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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
So this is not a problem about drifting to mindless silliness; it's a problem about all drifting from the main thread topic, in my opinion. It happens in most threads throughout the forum. I also think it's natural (human) as it happens in all but the most intensely focused face-to-face discussions. So why shouldn't it be allowed to happen here? I just think there ought to be a better way to deal with it than trying to force people to stay on topic.
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Yes, threads drift and on some forums moderator make an effort to split thread when that happens. The problem is not the drift in itself. The problem is that there is a continious conversation going on between a group of people and that is good but it is not good that a lot of threads drift into this continious conversation. Like for example in:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9561
And since it is a continious conversation among active members that just moves around it will generate a lot of postings. So threads will often be drowned by the drift.