# TubaDiva, you did well **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 17, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723 "2009-08-17T14:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723/41 "2009-08-20T01:04:21Z")
TubaDiva wrote: Closing this thread – at least temporarily – while legal issues are sorted out. It may be reopened if the OP returns.It was snark free, and informational only, without condescension of any kind. You may call it opaque if you wish. But I did not raise transparency as an issue. So, even though I concede all the points I’ve conceded so far, I stand by my OP. And no one has seriously challenged its veracity. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723/42 "2009-08-20T09:41:57Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > TubaDiva wrote: > > Closing this thread – at least temporarily – while legal issues are sorted out. > > It may be reopened if the OP returns.It was snark free, and informational only, without condescension of any kind. You may call it opaque if you wish. But I did not raise transparency as an issue. So, even though I concede all the points I’ve conceded so far, I stand by my OP. And no one has seriously challenged its veracity. No challenge there. That is exactly how I think moderation should go for the most part. Terse and to the point. > [@Liberal](#): > > That’s a fair point. And just to be sure I understand you, I think you’re saying that the loss of continuity might likely NOT result in the discussion just picking up where it left off from the other thread. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723/43 "2009-08-20T12:23:17Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > The problem is that the thread asking about promotion of illegal activity was locked. And that thread was related to the earlier thread about burning houses. So, to many people, the suspension appeared to be related. I’ve changed my mind about why I think he was suspended, but that still leaves a question about why the ATMB thread was closed. I was the one who suggested locking it. We close threads in which heated debates are going on when someone who has been banned or suspended is taking one side of the debate, and most or all of the other participants are on the other side of the debate. Since the suspended or banned poster is not in a position to continue to represent that side of the discussion, it is unfair to allow the discussion to continue. That, in general, is why the threads that were locked were locked – in each of them, **StS** was either the only or the primary person on one side of a heated argument. If the discussion was more general, a thread he had started or was participating in could be left open. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723/44 "2009-08-20T15:43:02Z")
And where the hell is Tuba? Why is she not basking in her accolades? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723/45 "2009-09-16T18:33:36Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > And where the hell is Tuba? Why is she not basking in her accolades? I was actually worried that she might have found this thread condescending. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723/46 "2009-09-16T20:04:02Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I was actually worried that she might have found this thread condescending. Not so, thankfully. She private messaged me, and I believe I can state, without violating her confidence, that her modesty precludes her participation. Simple as that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-did-well/506723.md?page=2)