# Moving threads to The Pit

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**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357 "2018-05-17T18:14:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357/1 "2018-05-17T18:14:58Z")

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I don’t think threads started in IMHO, etc should be moved to the PIT. It means that posters who don’t like the PIT- or perhaps should never go to the PIT as they react badly- are sent willy-nilly to a place they don’t want to be.

Yes, some threads do get a bit out of hand. The solution is simple- close the thread offering them the choice of going to the Pit, or a warning that they should “take it to the Pit or the thread will be locked”.

There is NEVER a good reason to actually move a thread to the Pit.

Please don’t.

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