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Subject: Why are the Top Topics in the Classifieds always locked?
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Almost instantly after a thread gets there it's locked by the mods. Why?

  • 09.04.2011 2:15 PM PDT
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Here is the Classifieds with zero locked topics in sight...

  • 09.04.2011 2:16 PM PDT

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Top forum topics.
Posted by: drummer0702
Here is the Classifieds with zero locked topics in sight...

I was confused at first as I only read the body of the message, and didn't look at the subject.

[Edited on 09.04.2011 2:18 PM PDT]

  • 09.04.2011 2:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: drummer0702
Here is the Classifieds with zero locked topics in sight...


I said Top Topics. Not regular threads.

  • 09.04.2011 2:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: drummer0702
Here is the Classifieds with zero locked topics in sight...

*directs you to the section of the classifieds known as the "Top Forum Topics" where the OP was talking about*

*allows for a moment of realization*

  • 09.04.2011 2:17 PM PDT

You better close this sig when your done.

Because your not supposed to post in the Classifieds.

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I mean, did you even bother to read the topics you're talking about? Most of them had nonsense discussion and arguments in them...

  • 09.04.2011 2:19 PM PDT
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The End

‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

I have never bothered locking them, but this is probably the underlying logic:

Locked topics quickly lose their Top Forum Topic position. The Classifieds, due to its purpose, is prone to Top Forum Topic manipulation. Locking the threads prevents some groups from having a monopoly of such threads (through a concerted "save thread" effort), by keeping the Top Forum Topic requirements relatively low, it also ensures a frequent turnover of adverts.

  • 09.04.2011 2:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tom T
I have never bothered locking them, but this is probably the underlying logic:

Locked topics quickly lose their Top Forum Topic position. The Classifieds, due to its purpose, is prone to Top Forum Topic manipulation. Locking the threads prevents some groups from having a monopoly of such threads (through a concerted "save thread" effort), by keeping the Top Forum Topic requirements relatively low, it also ensures a frequent turnover of adverts.


Thanks.

  • 09.04.2011 2:37 PM PDT

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  • 09.04.2011 3:41 PM PDT
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‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

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Posted by: Tom T
Best post ITT

  • 09.04.2011 3:42 PM PDT

Posted by: borrowedchief
We aren't here to ruin your experience (Well Qbix is).


Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: blade246
Posted by: Tom T
Best post ITT
Funny. He was going to quote someone like he always does.

Fail.

  • 09.04.2011 3:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: R0flc0pt3r
Funny. He was going to quote someone like he always does.

Fail.

[This off-topic to the thread]
I have found myself quoting people less and less. The only time that I really quote people, is if they said something that was similair to what I ahd in-mind, or if I am replying to somebody.

[Edited on 09.04.2011 3:45 PM PDT]

  • 09.04.2011 3:45 PM PDT

"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.

I was a finalist :P

It appears that way because of its minimal activity- another reason why moderators rarely visit the classifieds.

[Edited on 09.04.2011 3:58 PM PDT]

  • 09.04.2011 3:45 PM PDT

Posted by: borrowedchief
We aren't here to ruin your experience (Well Qbix is).


Posted by: blade246
Posted by: R0flc0pt3r
Funny. He was going to quote someone like he always does.

Fail.

[This off-topic to the thread]
I have found myself quoting people less and less. The only time that I really quote people, is if they said something that was similair to what I ahd in-mind, or if I am replying to somebody.
Or If you're just trying to bump your PPD

But chill, it's all good.

  • 09.04.2011 3:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: R0flc0pt3r
Or If you're just trying to bump your PPD

But chill, it's all good.

Oh, no. I know. I am just trying to clear it up.

  • 09.04.2011 3:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tom T
I have never bothered locking them, but this is probably the underlying logic:

Locked topics quickly lose their Top Forum Topic position. The Classifieds, due to its purpose, is prone to Top Forum Topic manipulation. Locking the threads prevents some groups from having a monopoly of such threads (through a concerted "save thread" effort), by keeping the Top Forum Topic requirements relatively low, it also ensures a frequent turnover of adverts.
My thoughts precisely!

  • 09.04.2011 4:54 PM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

You're not really supposed to reply to things in that forum, just PM the advertiser. As far as I remember.

  • 09.04.2011 5:06 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Aesthetics.

  • 09.04.2011 5:24 PM PDT

i c u thar c' ing my signiture

Yours in _Kai_

Because:

A) you aren't suppose to reply to the threads
B) They were being bumped (or at least a few of them) by members of the group to keep the post on the front page.

  • 09.04.2011 5:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Aesthetics.

The grey padlock next to a locked thread is pretty?

  • 09.04.2011 5:31 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Aesthetics.

The grey padlock next to a locked thread is pretty?

It provides a contextual weight to that edge of the page.

  • 09.04.2011 5:32 PM PDT

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Aesthetics.

The grey padlock next to a locked thread is pretty?

It provides a contextual weight to that edge of the page.
So it'll tip if one without a lock gets up there?

  • 09.04.2011 8:45 PM PDT

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Yay. I guess mine'll get locked now. :|

EDIT: Oh, it's already locked.

[Edited on 09.04.2011 8:52 PM PDT]

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Posted by: Tom T

Interestingly enough, most of those locked topics come from groups with a very small population.

  • 09.04.2011 9:21 PM PDT

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