Threadjacking
Steering a discussion away from the original topic
Example
This is now a Spiderman thread" is one of my favorite threadjacking tactics
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A term that describes the act of hijacking a thread to steer the discussion away from the original topic; can be used to divert awkward discussion but often used as a trolling tactic.