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In reply to the discussion: What the hell, DU? [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)then other hosts argued against it and the no-lock argument prevailed.
As a former GD host, I'm very familiar with how this works. Someone sends an alert to the hosts. The hosts wait for other hosts to show up and discuss the alert. Sometimes a decision to lock is reached and then overturned when more hosts weigh in. That's probably what happened in this case.
When a host is going to lock a thread, if they're going to post a "locking message" - an explanation of why the hosts decided to lock the thread - it has to be posted before the thread is actually locked. Because you can't post to a locked thread.
So, VC posted her locking message, got word that the locking decision was overturned, and deleted her post. She wasn't trying to "fool" anybody.