Locking own threads?

[Olivia]

How do you feel about members being able to lock their own threads?

They have that power here.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Would you allow members to lock their own threads on your forum?

 

[Ravenfreak]

Honestly I don't have a problem with members being able to lock their own threads. It makes moderation a bit easier, that way if they want their threads to be locked they can easily do so without having to wait for a moderator/admin to do it for them.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Doesn't really matter to me. This is a community with well over 45,000 threads. We can definitely afford to have an occasional locked thread here and there if the person who created that thread decides to do so.

 

[EllieCat]

I don’t really care. Enforcing that would make threads turn into fights if a moderator or admin is offline.

 

[Webster]

I don’t really care. Enforcing that would make threads turn into fights if a moderator or admin is offline.

 

[EllieCat]

I’ve seen that before. Sometimes an admin is offline for a really long time.

 

[ElegantAura]

I didn't even know we could do this here.

 

[MrDawn]

It's kind of rare to see here. I've only seen one member ever do it.

 

[Shortie]

I wouldn't have an issue with members being able to lock their own threads but I can see where it could get out of hand quickly if you had one person who took it too far with locking their threads.

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

We don't allow it. They can request it and explain the reason, but oftentimes the topic of conversation is being carried by several other members and it is not fair to them.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I’ve seen that before. Sometimes an admin is offline for a really long time.