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Re: How to avoid prompt hijacking/veering into other directions

[(Anonymous)]

Yet another example about how so many things are subjective.

Because I don't mind the hijacking on my own prompts at all. I think they're fun, actually. More than that, they're useful because any increased activity on my thread bumps up the number of eyeballs looking at my prompt, especially on flatmeme. I've had threads bounce all over the place and I still ended up getting great fills on those prompts waaaay past the normal prompt shelf life because the 'hijacking' kept my thread alive.

I have, however, had other people come into my threads to tsk at other anons for supposedly derailing it. That annoyed me a little. The way I figure it, if the OP has a problem with the drift of conversation, it's up to the OP to speak up if they even want to.

Tying to police the behavior of other people on an anon meme is worse than useless, imo. If you feel aggravated that people are hijacking your prompts, then you can totally try to nudge the conversation back in your desired direction. Maybe they'll listen. More likely, I think, they'll shut up and your thread will die.

The most likely outcome of trying to institute a 'no derailing' culture will be a chilling effect on the meme as a whole. And that's not worth it.

Re: How to avoid prompt hijacking/veering into other directions

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Backseat modding isn't gonna help the meme

If you don't like how your thread is going, speak up
If you don't want any new plot elements, put that in your prompt
If it's not your thread, scroll on.

Re: How to avoid prompt hijacking/veering into other directions

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. Plus, like, as a writer and a prompter, I get so many more ideas with the culture of 'commenting on everything/taking the fills in new directions/filling out gaps in fills'. It's fun and often produces a chain just as enjoyable as a fill itself.