# Should active Threadspotting Threads be closed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 11, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-active-threadspotting-threads-be-closed/279311 "2004-12-11T14:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-active-threadspotting-threads-be-closed/279311/1 "2004-12-11T14:55:46Z")
**samclem** closed [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290967) thread, despite the fact that it is currently in Threadspotting. That seems a cheat somehow. Shouldn’t the mods/admins at least wait until a new thread makes Threadspotting? ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-active-threadspotting-threads-be-closed/279311/2 "2004-12-11T17:05:54Z")
Maybe **Samclem** wasn’t aware of the thread being active in Threadspotting and closed it on its merits (or lack there of) as a GQ question. The OP is less than 48 hours old as of this posting. **Samclem** was probably monitoring it as a GQ thread not a Threadspotting thread. In that regard, I think he made the right decsion, as the question itself was answered in the first few posts. Then it deteriorated into a MPSIMS-style thread. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-active-threadspotting-threads-be-closed/279311/3 "2004-12-11T23:14:59Z")
Indeed, I was NOT aware it made threadspotting.