# Why the recent trend to insta-close stuff in ATMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 8, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425 "2013-11-08T15:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 9, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/41 "2013-11-09T21:49:55Z")
Well, I think closing a thread because two or more posters are hijacking it is ridiculous. Give out a warning, tell the hijackers to stop and let people who are still interested post in the thread. In the thread I started, I was pretty surprised to see the moderator finally give his ruling, and then promptly closing the thread. What?? Maybe, just maybe some people would like to respond to that ruling. Threads are started in this forum to respond to and question moderator rulings. In that thread’s case, the ruling had not even been made, and when it was, the thread was closed an hour later. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/42 "2013-11-09T22:12:13Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, I think closing a thread because two or more posters are hijacking it is ridiculous. Give out a warning, tell the hijackers to stop and let people who are still interested post in the thread. In the thread I started, I was pretty surprised to see the moderator finally give his ruling, and then promptly closing the thread. Jonathan Chance wasn’t the moderator who closed the thread. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/43 "2013-11-09T22:20:26Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Jonathan Chance wasn’t the moderator who closed the thread. Oh, OK. How are we supposed to know that? Seems like that’s another problem-- threads being closed with no note at the end saying who closed it and why. At any rate, some moderator closed the thread an hour after the ruling was made. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of a thread in ATMB about a moderator ruling. Now, it’s not the worst thing to happen in the world, but it just makes you wonder what is going through the mind of the person who closed the thread. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/44 "2013-11-09T22:35:01Z")
Yep, sure wasn’t me. I’ll make this promise now: I will never close a thread that is about my actions as a moderator. Least I can do, really. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/45 "2013-11-10T00:16:53Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Yep, sure wasn’t me. I’ll make this promise now: I will never close a thread that is about my actions as a moderator. > > Least I can do, really. Yep, you won’t. From what from what I’ve seen, it’s mainly **TubaDiva** that is “close happy”. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/46 "2013-11-10T00:35:58Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > … > > Choice B: Sixteen pages of complaints and gripes. > … There’s a down side to that? I’m not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/47 "2013-11-10T02:40:26Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > And still the Dope has no :barf: smiley. 😛 Here ya go: :o [sub]Of course that _could_ be ‘blowjob’, too…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/48 "2013-11-10T02:52:06Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > What is the justification for keeping either of those threads open? The opportunity for you to issue another fatwa, this time on the propriety of mods closing threads. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/49 "2013-11-10T02:56:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Going beyond “X” and “Y”, there’s the whole “Z” thing. I’ve talked with people from Canadia who call “Z” Zed. Seriously. What’s up with that foolishness? I am an American, and it is my shame that I say “zed” now. But it’s not my fault! The Thais think I’m saying C if I say Z when I spell my name. I have to say “zed.” Society has forced me into it. It’s society’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/50 "2013-11-10T03:03:52Z")
Zed’s dead, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/51 "2013-11-10T03:04:35Z")
I’m looking for a 12-step programme. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425/52 "2013-11-10T03:51:59Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Jonathan Chance wasn’t the moderator who closed the thread. Which just adds to the weirdness. The thread was about a particular Mod’s actions. He was involved in the thread, engaging and explaining. And then as soon as he shares his decision, POOF, thread closed. If I were a Mod I was have deferred to Jonathan Chance. I think it was both heavy-handed and rude for another Mod to close that thread. Rude to both Jonathan Chance and we, the mere pawns. My suggestion that that a Mod mistakenly took you to be the OP due to the tone of your post, is, I’d say, putting things in the best possible light. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425.md?page=2)