How can this thread be more interesting?

Perhaps we could discuss Politics, The News, Court Judgements and whether or not woolly slippers are  'de rigour ' in the shower block?

Instead of discussing 'interesting' topics it appears this thread is moving towards the subject of those who behave badly on the forum. Why was it necessary to bring trolls and hijacking into the equation when the thread is supposed to be about something else entirely?

The OP has referred to trolls twice. If there is a problem in that direction the mods and the CM will deal with it as they have demonstrated in the past. It seems that so often people think those who disagree are trolls even when their different views are expressed perfectly politely. Trolling is something entirely different, such as posting in an antagonistic manner purely to incite anger and argument. Similarly, hijacking is often used to describe a turn a discussion has taken away from the original subject but that is part and parcel of everyday conversation. Hijacking is the deliberate move of taking a thread off course for whatever reason rather than the natural turns of conversation. 

To return to the topic, the OP wants to see more stimulating discussion but, to be honest, I don’t see that is likely given the constraints placed upon us by the T&Cs which were put in place to purposely curb the spiky discussions of old. I’m afraid the T&Cs mean discussion is going to be far more bland as a consequence.

If I could think of a lively topic to inspire a debate, I’d post it but on a night when Eurovision is to dominate our screens...... well, over to you.

Trolls? Circles? Hijacks? Shame that the few have in the past spoilt things and had such an 'influence' on the direction of CT. Best to ignore the antisocial I'd reckon. However, things may not be as interesting, stimulating or thought provoking without those different perspectives and viewpoints! Afterall, how can you consider or question your own opinions when you don't see the whole picture including the small bits. Some issues are understandably inappropriate for forums such as this but with those subjects that are its all about making ones point without being deliberately antagonistic or argumentative just for that self satisfying 'desired' effect. 

It appears that mentioning trolls, circles and hijacks has hit a nerve.

Not with me Cariadon. I’m trying to keep TF's thread on track while you seem to want to railroad it. Shall we do TF the courtesy of sticking to the topic?

how am I railroading it Tinwheeler?

 and did I mention you

Oh, for goodness sake! Here we go again.

Can you please explain yourself.

second thought, don't bother.

It would never be possible to go back to those early days TF.

In those days any subject that was not caravan/motorhome related would be lumped together under General Chat, with no separation of topics.

We still had Trolls and little clicks of posters which made it difficult for new members to join in. Lets hope those days are long gone.

Maybe we should have a coloured star system for posting and clicking the Like.