No thread that’s been open for a year and has 6583 posts is sticking closely to the original subject.
Only three threads about Trump in P&E have been posted to in the past week. One of the three is more about the House than Trump. People are obviously going to put all their non-pit comments in the thread that is open.
Several options occur to me.
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Close all threads that either have 1000 posts or are still open after six months.
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Allow general threads like How has the disgraced former President Trump pissed you off today? in P&E.
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Instead of splitting off hijacks, let dozens of threads be started even if they are similar to one another.
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Let long threads take their course.
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Poll the membership to see if people care about hijacks, and if so under what circumstances.
I think that every thread that has more than about ten posts include hijacks. Moderating some and not others just comes across as inconsistent and unfair. I have no idea what is or isn’t a hijack under current policy. I have no idea why you split some hijacks off to their own threads and some just get shut down.
There are rules but no policy. And the rules are terrible. “…endless questioning, repeatedly asking the same or similar questions once they’ve been answered, and other maneuvers.” is not hijacking, but being a jerk. Nor is it applicable to the hijack being discussed here.
I want a rules change. If the mods were enforcing that rule as written this thread wouldn’t exist in the first place.