If the thread had value, it wouldn't be on Steam OT. . . .

Originally posted by King of Goats:

Just because they are old doesn't mean they don't still have the potential for value.

It sucks, but at least they are transparent and they give a reason here. Unlike Gamefaqs the mods abuse it to quietly sweep a topic under the rug to bypass dispute oversight.

I can understand why they do it on other forums, but on off topic, I feel like sometimes the mods are over zealous with their mod powers

Originally posted by gwwak:

Originally posted by King of Goats:

Just because they are old doesn't mean they don't still have the potential for value.

It sucks, but at least they are transparent and they give a reason here. Unlike Gamefaqs the mods abuse it to quietly sweep a topic under the rug to bypass dispute oversight.

actually, they do this also, by completely deleting threads they considered to be 'inflammatory' or some such and only the thread's OP gets a warning message. I got one such message recently, tried to find my thread, but it wasn't locked, it was gone.

Originally posted by SympliKrazi:

I can understand why they do it on other forums, but on off topic, I feel like sometimes the mods are over zealous with their mod powers

Originally posted by gwwak:

It sucks, but at least they are transparent and they give a reason here. Unlike Gamefaqs the mods abuse it to quietly sweep a topic under the rug to bypass dispute oversight.

actually, they do this also, by completely deleting threads they considered to be 'inflammatory' or some such and only the thread's OP gets a warning message. I got one such message recently, tried to find my thread, but it wasn't locked, it was gone.

You can at least contact Steam Support to file a dispute on a deletion. Of course results will vary.

They usually don't have value and the person who revived it is just spamming.

I don’t mind reviving old threads. The issue is reviving threads that aren’t relevant anymore and is already concluded. Plus OP is probably long gone by then.

Well everything is archived and you can search. We don't need potentially irrelevant topics and just so many in general fighting for the first page. I think the min for something to be considered necro'd is like 1 or 2 months and that's fair.

Most of the time, the thread ran its course or has since been solved, and then someone (typically via alts) goes and necros it years later with spam.

Originally posted by Emurinus:

Most of the time, the thread ran its course or has since been solved, and then someone (typically via alts) goes and necros it years later with spam.

I could say a name but I’m nice today.

It's the damn poop guy every time

it is simply how they are programmed.

Originally posted by King of Goats:

Why do mods lock old threads?

boredom, and the need to feel important

Originally posted by JaX:

Originally posted by King of Goats:

Why do mods lock old threads?

boredom, and the need to feel important

can a bot feel anything?

This thread is too old

"Thread date 1-4 months ago"

Probably for the same reason these unprofessional, overpaid, spineless subhumans lock entire threads going very well, with quality conversation and no violations, just because one guy, one single troll comes in to deliberately spam it with nonsense until thread is locked. Instead of just banning the ONE chud, they abuse their authority and lock the whole damn thread. Seems to be happening often to threads I comment to lately. I'm assuming they're regular users of OT themselves. They are zealot abusers that I more than likely have on my block list.