Stick to The Discussion

@MarshaMusselman I have had some fun with this discussion and the form it has taken.

@MarshaMusselman Posting does earn you money, but only if people respond. That's interaction, too. That's why I said that it doesn't matter if they go off on tangents, it's all interaction for the OP (original poster). Just writing the post earns nothing. It only earns if people respond to it and the more the merrier.

@Rollo1 I agree with everything you've said. come to find out, @marcyaz really doesn't care whether people do stick to the topic at hand or not, she was just providing fodder for discussion and whatever tangents took place if any. I don't know whether she'll ever live this one down.

Yes some do say some really whacky things not related to anything.

but it is so much fun here when they do. unfortunately I don't have the wisdom to come up with some of the laughs like I get from others here

I am one of those who can write almost anything - in no context to th discusion

Where is Howard, is he missing in action again?

@Marcyaz @howard96h....we need you and your apron now to help out Marcy's discussion..hahah

@Rosekitty It that having some magical powers too

Thanks but it is hard to keep up with a topic if people keep going off the subject.

@Marcyaz oreo's,brownies,apron,food of any kind..

I had kept myself away from responding here... dont know where I stand and may invoke the wrath of the OP But now that a dear friend has arrived, I can have anything here on this box as I am not responding to the OP

@MarshaMusselman that is so very true

@jaboUK I agree totally. It is fun when a comment goes off course and goes on and on.

I agree with you wholeheartedly, Janet. If a discussion doesn't have any responses related to the topic at hand, then the person could try again with a different approach. The longer we write on these sites the more versatile we should become in saying the same thing but in different ways or words.

@maggs224 Exactly Maggs - I don't care what direction the comments take as long as they are interesting.

@simone10 I find the same I often learn a lot about people from the comments that they leave. The comments often take on a life of their own when there is a lot of interaction.

@maggs224 And, if we want the interaction, then I'd think we should be willing to take what we can get. Some members revel (wd?) in this type of interactions and seek them out.

no problem it was just a thought for a discussion anyway.

@bunnybon7 Because I am easily distracted (both off and on-line) I very often veer off too, but I have found that because of this I have ended up in some very interesting places and found out some very interesting things.

It happens to almost everyone so no problem.

@maggs224 No problem it is just a discussion.

@lady1993 One of my problems is that I get easily distracted an because I tend to read all the comments on a discussion this can happen quiet easily.

Yep and that is not right to do that.

@MarshaMusselman I usually get many responses to my posts and most of the responses are on that particular subject. I don't think many people hijack a discussion.

I can see if that's all that is discussed, the other persons thread, that would be annoying, but did no one respond to your actual discussion? When that sort of thing happened on the old site it was as if the readers weren't even reading the post to begin with. Whether that is what is happening for many of the discussion-highjackings here is a question only those doing the highjacking can answer, I suppose. It would probably take a bit of research, or at least jotting down notes when this sort of thing is seen to determine whether that's only the type of responding certain members make on a regular basis. If that is found to be true, I don't know whether blocking those individuals would stop them from being able to comment/respond to our discussions or not. If it would, that would be something those authors that hate this could do. I wouldn't know what I'd think about it until I see if that is a common thing happening on my posts on a regular basis.

hah no problem it was just a topic for discussion.

I am always pleased to read any comment by you on or off topic you are always a sight for sore eyes as they say. Which just in case you don't know the saying is a good thing :D

@Marcyaz Ha, got ya!! I did wonder about that though, you had me going for a little bit.

as I read sometimes it is hard to stay on the subject at hand, I know cause I do the same thing.

@MarshaMusselman going off subject is something I do also, I think we all do at one time or another.

It looks like she was joking all along and just being nice to provide fodder for off topic discussion afterall. (Just in case some of this came out in the wash after you stopped by to relay your views here and above).

good glad to hear that.

@much2say Yes the new colors of duck tapes is really pretty.

@yukimori Duct tape indeed! And there are so many cool colors and patterns these days. It would make the discussion look more interesting!

My toddler ate my glue. Will duct tape work instead?

I like looking at the elephants also. LOts of people get distracte and go off the subject but it is okay as every comment is good and you can see how some people are.

@Marcyaz it is better to get an off topic and at tangents reply than no reply as it still boosts our credit

Thank you for reading what was written.

@Marcyaz You are welcome. I waiting for your another interesting post...happy mylotting....

@srisahara Thanks