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[sophiamarie]

So, when a thread is "closed for commenting" for no apparent reason, i.e.: no fighting, not political, etc., just "closed" - does that mean that we can't page the OP of the thread just to see how things are going????

There are a few threads here that are just closed.  There is absolutely no reason.  I don't understand what criteria the Mods. use to close threads but I just don't get it.

So, does anyone know the answer?  Do they ban posters who ask about a poster whose thread was closed?  TIA

[raven-blackbird]

they will tell you that you're a naughty girl and give you a time out......................raven

[chrystaltree]

I can't answer the question, I just don't know.  However, it's very odd.  I've seen it several times now, the mod will just close a thread for no apparent reason.  No fighting, no arguing, everything is going nicely and fine and the mod just shuts it down.  Yeah, yeah.  I know it's a Qvc board and they do whatever they want.  It's just that more and more it seems that there really are no rules when it comes to the board now.  I've also noticed that some posters can post whatever they want re other retailers and it's fine but when another poster does it, the thread gets shut down. 

[bri20]

It might be considered re-starting a closed thread which is frowned upon.   

[proudlyfromNJ]

It usually always says why it has been closed. Which one are you referring to?

[Kachina624]

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@sophiamarie wrote:

So, when a thread is "closed for commenting" for no apparent reason, i.e.: no fighting, not political, etc., just "closed" - does that mean that we can't page the OP of the thread just to see how things are going????

There are a few threads here that are just closed.  There is absolutely no reason.  I don't understand what criteria the Mods. use to close threads but I just don't get it.

So, does anyone know the answer?  Do they ban posters who ask about a poster whose thread was closed?  TIA

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@Sophia Marie  There is always a reason why threads are closed.   Since the author of the thread is not listed,  how are you going to page her?   It's against board standards (which you need to read) to restart a subject that has been closed.   After 2800 threads,  you should know these things! 

[NC Bandwagon]

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@sophiamarie wrote:

So, when a thread is "closed for commenting" for no apparent reason, i.e.: no fighting, not political, etc., just "closed" - does that mean that we can't page the OP of the thread just to see how things are going????

There are a few threads here that are just closed.  There is absolutely no reason.  I don't understand what criteria the Mods. use to close threads but I just don't get it.

So, does anyone know the answer?  Do they ban posters who ask about a poster whose thread was closed?  TIA

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Hello, SophiaMarie.

This answer is going to have a bit of a back history, so this may be long.

When this forum was a bit older, the threads would just disappear. No explanation, no reason why, no nothing. The thread would just be gone, like it never existed.

Then this forum was updated to what you see today. And before this forum was updated, QVC took a poll and asked posters what changes they wanted to see. One of the main things posters asked for was an explanation as to why a thread was closed.

So QVC moderators started closing any threads that got too heated and giving an explanation as to why. Too much arguing, too much name-calling, too off-topic, ect.

Then posters started complaining that the reasons the moderators gave for closing the threads were "too vague."

They said things like, "Unkind? How in the world was that unkind?! What do you mean argumentative?! Adults post here, so what if things get heated?! Adults can take it! Too off topic? Of course the conversation is going to evolve over time! Why should that be a reason for closing a thread?!"

So now, the moderators don't always give a reason for closing a thread.....because people will complain anyway.

No, I don't think the moderators will ban anyone for asking why another poster's thread was closed, But there's a high chance that the thread asking about that will be closed. It might be seen as "restarting an already closed topic."

@If you can remember the name of the OP (original poster) who started the thread, then you can get their attention by typing the @ <------symbol and attaching the person's name to it.

@sophiamarie<-------I just typed that symbol and attached your name to it, so you should get a notification from me. While you're typing it, it will be underlined. When you actually post it, it will turn light blue.

[MyGirlsMom]

@sophiamarie

There have been threads "locked" or "closed for commenting" in which you get to read the posts left up.  What you didn't get to see were the deleted posts with which caused the ruckus.  So, when you read a thread which is locked and the posts appear o be okay, there had been a lot of "house cleaning done.

I hope that answers your question.

[GCR18]

It's usually best to move along.

[makena]

There's always a reason.