Threadjacking

What does threadjacking mean?

Steering a discussion away from the original topic

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.

Example

This is now a Spiderman thread" is one of my favorite threadjacking tactics
One of the many Spiderman threadjacking memes
One of the many Spiderman threadjacking memes

Related Slang

TrendjackingHijacking a trend for personal gain
NewsjackingHijacking a news story to insert your opinion
ThreadA series of messages
TrollingPosting offensive comments
TrollA person who posts offensive comments
DerailTo take a discussion off topic
TrololLaughing at troll
BrollingJames Bond trolling
YHBTYou have been trolled
EOTEnd of thread
BOTBack on topic
WOOTWay out of topic
OTOff topic

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Updated April 6, 2016

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