....on an approach where the originator of a thread could act as a defacto mini-moderator and ask that a poster get back to the subject at hand. It is frustrating to have one's thread hi-jacked, even when the intention is good. Perhaps a few sentences serving as a directional sign or "fork" would preserve the topic and still allow other spinoffs. After all, we do have unlimited space. While I didn't intend for it to be a model of anything, the way I did the bit about analogies is a fork in the thread. This also would let anyone with no interest skip it. (Again, mine is a good example of that as well )

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