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Auto lock inactive threads 

Post#1 » by Laimbeer » Tue Feb 3, 2015 11:33 am

Mods in some forums do not seem to like old threads being kicked up. Posters (unaware I assume) occasionally do this. Maybe threads that are inactive for a specified period of time could be auto locked?

This would make the mods' job a bit easier and clarify what threads can still be engaged.
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Re: Auto lock inactive threads 

Post#2 » by tsherkin » Thu Feb 5, 2015 1:42 pm

It depends on the forum and it depends on the reason for the thread necro. Usually, we take issue when a poster brings back a thread to be an ass, right? I suppose we could have threads that are older than two months auto-locked for simplicity, that wouldn't be awful, but not everyone board experiences this as a problem.
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Re: Auto lock inactive threads 

Post#3 » by Howard Mass » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:34 am

Thanks for answering this tsherkin.
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