VaderChick Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Why do people lock threads exactly? I have seen a few of them around, and I wasnt quite sure. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sith'ari Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Probably because they're against the forum rules. I saw a thread titled "Did Malak rape Bastila" and it's almost immediately locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Various reasons, usually down to the Moderators/supermods/admins discretion. It also depends on the particular forum as some are more strict than others. Basic reasons would be them being against forum rules (excessive swearing, explicit language/images, outright flaming, again this depends on the forum), or threads just being used to up ones post count via spam. Also, sometimes someone asks a question (like this thread) and once the question has been answered the thread can degenerate into a spamfest and go widely off topic, thus it'll be closed (thought I wouldn't worry too much about this particular thread). But it really just depends on where you are and what the mod/supermod/admin is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Joshi nailed it and normally, after such a thorough answer we'd lock this thread as well... but we'll leave it open for now in case anyone wants to add anything (unless it turns in to a spamfest.. hehehe)... and Welcome to the Forums VaderChick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Not hard, I've been a mod for the past couple of years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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