One of the first threads I ever started here in the Mudcat, about accordions, inspired someone to refresh several older threads about accordions, as if I should have stuck my accordion discussion onto the tail end of someone else's accordion discussion.

I was aware of the previous threads about accordions, but my thread, although it shared the same basic subject, had an entirely different thrust.

I chose to start the new thread because it was my own questions that I wanted to discuss. And in retrospect, I know I made the right decision.

I know from several years of observation of how threads progress here, that had I stuck my discussion on the tail end of one of the other discussions, many people would not have responded to my questions, but rather they would have responded to the questions posed by the person who originally started the thread. And that is what the discussion would have been about... not my questions, but the other person's questions.

I was very happy with my thread and the responses that I got from people in that thread. I would not change anything about the way I did it. I don't think other people are necessarily in a position to know what the originator of a thread is trying to accomplish when they start their thread.