# MODs closing threads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853 "2007-07-15T13:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/41 "2007-07-17T01:02:11Z")
I think it was closed because there were too many tourists and not enough travelers. We are easy to whoosh! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/42 "2007-07-17T07:51:59Z")
I was trying to figure out why the OP was convinced that the Ministry Of Defence was closing threads… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/43 "2007-07-17T09:32:49Z")
I don’t really deserve the vitriol here. This is a lame pitting because it wasn’t supposed to be in the Pit. The OP was placed in the wrong forum, my bad, and very often threads are closed **with** explanation…as would be the case apparently with the ‘horse thread’, again my bad. But it is not the case that every thread is closed with an explanation and I think it should be. That’s all I was trying to say, now relight the witch fire to warm your mob. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/44 "2007-07-17T09:48:21Z")
I see that eye condition also has thin skin as one of its symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/45 "2007-07-17T11:57:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] I don’t really deserve the vitriol here. This is a lame pitting because it wasn’t supposed to be in the Pit. The OP was placed in the wrong forum, my bad, and very often threads are closed **with** explanation…as would be the case apparently with the ‘horse thread’, again my bad. But it is not the case that every thread is closed with an explanation and I think it should be. That’s all I was trying to say, now relight the witch fire to warm your mob. [/QUOTE] You’re mostly right. It’s a lame pitting, mostly because it’s not really a pitting. It **is** a discussion regarding Moderator action, which means it belongs in the Pit. As was once explained to me: “How can I get my thread closed?” goes in ATMB. “Why was my thread closed?” goes in the Pit. Your OP (justly or unjustly - doesn’t matter) is a criticism of Moderator action, which belongs in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/46 "2007-07-17T12:18:28Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] As was once explained to me: “How can I get my thread closed?” goes in ATMB. “Why was my thread closed?” goes in the Pit. Your OP (justly or unjustly - doesn’t matter) is a criticism of Moderator action, which belongs in the Pit. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it’s an historic wossname. We wanted posters to be able to vent about moderator actions without any constraints (such as common courtesy, f’rinstance) so we decided 'way back when that comments about moderator actions belong in the Pit forum rather than ATMB. The distinction is often somewhat arbitrary. Boards that allow flaming in any forum don’t face that problem. So, it’s possible to have a perfectly calm (not venting, just asking) thread about moderator action, but alas, it has to go in the Pit… And, just to be clear about a point above, we don’t close a thread just because we think it’s uninteresting. We sometimes close a thread because a question was asked and then answered, and the OP asked us to close it. That’s not the same as “uninteresting.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/47 "2007-07-17T12:32:26Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] … we don’t close a thread just because we think it’s uninteresting. … [/QUOTE] Thank god – you guys would never get any sleep if that were the case! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/48 "2007-07-17T12:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] And, just to be clear about a point above, we don’t close a thread just because we think it’s uninteresting. We sometimes close a thread because a question was asked and then answered, and the OP asked us to close it. That’s not the same as “uninteresting.” [/QUOTE] The record indicates otherwise. > [@giraffe](#): > > [I don’t think this thread is of broad enough interest to remain open.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425411) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/49 "2007-07-17T13:18:46Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] The record indicates otherwise. [/QUOTE] I’d say you’re stretching it here. (“Not) of broad enough interest” is not the same as uninteresting. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/50 "2007-07-17T13:25:39Z")
:eek: Whuh? It is pretty much exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/51 "2007-07-17T13:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] :eek: Whuh? It is pretty much exactly the same. [/QUOTE] The state of my personal finances, for example, is of great interest to me, and therefore, by definition, interesting. I doubt that it has broad interest. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/52 "2007-07-17T15:25:22Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] The record indicates otherwise. [/QUOTE] Yes, but you have to admit, that _was_ extremely uninteresting. 😛 Anyway, **Dex** ’s comment applies in the context of the OP, namely a thread closure in a non-Pit forum. Rarely if ever are threads closed in GQ on the grounds that the question is boring. In the Pit, on the other hand, we do more closings/movings simply to keep the forum from tipping in directions we don’t want it to go. If your thread had told a proper story, I’d have probably moved it to MPSIMS. As it was, I couldn’t imagine any conceivable follow-up posts of any substance, so I just closed it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/53 "2007-07-17T15:26:29Z")
[QUOTE=Kozmik] Aw, **Sitnam** , is seeking closure. Talk about beating a dead horse. [/QUOTE] Is it Irish? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/54 "2007-07-17T15:27:48Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > The state of my personal finances, for example, is of great interest to me, and therefore, by definition, interesting. I doubt that it has broad interest. But it is uninteresting to me. And so it becomes a matter of who decides what is interesting and what is not. Whenever a person has both that authority and the authority to decide what is in the broad interest, the distinction between them vanishes. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/55 "2007-07-17T15:32:21Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] In the Pit, on the other hand … [/QUOTE] I think you did yourself a disservice by explaining your actions. Instead, you should just settle on “In the Pit, on the other hand, I wear jackboots and crack a whip and if you don’t like it, piss off.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/56 "2007-07-17T15:45:59Z")
I think that part’s just understood. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/57 "2007-07-17T15:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] As it was, I couldn’t imagine any conceivable follow-up posts of any substance, so I just closed it. [/QUOTE] At the time you closed it, I was trying to work in a Navin Johnson reference. I’d call that substantial. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/58 "2007-07-17T16:08:45Z")
Could have been a lot more uninteresting – the same thing happened to one of my clients, only he’s an accountant. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/59 "2007-07-17T16:22:33Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Could have been a lot more uninteresting – the same thing happened to one of my clients, only he’s an accountant. [/QUOTE] I stand corrected. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853/60 "2007-07-17T16:41:38Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Could have been a lot more uninteresting – the same thing happened to one of my clients, only he’s an accountant. [/QUOTE] It’s not a contest, you know. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-closing-threads/411853.md?page=4)