# What Thead Hijacking Means **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [September 4, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169 "2021-09-04T22:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/1 "2021-09-04T22:12:51Z")
> **[Don't Be That Guy, #2: Hijacking a Thread](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-guy-2-hijacking-thread-geno-scala)** > > (Reprinted from "The Script Mentor" blog at http://thescriptmentor.wordpress. Tester ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/2 "2021-09-04T22:16:28Z")
Posted in “Maintenance and Repairs”? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/3 "2021-09-04T22:20:25Z")
Hijacking is hijacking. And if you noticed Bing, I started a new thread on a new subject. Unlike some people on this board. Tester ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/4 "2021-09-04T22:21:24Z")
Umm, by definition, “hijacking” a thread on a discussion board involves **spam** , i.e. attempting to deflect the discussion toward something you are selling/promoting/paid to promote. If someone starts a thread asking for assistance with some problem on their Toyota Corolla, and someone else posts about a similar problem with their Ford Focus, sure it’s not helpful to the OP, but it’s not a “hijack”. Similarly, if someone starts a thread discussing engine problems with their current car, others might post financial advise, or criticize the OP’s personal choices, still not “hijacking”. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/5 "2021-09-04T22:30:11Z")
I never owned a snow blower. No spam here. ---
**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/6 "2021-09-04T22:33:42Z")
But electric snowblowers are pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/7 "2021-09-04T22:35:00Z")
I have never owned a snow blower either. My father made us shovel the snow in the frigid cold weather. Once we all moved out, then he bought a snow blower because shoveling was too much work. Still no spam, and thus no “hijacking”. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/8 "2021-09-04T22:35:36Z")
Perhaps this is related to the “Seinfeld” episode “The Postponement” George: I want your honest opinion about something. Jerry: Have I ever been less than forthright? George: No, you haven’t. Well, maybe you have. What do I know. Jerry: Yeah, I probably have. Yeah, of course I have. What am I talking about? George: All right. Okay, tell me what you think about this idea: Extend the doors on the toilet stalls at Yankee Stadium all the way to the floor. Jerry: Extend the doors on the toilet stalls at Yankee Stadium to the floor …door comes down. Hides your feet. Yes. I like it. I like it a lot. George: It’s good, right? Jerry: I think it’s fantastic. I think it’s a fantastic idea. George: You do? Jerry: Yes, I do. George: Well, I told it to Susan: before, and she didn’t like it. Jerry: Hmm. George: Yeah. Not only that, this is what she said to me, “Can we change the subject?” Jerry: See, now that I don’t care for. George: Right. I mean, we’re on a subject. Why does it have to be changed? Jerry: It should resolve of its own volition. George: That’s exactly what I said, except I used the word “momentum”. Jerry: Momentum - same thing. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/9 "2021-09-04T22:37:56Z")
I always thought Seinfeld was one of the most overrated, unfunny “comedy” shows on TV. I could not understand how he was paid millions of dollars a year to star in that garbage, and looking back, I can’t understand how millions of people wasted their time and electricity to watch Seinfeld, when watching paint dry or watching the weeds grow would have been just as entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/10 "2021-09-04T22:53:12Z")
lol … That’s exactly what my dad said about The Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson. The ratings evidence say he definitely held a minority opinion. But that’s the reason they make ice cream in more than one flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/11 "2021-09-04T22:53:40Z")
That is the way I felt about 90% of TV shows that also is why there is no TV in my house and hasn’t been for many years. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/12 "2021-09-04T22:54:34Z")
Your definition of thread hijacking is very loose, anything can be discussed. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/13 "2021-09-04T23:40:26Z")
A man walks into a library and asks the librarian for books about paranoia. She whispers, “They’re right behind you!” Maybe off topic, but not a hijacking. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/14 "2021-09-04T23:51:01Z")
> **[Urban Dictionary: Thread Hijacking](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Thread%20Hijacking)** > > When a person starts a posting on a message board, or forum, or Facebook, that others are able to comment on, that original posting and the comments on it are called a thread. A thread hijacking occurs when one or more individuals commenting on the... Tester ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/15 "2021-09-05T00:00:33Z")
I thought about HiJacking a thread but I really don’t have a place to keep it. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/16 "2021-09-05T00:08:39Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > I thought about HiJacking a thread but I really don’t have a place to keep it. You would get stuck with it, no one would pay the ransom. ---
**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/17 "2021-09-05T01:08:46Z")
Can we get back on topic please??? ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/18 "2021-09-05T01:25:34Z")
> [@Tester](#): > > [Urban Dictionary: Thread Hijacking](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Thread%20Hijacking) Speaking of board, doesn’t hijacking make the thread boring, and is this comment hijacking? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/19 "2021-09-05T02:06:46Z")
In Seinfeld’a voice… Why is it an URBAN dictionary? Don’t the terms mean the same in the suburbs? Or were all the terms invented in the cities? Is there a Suburban Dictionary? What terms would it have in it… ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169/20 "2021-09-05T02:44:01Z")
I once hijacked a thread, but the jack tipped over and the thread busted wide open. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-thead-hijacking-means/179169.md?page=2)