I think what you're not getting here is that we are adults, I think, most of us anyway, and locking a thread is akin to treating people like children. I'm sorry, I didn't think that anything that Tentoze said came close to reaching the level of hostility you're apparently assigning it. And I would also point out that if you take a look at his posts, I believe that you'll find that he's as reasoned & polite a poster, in a general sense, as you'll find on this or any other board. If you're offended because he called you a hall monitor, then yr skin is definitely not thick enough for this job. Unless there was some other thread that I'm missing...but somehow I doubt it.

I really don't have to tell you that a lot of people post from work or are otherwise busy & don't take the time to go to another forum they might find interesting, do I? I don't have to tell you that people become conditioned to visiting one part of a site & not the entire site, do I? I'm sure I'm not alone in bookmarking this page & only infrequently visiting the other boards on this site. I've spent some time on the films board in the past. It's not my primary area of interest. Troy thought that what he had to say about this picture was worth sharing with this community. You don't even like the idea that he should put up a post here with a link to his post on the other board? That's nuts. Is it 'lazy' to not visit the other boards of our own volition? Perhaps. But it's not unethical or illegal or anything. And I tell you what, it was one thing two boards ago when the software was nice & quick. Some people are still on dialup, and this is easily the slowest-loading site I still visit on a regular basis. And that's even with Adblock, broadband, and pop-ups blocked. So it's all fine & well to suggest that someone's being lazy if they don't just automatically visit the films board, but some people like to discuss music more than films & it's a bit odd to chastise them for trying to bring a new topic--and perhaps a new board--to their attention.

You say it's yr 'job' to relocate off-topic posts, but in applying this heavy-handed manner, I believe you lose sight of the big picture, which says that without traffic there's no board to moderate. I can't imagine that you could possibly agree that locking a thread, which I'm gently suggesting to you was unnecessary in this case, is going to contribute towards the growth of the community of posters on this board, and, it would follow, this site in general. You ask us to remember what it was like when there was no moderator, and I do; perhaps you don't. That troll problem that existed on the General board was not a problem here. Some people did have a problem with a particular poster who was banned, but that situation doesn't exactly apply if you're trying to get us to 'remember' how bad it was. This board somehow flew under the radar of that much larger troll problem that existed. Which some on this board may not have even known about if they didn't visit the General board. I did, occasionally. It was HORRIBLE. Not so here, aside from the people who felt personally attacked by the now-banned poster.

Enough has been said about this nonsense. If you choose to disagree with my points, that is yr right. But I'll tell you right now that to suggest that there shouldn't even be a post with a link to a post on another board sounds absolutely crazy to me. People are ingrained in their habits & you're not going to break them; pulling garbage like this will only drive them away.