TheCritic wrote:My primary question is, why do you feel the need to lock certain threads that pose no emotional, mental, or physical threat to anyone? Why do you guys feel the need to supress the non-harmful dialogue that some fans want to take part in?
Because the Raptors board is flooded with stupid threads, repeats, and general detritus. We've tried the hands-off approach before: net result, the threads that could provoke something close to discussion disappear under the weight of 30 "WE SHOULD FIRE TRIANO HE HAS NO HAIR" threads on the front page.
Could you please enlighten me, as to what process goes into the decision to lock a thread?
Alcohol, if Yogi did it.
For example, one poster created a thread about the reasons as to why Chuck left for the Bulls job. Maybe this has been discussed to death before, but maybe said thread creator was not part of that discussion.
Unsubstantiated speculation about Chuck Swirsky's reasons for leaving Toronto is actually a great example of something that
has to be locked, as previous rumours about him on our board prompted him to threaten RealGM with legal action. So it's kinda off-limits.
Furthermore, as to what purpose does it do to lock the thread and prohibit further fan dialogue?
After a while, it's really, really easy to figure out which threads will actually promote dialogue (such as one can actually apply that word to anything that comes out of the Raptors board), and which will spiral into the abyss pretty quickly. When the signal-to-noise ratio is as high as it is, a bit of pruning is necessary.
Take your "scrubbiest lineup post-1999" thread, which I'm guessing was what spawned this. The four comments that weren't you consisted of:
- a two-word post dismissing your thread idea;
- a guy whose lineup of scrubs consisted of other Raps board posters;
- a post pointing out that we missed the playoffs and are thus angry;
- someone posting 'lol';
There's no dialogue there, nor was there ever going to be. The fact that it was locked isn't always a reflection on the OP, so much as on the fact that the thread is an unmitigated train wreck. And that one was about to plow through a kindergarten field trip.
