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Shy Guy

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Locking your own topic

On another forum, you can actually lock your own topic. Maybe if your topic got out of hand, you can lock it, in case no mods are admins are around. This can also show responsibility in a member.

Thoughts, and possible effect?

Last edited by Shy Guy Bros (Feb 22 2011 2:10:10 pm)

EDJ

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Joined: 2015-08-20

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Re: Locking your own topic

just delete it then

35005CP

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Re: Locking your own topic

Bad idea, the idea of moderators of a forum is to lock/delete/edit threads and posts. Keep it that way please.

karim

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Re: Locking your own topic

^i dont think you understood what he meant

mods, admins, and users can lock their topics.

example: you made a topic and someone started spamming in it and no mods are online, you can lock your own topic

35005CP

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Re: Locking your own topic

I did understand, but it would get abused.

If a member didn't agree with things being said in his topic even if they are true, it could result in him locking it for no reason.

I say leave it to the mods.

Just seems to me a way of making members feel like they have power.

JadElClemens

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From: Colorado, USA

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 4,559

Re: Locking your own topic

I did understand, but it would get abused.

If a member didn't agree with things being said in his topic even if they are true, it could result in him locking it for no reason.

I say leave it to the mods.

Just seems to me a way of making members feel like they have power.

It's his decision to be an idiot. If the other people really want to continue discussing the topic, they can make their own thread.

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Alex

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Re: Locking your own topic

I doubt we could do this.

I personally don't like the idea, I'd prefer spammers to be reported and banned rather than just having a bunch of prematurely locked topics.

Sabrillian

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Re: Locking your own topic

I don't know... the idea sounds a bit counter-productive. I wouldn't enjoy opening up a forum to see a bunch of locked topics.

Chimi

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Re: Locking your own topic

:/ if someone wants to lock their own topic, why not let them. their topic. If there are a bunch on them, the mods can delete them.

JadElClemens

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From: Colorado, USA

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 4,559

Re: Locking your own topic

I've actually thought about this. I think that you could only lock your topic if it were [amount] months old, but It may be difficult to implement. Otherwise, you'll just have to delete it.

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Chimi

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Re: Locking your own topic

Nah, a month is a bit long.