I don't understand "thread locking."

[leftstreet]

Series question. When a thread is "locked" I'm assuming it means members can no longer post on it. But, if it's disagreeable enough to warrant locking, why isn't it just removed?

Or is it more like "pre-emptive" locking because it has the potential to get ugly?

:shrug:

[swag]

1. It's just to taunt us.

If they deleted the thread, the taunt power would disappear.

[tigereye]

8. and no badge of shame hanging there on page one

sigh.

hey swag!

[swag]

10. Hello, tigereye.

You're up late!

[LSK]

2. its a crime scene and must be treated as so

[jmm]

3. If they weren't locked

there would be dozens of threads asking how and why it disappeared.

[Lex]

4. Yep. I'm a mod on another board and I think

leaving threads up that are locked--well, it lets it speaks for itself.

All members can see why it was locked and you don't have posters trying to remember who said what.

Only really, really offensive threads should be removed altogether.

That's JMHO, though.

[leftstreet]

6. That makes sense.

[leftstreet]

5. Ah. Hadn't thought of that.

[tigereye]

7. you'd miss out on the excellent Biggie locks, then

and that would be criminal.

[necso]

9. There are levels of unacceptability.

Lock is one. Delete is another.

And, having posted tonight on an afterwards deleted thread -- and with locks being in evidence -- I am confident of this (at least) being the case.

However, I do like the "taunt" angle.

Neener, neener.

[BigMcLargehuge]

11. Locked

Now the thread will slowly sink into the archives like a sleepy blue whale in the Japan Trench rather than vanish like a mosquito on a bug zapper.

Goodnight sleepy whale, sweet dreams!



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