AFAIK locking the thread doesn't keep you from searching or reading the thread, and if the subject becomes timely and relevant again just submit a ticket and it can be unlocked again.
and if the subject becomes timely and relevant again just submit a ticket and it can be unlocked again.
Okay, but if it was posted to doesn't that make it 'relevant again'? So again, by your logic, why was it locked? And why was no reason given? And who locked it? Because usually when an SC locks a thread, there is a message at the end that says this thread locked, blah, blah, blah by so and so SC. And beyond that, why were all the recent posts to that thread removed? What the heck is going on here? Who is gung-ho on censorship? Why remove the recent posts - to justify locking? Something is not right here.
the last post didn't seem like spam to me. it was interesting and part of the discussion.
Agreed. We tend to have an automatic response to folks who register, resurrect an old thread, and try to give us links; it's nearly always the beginning of a spam onslaught. But in this case, on reflection we think the posting was genuine.
