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Eventually, it will get to the point where someone who hasn't been following the discussion will ask, "Wasn't this supposed to be about Whales During the time of Jesus' life, or something?" and all the other posters will look sheepish and go back to what they were talking about (with a few still passionately discussing whether [[Led Zeppelin]] was better than [[The Beatles]]). This is the reason many fora have strict rules against "off topic" posts.
 
Some [[Left Fielder|'''Left Fielders]]''' are [[Troll|Trolls]]s derailing threads for the sheer fun of it. Others are [[Single-Issue Wonk|Single Issue Wonks]] who can twist any subject into a rant about their personal obsession. Most, however, are just [[Noob|Noobs]]s who don't know any better and just really want to discuss the thing they are changing the subject to. Most message board users have thrown something from left field a few times without realizing it, and some do it constantly. Long time forum users generally learn to just start a new thread.
 
WebBBS-style forums partly solve this problem, as the appearance of a Left Fielder can't do more than simply split off a parallel subthread of the main thread; but it can still be confusing if nobody bothers to change the title of the subthread.
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