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Thread hi-jacking is common on TGO(and probably on any discussion forum). Most of the time I think it's unintentional because people just don't realize they're taking a thread in a different direction. But there are times when it's blatant(such as when someone uses a thread as a vehicle to link to his own thread, in an attempt to steer people away from the original thread and toward the hi-jacker's thread), and there's nothing the thread's author can do about it without bothering a Moderator. So I'm wondering if there's a feature that can be added that gives a thread's author control over comments made on his thread?

Facebook, which I completely despise, has the perfect feature for these situations. It allows the author to delete idiotic, rude, off-topic comments from his posts, and he can also block such members from commenting on his threads. It's proven to work very well, and it keeps things clean.

And speaking of rudeness, there are some members on TGO who seem to lurk, waiting for an opportunity to jump into a thread just to make derogatory comments, based upon their own "genius," of course. Such comment-deleting/member-blocking features would cut-down on those actions too, probably eliminating them completely because people would know that such comments will be deleted anyway.

So if authors of threads, OP(Original Posters, as they're often called), had such control over their own threads, threads would stay on-topic better, a hi-jacker wouldn't be able to take someone else's thread and try to make it about the hi-jacker, and, in general, people would behave better(they'd have to).

JT

iTrader: (1)

Sorry, but there is no tools available to allow the author of a thread to moderate their own thread. Additionally, it can be abused in cases. Sorry.

Regarding behavior, it is best to simply use the Report Post feature and let the staff decide what, if anything, should be done.

Thanks.