Do mods lock threads any more?

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Note: This is NOT implying anything, I'm just curious.

Lately I've seen a few rules being broken, like personal attacks, in some threads and usually those sorts of threads end up getting locked if attacks and bickering persists. But lately the threads don't get locked, just a warning from the mods in the actual thread or a few bad posts get deleted.

Is it a new thing to not lock threads so much? I was just wondering. (And don't be ironic by locking this thread ).

it has become apparent that outright locking threads is not always an efficient solution for instances of a select few users/posts attacking and being rude in an otherwise good and civil thread.


it's just more fair all around in that case.

Noticed a recent thread sink to two folks trading insults (and it looked like it would locked any second),but the thread continued with out even a warning, and righted itself more or less away from the ad hom attacks on its own. So maybe not locking that particular thread worked.

Yeah, I think the moderation's current approach with threads is a lot better than it used to be.

An entire discussion should not have to suffer because of something that could be treated as an isolated incident e.g. only 1 or 2 people causing problems in the thread. When almost everyone is at each others' throats, though, it may become necessary mind you.

Another thing was threads used to get locked merely for triggering when the people discussing in the thread were behaved, yet someone comes into the thread, takes offence to something in it then causes problems/aims to get the thread locked or "shut down" because they're triggered and feel this makes it justifiable. The current approach is again more constructive from what I've observed

I do miss threads getting locked, in a way. It put an end to some annoying threads that I kept seeing bumped on to the first page every week. Also I would often like to see what went wrong in a thread when I saw a locked one.

But, on the other hand, I do understand the reason for not locking threads. I always used to be afraid of my own threads getting locked, because it would feel like some sort of punishment.