Locking One's Own Threads: Use Feature Everywhere?

[Ace Of Hearts]

I noticed in the Marketplace forum (although I've never posted there, I do visit it on ocassion) that the thread creator has been given the right/privelege to lock their own thread.

I figured this was an excellent feature, as hey, it's your thread, you created it. So if you find a reason to lock it, why shouldn't you, the person who made the thread in the first place, be able to lock it?

First of all, how well is this going in the Marketplace?

Second of all, is this a feature you are considering implementing boardwide? This would cut down on lock requests (although, admittedly, we'd ocassionally have people who honestly think they're done with a thread, lock it, then suddenly realize they still need something from it), and would possibly bring more order to this place. Also, threads with misbehaving members, or a topic that seemed cool at first but would up going nowhere, could get locked by the person paying the most attention to the thread in the first place.

You mods are very busy people, I am assuming (waits for a mod to come in and say "you assume wrong"); even as good as you are, it's impossible to catch every little thing that goes wrong in every single thread, so perhaps this will take a bit of the burden off of you.
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[Maxx 999]

but then you'd have ppl abusing that power and making and locking their own threads for the hell of it. mainly newbs trying to make postcount.
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[Spike]

I wouldn't want it board wide because sometimes people might want to lock their own thread when there's a great discussion going on, and so locking it would be worse.

That, and I don't think people it would be used correctly that much. Would someone lock their own thread if there's flaming in it? Maybe, maybe not. The only time I'd really see people locking their own thread is if they had a lock request. That's not the main reason I see when it comes to threads that need to be locked.

Probably the worst reason we wouldn't want it is if someone made a thread such as the modchip thread. The OP eventually stops helping out in his own thread, then a couple months down the thread decides to jokingly (or not so jokingly) lock it. That would cause some problems. And no, I'm not saying Larrikin would do that, it's just an example

We decided to do it in the Marketplace because it serves a specific purpose: after the item is sold then the thread is locked. The person doesn't have to lock their own thread, but if they choose to then they have that option. Everywhere else it would cause problems because the nature of those forums are different than Marketplace.
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[Radix]

[GeeForce]

I would love this idea. Of course, you'll have the newbs who lock their topic just for the heck of it, but that's no different then newbs posting pointless things in the Random Chat. Maybe you couuld make it so only Trick members could. Of course, if a mod felt that a thread was locking inappropriately, they could always re-open it.

Plus it would be a great way to recruit new moderators I can see it now; a new generation of mod-whoring
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I find this hilarious.

Everyone seems to be under the impression we're experiencing a shortage of moderators.

And yet, everyone seems to be under the impression we mod too much.

(Hmmm.)
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[sherl0k]

A self-modding community.

As nice as that sounds, I don't think it'll happen. Anywhere. What you guys are preaching is communism and you probably don't even realize it.
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[The Game II]

I really hope you don't allow this. It would create more trouble on this forum. Marketplace should be the only location for self locking.

--GCII
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[Ace Of Hearts]

[IguanaGrrl]

Giving an unlock option wouldn't work either, because they could easily unlock their threads that were mod-locked, as well.

I just don't see this issue coming up often enough to warrant a change of this size.
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[Radix]

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[Maxx 999]

yeah its more like theyll be smart enough when they reach maniac. and that already has the lock feature!
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[Tobias Preener]

id like to add another point

u may have made a thread, but if its a good topic and a lot of people like it and are talking about it, it isnt yours anymore. u just cant take away a great thread that the people were talking on
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[Ace Of Hearts]

Oh crud.

This's turned into another that's-the-stupidest-idea-in-the-world thread.

Although I realize now that giving the unlock-again option'd be a bad thing, I also realize it'd do me no good to try to push this idea any further.

Forget it. Just...

...No. Forget it.
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