Community Chat

[NickNack]

I now think you're asking why the threads aren't removed completely when the entire thread is still there but closed for commenting.  The moderators have said in the past that often there is good information there, but the thread turned argumentative or political or some other reason to close it.  That's not always the case, but it is sometimes.

Before I click on a thread I always look to see who the last person who commented was.  If it was a moderator, sometimes I go to the last post first to see if the thread was closed.  Sometimes I want to read it anyway and don't do that.

Edited to say:  How could I have forgotten that when they close a thread there's a lock to the left of the thread title?  That's how you can easily tell that it's closed before opening it.

[chickenbutt]

The good thing is that they usually drop down pretty fast.

But it's pretty easy to tell if they're closed.  There is the lock, and then if you open the thread there are no 'reply' buttons.

[NYC Susan]

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@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

Doesn't bother me at all. I hardly see them. If I do I pass them by, like I do many threads that don't interest me.

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They don't bother me either, and the reason for keeping them up makes sense.

Honestly, I scroll through so much here that I barely pay any attention to the locked and "moved" threads.

[NYC Susan]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

The good thing is that they usually drop down pretty fast.

But it's pretty easy to tell if they're closed.  There is the lock, and then if you open the thread there are no 'reply' buttons.

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Yes, you can't reply if there's no "reply" button.  Sometimes I'd like to add my thoughts, but can't.  No time or energy wasted, though, since it's pretty clear when a thread is closed for commenting

[bonnielu]

I pass by and ignore the posts that I don't like or find offensive, etc.

[LilacTree]

An OP can delete an entire thread if no one has responded to it yet.  I have done it several times.