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Originally posted by Dionysus
I think interruptions, changing subjects, and "hijacks" are one of the rudest things people can do in conversations. When you do that that, you take the floor from the person who started the thread/convo AND the people who are interested in the original topic. I understand that going on tangents are a natural thing, but if you do it over and over, especially when people call it to your attention, I think it's a sign of disrespect.
ETA: I think that the topic starter should pay attention to the "audience". It's nice to take others into consideration and switch topics if everyone acts bored. I have no problem if someone changes the subject if one person talks about brands of toothpaste for 20 minutes. 
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Perhaps I should have been more specific. I meant that I see nothing wrong with it if the "hijack" actually has something to do with the topic at hand.
In real life, I do really get irritated with interruptions, mostly because I'm a quiet person and I'm not good at jumping in for my moment in the spotlight. I suppose that on a message board, I feel that at least you can go right back to the original topic if you have something to say about it. In a real-life conversation, it's a little harder to do that.
And Sister Havana's annoyance reminded me... I hate it when people leave their turn signals on forever.