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[Marp]

Sometimes a thread is closed for commenting at the OP's request.

@Kachina624, I think you are confusing Moved (a/k/a poofed) threads with threads closed for commenting.

[Moonchilde]

What I have seen is with a thread that could easily go off the rails into poofable territory, and is perhaps teetering on the brink - some moderators will just poof it, even though the majority of the posts *aren't* poof-worthy - but they just don't want the hassle of keeping watch on it.

Then, other moderators - IMO the ones who take their job seriously and try hard to be fair - will look at a thread and SEE that there is little to nothing deletable by standards within the thread, but it could easily get there with a few more posts. But instead of poofing the thread, they close it for commenting and leave it readable.

I personally find this more respectful of the thread participants than just poofing the thread. It's leaving their words viewable because the entire thread had NOT crossed a line at the point at which it was closed for commenting - though you could see it was going to. Stopping the thread in its tracks *without* hand-slapping participants who had not breached standards.

Poofing or closing, either one, is a judgmental call. I personally think it's 'friendlier' to close rather than poof. JMO.

[stevieb]

Last I heard... anyone could give a shout out to anyone else without incurring the wrath of the mods... Just don't reference a deleted thread or try to restart it...

[sophiamarie]

@Kachina624  No reason to get snarky.  I have no idea what you are even talking about.  And no, there is not always a reason for threads to be closed if they don't give us a reason.

So, I just did a search on my name to find the thread and I can't find it.  Maybe I just didn't go back far enough.  It's really not that important - just curious.

It was about someone's grandma wanting to move from one state to another.  The thread said "this thread is closed for commenting" the last time I looked, I think yesterday.  I don't know the name of it but I think I would recognize it.

Anyway, my question was - is it "legal" for someone to page the OP of that thread (I remember her name) and then ask her how things are working out.  I didn't see any posts "poofed" and the thread looked harmless to me.  

Thx in advance to those with helpful info.

[ladyroxanne]

@sophiamarie

among friends....lyndsay's grandma

[Lila Belle]

I'd just move on, OP.

[Nancy Drew]

It is a shopping board meant to get traffic into their website. Nothing more. Their boards, their rules. 

[sophiamarie]

@ladyroxanne  I swear I posted a "thank you" to you but I don't see it.  Could it have been poofed?  LOL  Anyway, thanks.  I told you that I found it.  I rarely ever go to that Forum, so I never would have seen it, if not for you.  Boy - she started it early this a.m. and it already has 15 pgs.  

[Kachina624]

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@sophiamarie wrote:

@Kachina624  No reason to get snarky.  I have no idea what you are even talking about.  And no, there is not always a reason for threads to be closed if they don't give us a reason.

So, I just did a search on my name to find the thread and I can't find it.  Maybe I just didn't go back far enough.  It's really not that important - just curious.

It was about someone's grandma wanting to move from one state to another.  The thread said "this thread is closed for commenting" the last time I looked, I think yesterday.  I don't know the name of it but I think I would recognize it.

Anyway, my question was - is it "legal" for someone to page the OP of that thread (I remember her name) and then ask her how things are working out.  I didn't see any posts "poofed" and the thread looked harmless to me.  

Thx in advance to those with helpful info.

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@sophiamarie  I made a logical suggestion to you so don't you get snarky.   In the menu on the left at the top is "Welcome Get Started" with the standards.   Everyone is supposed to read them. 

For all you know,  the OP may have requested the thread be closed or it got argumentative  or hurtful.   As I recall the move was a touchy situation so I chose not to comment.  It gets to the point where there's nothing constructive left to say. 

Yes,  there's no objection to paging anyone but I wouldn't reopen a closed subject.  The thread didn't look harmless to to mods obviously.   There is always a reason,  why would they close a thread without one? 

[Kachina624]

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@Marp wrote:

Sometimes a thread is closed for commenting at the OP's request.

@Kachina624, I think you are confusing Moved (a/k/a poofed) threads with threads closed for commenting.

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@Marp  There's a reason for both and I don't have them confused.   Sometimes they're moved because they comments are inappropriate and they don't want them to remain.   Sometimes they leave them but close posting because there's nothing else constructive to be said.