whats the point of locking theads?

[spaceguy]

 

spaceguy said:

man-bear-pig said:

spaceguy said:

Andrespetmonkey said:
If a thread is pointless/shit meaning it lacks any decent content or all the discussion there has devolved into arguments and bashing then it should be locked. This is so it doesn't keep getting booted to the front page or hot topics page.

it was not pointless, it was about morphing the thread. Post in it when other threads where boring as sh-t. So you could look in there and see if the conversation had hit your fancy. If the thread sucked then it would die it's own death. This is something I think this site needs to be more leanient on. I see this place has a low capacity of fans. This is why. People don't like being locked and pushed around about pointless rules. I agree with the bashing and arguments but it seems most article's have arguments, actually all the time. So what the dif?

If you remake your thread and call it 'the random discussion thread' or something then it would probably be allowed. The name you had for it directly clashed with the rules regarding spamming, but a new title and you should be fine.

Ok I will try this tomorrow. Work is going to suck. goodnight for real But first, You guys having a party?

Dammit! Why won't my video work. it alwasy does. Man it ruined my joke. I'm going to bed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RxWpU2IIzXI