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Zeravla Shardani
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-10-03 09:37:13 UTC
Can someone explain why threads are locked? I mean I underestand if there is some sort of serious drama going on or something but other than that it makes no sense to me why you would ever lock a thread. I have seen a number of post where people are saying "that subject has already been discussed here before go look it up etc". But I say why bother looking it up when it's just going to be locked where you can't respond to it, so we are forced to create multiple new threads on subjects that already exist so that we can present our views or further questions.
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-10-03 18:22:56 UTC
Agreed...I think they recently implemented something where threads autolock after a certain amount of time has passed where nobody has responded to the thread. Maybe to prevent necro threads...who knows? Either way...I agree with you here.

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Dirty Wizard
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-10-04 15:10:14 UTC
When a thread is in violation of the forum rules, it usually gets locked. Such examples are:

Threads with excessive trolling.
Threads with no content.
Threads that aren't posted in the correct subcategory.
Threads intended to verbally attack and berate others.
Threads created specifically to link to locked threads.
Threads full of hate speech, personal information, offensive material, and/or rantings.
Excessive number of threads pertaining to one topic.
Thread spamming by an individual, an individual plus his alts, and/or a handful of players collaborating to flood the forums.
Threads created to spread false rumors with intent to troll.

Though that's not a complete list of why threads get locked, it certainly covers the most common reasons why.

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