Why are some posts LOCKED?

[webe4angels]

Why are some posts locked?
 
   <~ just noticed this cool looking fish    

I wanted to comment on one.. and noticed that there was no reply...  

Then saw the lock?  

I don't understand...

Just curious.  

 

[tvcrawford]

This is a great question. I dont the reason why either.

[Phx0808]

Post can be locked by the moderators for various reasons and sometimes it gets done so automatically. For example, if no one red or comments in a topic for x number of days that the software maybe setup to lock the topic. As mentioned, moderators lock topics for various reasons. For example to stop the flow of misinformation or the post violates the TOS...

I hope that helps,

[Administrator]

As Phx0808 said, sometimes topics are locked by moderators for one of several reasons.

But a vast majority of posts are locked automatically after they have no replies for 9 months (270 days).  This is to prevent old threads (which often have out of date information) from being "raised from the dead" to spawn more confusion.

[webe4angels]

thank you both!!!! 

Yes it was on an old post I saw.  I do not really remember how I saw this really old post. I think it was from 2009.  It did have the lock and I was curious to as why. 

Makes sense.. with your explanation. 

Thank you so much for your responses!!     

 

[dsawan]

could be locked so as to not flame or keep a topic from getting worse.

[RobertMendez]

OH YEA THIS FISH IS COOL! LIKE THE ONE IN FINDING NEMO

[Administrator]

It's my favorite, too.

[webe4angels]

  Yup Yup   

mine too   

[dsawan]

good to know, thought they were provacative