# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/21 "2003-10-23T13:29:36Z")
I’ve never deliberately opened one. I’m not a goody two shoes or anything- I just never look at the icon( I’ve just had to check what the icon looks like). Now that I know however, I suppose I won’t be able to resist. V ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/22 "2003-10-23T14:51:59Z")
Yes, but if the thread is a few pages long, I don’t always bother; rapid meltdowns are more entertaining than protracted ones. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/23 "2003-10-24T03:25:43Z")
Sometimes I open them before observing they were closed. Tried to post to a few, too. :o ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/24 "2003-10-24T04:51:49Z")
Yep, I open 'em all the time (unless it’s a duplicate thread). Like most people, I look for mods being the last to post, and of course the more interesting the title of the thread the more likely I am to open it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/25 "2003-10-24T11:28:44Z")
I only opened this thread in the hope that some really entertaining locked threads would be linked. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/26 "2003-10-24T13:26:56Z")
Here’s one for you all With a added bonus of a reg being banned. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218208&pagenumber=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218208&pagenumber=3) ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/27 "2003-10-24T14:02:27Z")
If ever a thread needed to be locked for effect… ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899/28 "2003-10-24T18:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Siege \* > \*\*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 \*\* Yup yup… Enquiring minds want to know. Besides some of the best and most entertaining threads are the locked ones:D [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-open-locked-threads-just-to-see/208899.md?page=1)