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I don't actually know of any good external resources for defining "derail" in this context. I learned about the concept through work, and didn't want to just blatantly copy-and-paste that document into HN.

I did about five minutes of Google searching. Pointers would be appreciated.



I googled "derail thread".

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=derailing%20a...

The act of throwing a thread in a discussion forum off topic, oftentimes so much so that the original discussion is unable to continue.




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