Do you read locked threads?

[Birdjaguar]

You must mean Curt! He livens up any thread.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

You must mean Curt! He livens up any thread.

He certainly does, that's for sure. I think he has even got a few locked. But the one to whom I was referring had a tendency to quote popes, if you recall.

I haven't ever gotten a thread locked. But I did get warned for spamming and get a few posts deleted once, in a thread about US presidents of all things.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

If the topic sounds interesting, then yes.

 

[boarder]

Sometimes I do but often just scroll without reading when it becomes two people getting irrational and going back and forth.
Unless Im one of those people of course

 

[Eukaryote]

option 3, usally I do it to see why it's locked.

 

[Esox]

The funniest ones are the locked ones. And I'm always hoping to see a clever send-off from the moderator.
I'll keep hoping!

 

[vbraun]

Sometimes the mod actions are funny. Also it can be fun to make fun of people in the chat room for getting mod-actioned.

 

[7ronin]

Sometimes I read them; they are often very entertaining.

 

[ew0054]

I'm such a gossip I just HAVE to know what got them locked! Hehe

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

I always read a thread once Ainwood has had his closing hat on

It's mainly because spamming and flame wars are against forum rules and it's fun to see those who've broke the rules. *Giggles like schoolgirl*

 

[Heretic_Cata]

I always read a thread once Ainwood has had his closing hat on

Yup he really has style in dropping the hammer on spammers. Did you know he is EVIL ?
But i'm starting to get into PDMA again.

 

[Berrie]

When I spot one, I will most definitely read it!

Sometimes, when I'm bored, I go searching for old, locked threads. You can find some very amusing stuff...

 

[Mise]

Of course I do! I need to see what sort of spam has already been done so that I ensure that the spam that I output is always fresh and creative and not the same low-quality low-grade spam that turns forums into uninteresting cesspools devoid of any thought whatsoever.

I suppose the first and second options are the same for you?

Also, yes. They're often more interesting than your average thread.

 

[The 777 Hoax]

I read all of them just to see why they were closed.

 

[Rambuchan]

I read them. They are often the most entertaining threads.

Of course I do! I need to see what sort of spam has already been done so that I ensure that the spam that I output is always fresh and creative and not the same low-quality low-grade spam that turns forums into uninteresting cesspools devoid of any thought whatsoever.

There's a fault in your process somewhere, and, less seriously, an over use of the word "that".

 

[IglooDame]

I don't rubberneck on the highways, but I sure as hell rubberneck in OT.

 

[Turner]

Sure...gotta know who of you spammish bunch to warn, ban, or take even more severe action upon.

 

[Esox]

This post is bumpalicious, but I noticed something and remembered this poll/thread. At the bottom of the thread linked below, a poster managed a rare feat. He got a post in after the "Thread Closed" notice.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=176707

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

This post is bumpalicious, but I noticed something and remembered this poll/thread. At the bottom of the thread linked below, a poster managed a rare feat. He got a post in after the "Thread Closed" notice.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=176707

Ah, now I was wondering about that.

Can a poster 'beat' the locked thread if they are posting at the same time a mod closes it?

 

[ainwood]

Ah, now I was wondering about that.

Can a poster 'beat' the locked thread if they are posting at the same time a mod closes it?

Yes. Especially in that case, where I posted via quick-reply, then closed it - there was a lag between when I said I'd close it, and actually closed it.

If its closed via the full 'post reply', then there is a check-box to close the thread - in which case it can't be posted in after the mod has 'said' its closed.