maybe it's everybody's.

It's a good thread:guitarist

weber · Post by **weber** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:15 pm

I'm waiting for my PM

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:22 pm

weber wrote: I'm waiting for my PM

Hmmm. What would I say?

The weather is beautiful out wes...oops:sneaky:

Honest Weber, I wasn't thinking of you. I really was thinking of an overall trend and I've been guilty myself.

weber · Post by **weber** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:30 pm

flopstock wrote: Clint have you met weber yet? Very nice lady...maybe a little worried she's being frowned at when all she generally produces is smiles.. so quit giving her indigestion!:wah:

I know who my pick would be and it aint you girlie!:-4

Thanks Floppy

It does give me indigestion but jez cuz Ah'm a Nut, Yez Ah am

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:32 pm

flopstock wrote: Clint have you met weber yet? Very nice lady...maybe a little worried she's being frowned at when all she generally produces is smiles.. so quit giving her indigestion!:wah:

I know who my pick would be and it aint you girlie!:-4

That she is a very nice lady, I'm sure. I really didn't have her in mind and I certainly don't want her to have indigestion.:yh_peace

There are those and they haven't joined in here yet.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:43 pm

flopstock wrote: Probably still working out the wording to turn it into a debate on site politics..

That's it:wah:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:17 am

Yikes

I hope it's not me

But it could be, couldn't it? :-3

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:04 am

flopstock wrote: How about them bears Clint?

just kidding!!:wah:

i did that last week in a thread, caught myself a few minutes later and went back and deleted my post.

i think the problem is that we start seeing ourselves as if in a conversation and just keep going from one thread to the next, ya know? and not everyone is following along..

but i'll try to be better sweetie..

cubbies in '07, ya think?:D

I agree with Floppy here. Especially if we are going from one thread to another, giving responses, it is easy to forget where we are. It is as if we are simply carrying on a conversation with a group of friends, in a face to face environment. Easy to get distracted and hijack a thread.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:08 am

Should these folks be made aware of it?

Or is that mean?

I think that I would like to be told (gently) if I was doing it.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:29 am

cherandbuster wrote: Yikes

I hope it's not me

But it could be, couldn't it? :-3

You're my prime suspect:yh_giggle

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:47 am

Any thread that has to do with rabbits, must be the best thread going...........

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:49 am

(doing the bunny hop down the rabbit trail......)

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:50 am

when there are rabbit droppings everywhere...

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:52 am

When they play with you, and run around and have fun. That is the best time of day.

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:55 am

chonsigirl wrote:

When they play with you, and run around and have fun. That is the best time of day.

but put some newspaper down first..:wah:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:56 am

Oh, my bunnies are potty trained.

:)

But they will gnaw on cords...................

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:58 am

Uncle Kram wrote: You're my prime suspect:yh_giggle

I guess that means you're gonna take me into the Interrogation Room

And probe deeply

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:59 am

I can hear Unc' telling you that Cher, sounding like Boggie................

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:10 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I hope this isn't about me, I usually lose interest in what I'm typing before I'm even out of the relevant thread.:-2

I understand.

:p

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:58 pm

:sneaky: There all getting paranoid.:yh_giggle

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:54 pm

IMHO, this thread started off as a religious thread...and, thank heaven, nobody paid attention to it.

IMHO...We can live very well without the traditional religious nonsense.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:43 am

Wow, thank you for saying that snooze. It does ruin many a good thread of discussion, and really isn't fun anymore..................keep it on specific threads.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:07 am

chonsigirl wrote: Wow, thank you for saying that snooze. It does ruin many a good thread of discussion, and really isn't fun anymore..................keep it on specific threads.

Well

If this is what is happening

Then clearly I must be one of the culprits

Well, gang

I will do my best to be more aware of *what* I'm posting and *where* I'm posting it.

I'm glad it was brought to our attention in a nice and nonaccusatory way

I'm not insulted at all

But I will try harder :-6

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:40 pm

Nunnery? You're coming to my home?

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:01 pm

flopstock wrote: good then your plan is working!:sneaky:
Plan? What plan?:yh_angel

Insomniac · Post by **Insomniac** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:19 am

It's my first time here and I already know I'm guilty as charged!!! But I digress.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:36 am

Ah, insomnia about rabbit trails?

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:22 am

Insomniac wrote: It's my first time here and I already know I'm guilty as charged!!! But I digress.
Don't worry, if you're like the rest of us, you will get worse...late at night when nobody else is around but a few of us others who will be very happy you are here. Did I rabbit trail?:D

weber · Post by **weber** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:49 am

When it gets into knots and looks like a trail of bunny poop