# Do you open locked threads just to see? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899 "2003-10-22T13:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/1 "2003-10-22T13:32:28Z")
I do. If I see a locked thread, even one that I have had no previous interest in, I’m much more likely to open it to see why it was locked. Not sure why. It’s not like I get any great insight into the workings of the moderator mind or anything. But for whatever reason it interests me. Anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/2 "2003-10-22T13:46:12Z")
Yeah, I do, too. Especially if the last poster was the moderator. The only time I never do is if the thread title is obviously innocous and the poster is someone who’s been around a while. Then I just assume it was a duplicate thread. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/3 "2003-10-22T13:49:23Z")
Same here. What I really love is when there are lots of locked threads in the Pit at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/4 "2003-10-22T14:03:55Z")
Yes. Most of the time it’s stupid but I do it anyway (unless it’s plainly a duplicate, like **DeadlyAccurate** said. Somtimes I can ignore them for a while but sooner or later my curiosity gets the better of me. It’s like that little padlock is calling to me “come on, open me and see what mysteries await! Why are people not allowed to post within?” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/5 "2003-10-22T14:18:50Z")
Heck yes. A locked thread just screams “open me”; it’s like a flag that something interesting went on to cause it to get locked. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/6 "2003-10-22T14:25:32Z")
Hell yeah, always. I’m also disappointed when there isn’t a wrist-slap from a mod as the very last post. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/7 "2003-10-22T14:35:06Z")
What everyone else said, plus interest in what the current areas of enforcement are. Those who don’t know their SDMB history are doomed to repeat it (and face a hefty Mod Mocking to boot). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/8 "2003-10-22T14:57:53Z")
I _would_ do. But I never notice it’s locked until I’ve opened it anyway, ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/9 "2003-10-22T16:15:00Z")
Exactly what \*\* DeadlyAccurate\*\* said and expecially if it’s **Lynn** as the last poster. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/10 "2003-10-22T16:38:03Z")
Yeup! I’m always curios as to what topics are truly taboo here. I’m still rather unsure after all this time. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/11 "2003-10-22T17:08:38Z")
I do. It’s just like rubbernecking on the highway. Satisfies your curiosity and slows everyone down! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/12 "2003-10-22T17:21:54Z")
Sure, I’m a big fan of spontaneous human combustion. ---
**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/13 "2003-10-22T17:28:16Z")
Absolutely! I think the mods are a bit anal when it comes to topics of a questionable legal nature like file sharing, drugs, cable/video piracy etc. Presumably some jerk lawyer somewhere threatened the Straightdope at some point and now everyone is walking on egg shells about all sorts of topics. It seems to me there was a time not all that long ago when nothing was taboo to discuss. Now I like to see how far people can get before their threads get closed by the mod police… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/14 "2003-10-22T21:14:47Z")
Well, yeah! You might as well ask “Do you push the button labeled ‘DO NOT PUSH THIS BUTTON’”. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/15 "2003-10-22T21:28:34Z")
not only do I read locked threads whenever I come across the good old “BANNED” sign I start to poke around looking for why. I wanted to start a thread asking for the best bannings on the board but I think the mods wouldn’t like that too much. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/16 "2003-10-22T21:37:11Z")
I confess that I often do… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/17 "2003-10-22T21:37:39Z")
I am a moth, and locked threads are my flame. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/18 "2003-10-22T23:03:12Z")
Of course! That’s where the action is! Or was anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/19 "2003-10-22T23:44:54Z")
I’m with **Darkhold**. I’m not proud of it, and I suspect it’s some sort of morbid curiousity, but _so help me, I gotta know!_ CJ ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/20 "2003-10-23T00:15:22Z")
I also checked the locked threads, even if the title is boring or vulgar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899.md?page=2)