# Hey Twickster, why'd you close this thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896 "2011-08-24T14:38:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/1 "2011-08-24T14:38:11Z")
[Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14176904&posted=1#post14176904) the thread in question. It hadn’t been active in 5 months, but it was only fluff to begin with so it’s not like there was going to be anything new to bring to it, creating a new thread would have been silly and I was having a lot of fun reading (and then re-reading when it came back up) all the posts. There really wasn’t any reason to close that thread that I can see. I thought we stopped closing zombie threads, but as I’ve said before, even though we ‘technically’ relaxed those rules it seems mods still seem to close them willy-nilly anyways. Before I started this thread, I went back to check on the rules, and oddly enough, I found [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586090) where you specifically said “In MPSIMS and Cafe Society, we’re generally leaving them open unless there’s a good reason to close them.” In the thread you closed, you said “Yeah, if there’s a reason to revive a zombie, we allow it. There’s no such reason here.” That’s a direct contradiction of what you said earlier. This isn’t just about that thread, it’s about closing them in general. I really wish you guys would just make up your minds. ISTM there’s no reason to close a lot of the zombie threads. Either leave them open, or reenact the old rule and automatically shut down any thread that hasn’t been active in more the X months. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/2 "2011-08-24T15:35:24Z")
Enh, you’re right. It seemed like it was getting too meta, but damned if I’m going to try to figure out where the line is between “meta” and “too meta.” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/3 "2011-08-24T17:19:48Z")
Typical mod stone walling. 😃 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/4 "2011-08-24T17:55:38Z")
What does it mean, “Mod Stone”? Like, they stone a socket puppet or a troll to death or something? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/5 "2011-08-24T17:58:30Z")
You don’t want to know what we do once we kick off the jackboots in our Super Sikrit Mod Clubhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/6 "2011-08-24T18:00:59Z")
No, when you kick off everything _but_ the jackboots. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-whyd-you-close-this-thread/593896/7 "2011-08-24T18:11:41Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > You don’t want to know what we do once we kick off the jackboots in our Super Sikrit Mod Clubhouse. No, Ma’am. I mean, Yes, Ma’am…I’m just gonna leave while I still have my lunch money, Ma’am.