I would propose even more redundant mod busywork, but I know nobody wants change. It's scary, and efficient, and has less scope for embarrassing posturing.
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There is no reason to continue the page 3 lock.Thanas wrote:There is no reason to end the page 3 lock.
Clearly the mods are chicken.Stark wrote:We need more mods in-charcter in this thread. What good is HoC without the lols?
'The mods' are not a single entity. Those who fail to act in indivudal forums, especially lower-traffic ones, because of real-life burdens are not necessarily the same ones who approach Testing the way Jason Voorhees approaches teenage discipline.Bounty wrote:It is also very reassuring to know the mods have the time and inclination to religiously lock threads in Testing, but can't be arsed to properly mod AMP even when a regular contributor to that forum formally complains about it. I suppose locking page three of a joke thread on its way to auto-prune is far more important than keeping a semblance of competency in any of the 'serious', 'proper' forums.
There is no reason to continue the page 3 lock.Thanas wrote:There is no reason to end the page 3 lock.
Then I'd have a reason to actually look in there once in a while!aerius wrote:We should just archive every thread that makes it to page 3 into the Brotherhood of the Monkey.
No. It is an archaic custom. As far as I can see, the only possible purpose is to stop testing from getting 'too popular' and overshadowing the main forum. Which to be fair, is understandable; there are plenty of forums out there that consist of nothing but Testing-style drek and it would be disappointing if SDN started to resemble them. However if so, locking threads after 3 pages is a spectacularly inefficient and ineffective way to address that concern.Bluewolf wrote:Is there any real technical or practical reason why Testing pages beyond Page 2 need to be locked now?
There goes my hope of world domination.....Stark wrote:Well ITT we have had the sentiments expressed that Bean is a laughingstock (and we love him for it), Fgalkin is a cunt (and we love him for it) and Thanas is German (and we love him for it).