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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3732747" data-attributes="member: 158">The WotC overlords declare it so. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I can't speak for WotC's forums, but here usually, all it takes is reading the last few posts to understand why a given thread is locked down. One or two people trying to ruin others' fun can be often handled with a ban, but when the flames are spreading more than that, we often times find it better to just close the topic, and try to encourage people to take a breather to get a level head before revisiting the topic. Many of the threads you are thinking of might be &quot;joke threads&quot;, also, ones like &quot;4E killed my dog and took it's stuff&quot; or similar vein. One or two of these are cool, but a dozen on the front page causes the forum conversations to get stifled, and we close down all but a couple and tell people to cut back on the repetitive stuff a bit.Frankly, I see quite a few 4E threads the past few days with healthy debate on pros and cons of a new edition - and I could probably spend the next day or so giving people reasonings for each specific thread, but I'd find it kind of a waste of time. If you had a specific one in mind, e-mail me at my e-mail address (found stickied at the top of the meta forum)&nbsp; and I'd be glad to answer if I can.What we DO have a stake in, is keeping forum conversations civil, clean, and on-topic. If everyone could actually manage that, the mods would be really really happy people. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Since this thread is about forum issues rather than a 4E topic itself, I'm moving it to our Meta Forum.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3732747, member: 158"] The WotC overlords declare it so. :) I can't speak for WotC's forums, but here usually, all it takes is reading the last few posts to understand why a given thread is locked down. One or two people trying to ruin others' fun can be often handled with a ban, but when the flames are spreading more than that, we often times find it better to just close the topic, and try to encourage people to take a breather to get a level head before revisiting the topic. Many of the threads you are thinking of might be "joke threads", also, ones like "4E killed my dog and took it's stuff" or similar vein. One or two of these are cool, but a dozen on the front page causes the forum conversations to get stifled, and we close down all but a couple and tell people to cut back on the repetitive stuff a bit. Frankly, I see quite a few 4E threads the past few days with healthy debate on pros and cons of a new edition - and I could probably spend the next day or so giving people reasonings for each specific thread, but I'd find it kind of a waste of time. If you had a specific one in mind, e-mail me at my e-mail address (found stickied at the top of the meta forum) and I'd be glad to answer if I can. What we DO have a stake in, is keeping forum conversations civil, clean, and on-topic. If everyone could actually manage that, the mods would be really really happy people. :) Since this thread is about forum issues rather than a 4E topic itself, I'm moving it to our Meta Forum. [/QUOTE]

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