# I don't think I've ever seen a Pit thread locked **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 6, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488 "2017-01-06T22:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488/41 "2017-01-09T13:45:16Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I will almost always lock a thread first and then post the Mod Note, so no additional posts are made once I’ve decided the thread needs closing. I just checked: vB forces you to do it that way. You click on the “Thread Close” button, it closes the thread, _then_ it allows you to add a note. If you add the note first, someone can post after you, which leads to not uncareless readers to skip the second to last post (the closing announcement) and just reading the last, squeaking in under the wire, irrelevant to the closing note post. It is not uncommon for messageboard software to work that way. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488/42 "2017-01-09T14:03:50Z")
Well, that’s not true. I can make a post and hit the checkbox for ‘close this thread after you submit this message’ and it happens simultaneously. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488/43 "2017-01-09T14:15:25Z")
Huh. I didn’t see that option on the Giraffeboards. Let me try it. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488/44 "2017-01-09T14:16:38Z")
Huh–I’ll be damned. There it is: I rarely go into the “go advanced” section and just use quick reply, but it’s right there if you chose “Go Advanced”. How 'bout that? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488/45 "2017-01-09T14:31:55Z")
It’s all how we do it. I rarely use the quick reply box and instead like having the options in front of me. Different people, different ways. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488/46 "2017-01-09T14:38:55Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > There’s no way for a user to tell when a thread was locked. I saw the locked icon, looked the thread over, and posted my question. If Miller’s post and mine crossed in the stream, so be it. I thought it was sufficiently unusual to find a thread locked with no explanation to ask. > [@Colibri](#): > > “So be it?” :dubious: Your post and Miller’s didn’t “cross in the stream;” he made his post in a timely fashion and you couldn’t be bothered to check. And you didn’t merely ask an innocent question out of curiosity. You made an accusation against **Miller’s** integrity as a mod, claiming he was “protecting contrarian posters” on the basis of exactly zero evidence, and against all previous experience. Not to mention that you kept complaining about “no mod note” even after **Bo** posted the note in post #4 of your thread, here. Not sure what else folks can do to help you see this sort of thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-ive-ever-seen-a-pit-thread-locked/776488.md?page=2)