The allure of locked threads

[Cheiromancer]

I find that I will sometimes ignore a thread just because of its title; it just doesn't seem to be a subject that I am interested in it. It could be a hot topic with pages of replies, and I still won't click the link.

But as soon as it gets locked, I want to see why it got locked. I know that anything really juicy will have been deleted by a mod, but I'll click it anyway. Sometimes I'll just read the last few pages, sometimes I'll read the whole thing.

Anyone else find themselves doing the same thing? Or maybe I should phrase it differently- does anyone else *not* do the same thing?

The one exception is if the locked thread has been stickied. Making a thread sticky is the surest way, short of deleting it entirely, to ensure no one reads it.

 

[Dinkeldog]

Let me stick this so that everyone can see it.

 

[reveal]

I refuse to read this thread until it's locked.

 

[Crothian]

i have a compulsion to reply to everything.....

 

[reveal]

i have a compulsion to reply to everything.....

We figured that out a long time ago.

 

[Crothian]

and I do like to read locked threasds, too.one daqy I will figure a way to reply to them

 

[DaveMage]

and I do like to read locked threasds, too.one daqy I will figure a way to reply to them

I think the key is to open up 1 reply window for each EN World thread, then wait....

Eventually, one will get locked. Then post!
You should also be on a machine that can handle 1,000,000 open windows....



Alternatively, just do a search for the word "suck". Chances are that any thread with that word has already begun to go downhill...

 

[Crothian]

doing a search brough me here, so this thread is about to go......

 

[Quasqueton]

Just let me know which one you want to get locked. I'll post something with the word "edition" in the text. It will have to be locked within 24 hours.

Quasqueton

 

[the Jester]

I cannot resist checking out locked threads either, I confess.