What does a "locked post" do?

[milkanannan]

Hey -I just posted asking where everyone was from - now's the forum is locked.  What happened?

[MrColossal]

did you read the thread?

Peter Thomas and I pointed you to the old thread where this has been asked before.

[milkanannan]

Yes, I did read the thread.  The link you redirected me to was from 10 months ago.  What's the harm in asking that question again and getting people talking a bit?  And why would you lock the thread?

[Peter Thomas]

You asked if there was a thread already about your topic. Indeed there was. It's no personal attack - it's just a bit silly having two identical threads running, when it would be so much easier just to copy and paste your answer into the existing thread.

EDIT: a mod beats Peter

Now Peter beats a mod!

*locks thread*

....

*tries again*

damn.

[Krazy]

If you'd bothered to read the whole thread you'd see it's still quite active and has fairly recent posts.

[milkanannan]

Alright, who should I apologize to first?

[MrColossal]

President Abraham Lincoln...

C'mon, he's waiting!



you don't have to apologize to anyone, welcome to the boards.

[Las Naranjas]

me.

[milkanannan]

Thanks for the welcome, Mr Colossal, and may I say that you are a very beautiful man

[Peter Thomas]

Thanks for the welcome, Mr Colossal, and may I say that you are a very beautiful man

Haha. That's funny. His finger must've slipped and accidentally typed 'Mr Colossal' instead of 'Peter Thomas'. Haha. What a freaky coincidence!

Yeah, anyway. Welcome to the boards. Enjoy your stay

[milkanannan]

lol, thanks Peter