Thread lock?

[Bigflip12]

What is the criteria or reason to lock a thread? If people go negative on a post that was not intended to be negative, is that the reason? It seem like to me every thread would be locked then. Just wondering. Thank you.

 

[triaddukefan]

This thread will be locked soon

 

[fireford]

The mods always have a supply at their disposal

 

[UcMiami]

Threads get locked for a number of reasons - the fastest is probably when a thread starts heading political (as in blue/red), or culturally 'flash point'
Other reasons:
Impossible to keep it on subject (pretty much every thread, but they usually die a natural death before the mods take action)
Impossible to keep it civil - two or more posters start a back and forth and it just isn't worth the mods time.
Too long - starts eating into board bandwidth - hence monthly recruiting threads.
Too far off topic, particularly in season.
Generally being a source of banned comments even if the thread topic is OK
And of course my favorite:
Moderators decide to be completely arbitrary and mess with our heads!

 

[HuskyNan]

Long threads are locked because no one wants to wade through a 50-60 page thread.

 

[LoboDays]

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[HuskyNan]

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You aren’t as funny as you think you are. Stop already.

 

[temery]

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