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djh
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Baja Hijacking !
Anyone else tired of SO MANY threads being hijacked . . . Often by the same pompous pontificators who seem to have zero boundaries or respect for
other posters. . . to some, ANY thread becomes their soapbox for their political rants or other off topic hijacks...
Reading about the couple CYCLING BAJA with their kids is a small example;
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X said, "My sister's a teacher in California, so . . . Blah blah blah . . Just how much "renumeration" does a teacher need, in your opinion???
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Blah blah blah . . . . . . talk about how underpaid schoolteachers in California are. . . I would have posted this earlier, but couldn't find the
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Because this was a thread about a family cycling Baja !!!!
FCOL . . . Can't they take it somewhere else!
The hijacking on Nomad is reaching epic proportions.
IMO, We need some "AIR (head) MARSHALS" to combat hijacking....
Perhaps the option to "flag" hijacks somehow and an X # of flags... and it gets moved to off topic . . . Or?
Doug, this is a great board and service... I know I'm not the only one concerned and commenting about this.... And although a bit critical,
admittedly, my interest IS in making Nomad more civil and fair (as opposed to "Fair Game").
Are there any examples of something that helps with this on other forums?
Other thoughts ? Or should I just fugiddabowdid....?
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by djh
Perhaps the option to "flag" hijacks somehow and an X # of flags... and it gets moved to off topic . . . Or?
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Sort of already works that way... manually though. I take into consideration what gets sent to me (and how much) via the
"Report" button - which is on every post here. fyi.
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Russ
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It's really easy to highjack a thread. I find myself doing it too often with no intention to do so. In fact I just did it on willyAirstream's last
post about getting fishing licenses. I mentioned there was a whale sighting here.
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David K
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If it helps, here's my thoughts on your concern:
This is a discussion forum, and when people discuss things many ideas or opinions are shared. If you don't like the subject change, then reply on
topic to get it back or just ignore the off topic sidebars. Try and enjoy forums for the things they offer. Perhaps the sidebar doesn't interest you,
but could interest others? For one thing, it keeps a thread 'active', otherwise without replies, it will disappear down the forum.
If you believe something is way out of bounds then click the 'report' button next to the post so Doug is alerted and he does take action if HE
believes it is needed. Otherwise, let's hope we can be adult about things and not get unfriendly here.
Viva Baja!
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Ateo
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I'm fairly new this forum although I lurked for many years. I think you're onto something. Politics should stay in OT unless it's Baja related.
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
It's really easy to highjack a thread. I find myself doing it too often with no intention to do so. In fact I just did it on willyAirstream's last
post about getting fishing licenses. I mentioned there was a whale sighting here. |
I wouldn't call that hijacking tho. You're just pointing out something interesting (a whale), not questioning Obama's birth cert.
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Curt63
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So, what's everyone eating for dinner?
No worries
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
So, what's everyone eating for dinner? |
You beat me to it. I was gonna let this marinate a few more posts, then butt in with "How about them Chargers?"
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
It's really easy to highjack a thread. I find myself doing it too often with no intention to do so. In fact I just did it on willyAirstream's last
post about getting fishing licenses. I mentioned there was a whale sighting here. |
JMHO---that type of hijack is somewhat of a drift and not annoying. It is when the political stuff starts with snide comments that are then answered,
then defended, and then the one side bashes the other starts ---- it is what happened in the cycle thread.
Doug does respond to the report button ------US politics, opinions about US politics, opinions about religion, etc., I believe, all need to be in
Off-topic. Or, as Doug often does, Xed out or deleted.
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DENNIS
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Old people have trouble staying focused. That's why....uh.....um.....oh well, it was there a few seconds ago....I think....anyway.
What were we saying? Another plane was hijacked? That's awful. Who did it?
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Old people have trouble staying focused. That's why....uh.....um.....oh well, it was there a few seconds ago....I think....anyway.
What were we saying? Another plane was hijacked? That's awful. Who did it? |
Remember this thread about hijacking and all 52 pages?
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=28466#pid2860...
It was crazy and FUN
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Cypress
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What we need is a censor. No politics. No opinions. If it doesn't paint a pretty Baja picture, toss it. Dull? Yep!
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Ateo
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What's the best city in all of Baja?
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Cypress
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ateo, I give up! Tell me.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Remember this thread about hijacking and all 52 pages?
It was crazy and FUN |
Yeah....it was, although I looked around a little [not too much] for posts of mine and didn't see any. Must have happened during one of my forced
vacations. 
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Ateo
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@ Cypress:
Known for it's world class hotels, beautiful beaches, mediterranean climate, booming film industry, and voted best tourist town in Mexico -- the best
city in all of Baja is................El Rosario. 
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Cypress
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ateo, Thanks.
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BajaBlanca
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oh my gosh, Curt, ateo and Dennis....you all had me laughing out loud at your comments !!!!
OT is a wonderful place to put politics and really off the deep end comments.
I had never noticed the REPORT button ... amazing what one learns day by day.
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Mengano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
What we need is a censor. No politics. No opinions. If it doesn't paint a pretty Baja picture, toss it. Dull? Yep! |
That's why they created TalkBaja.com. 
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Cypress
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Mengano, TalkBaja.com? Thanks! Will check it out.
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