Locking Threads NONSENSE!!!

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If you live in or near Sacramento, Ca.  I would love for you to meet my project manager.  He had to bury his son a couple months ago because of a speeder.  

I would like to have you explain this to them: 

"It's about freakin going fast in a car. It's not a big deal,"

I agree with U fish eyes. In NASCAR its not a big deal, but to openly advocate it in a public thread.?  You're project manager is not the only one who's had to bury a loved one because of someone else's mistake.

I'm not a reckless driver. I don't speed everywhere and everywhen. I don't weave in and out of traffic, speed in the rain, speed on side streets, use my phone when driving..etc. I only floor it on EMPTY straight aways in good conditions when it's perfectly safe. That guy was probably a reckless nutcase who was half-drunk and didn't even look at the road half the time. I live in NY BTW, and if u did, u'd understand what UNREASONABLY LOW speed limits are. How can u go the limit 55 on a road with traffic flow 80?

   Wait.......  maybe your driving habits are superb, but your thread---"They shouldn't lock a thread over 1 flame war".   THAT'S what's in question. One flame war develops a "sliding slope" 2 flame wars becomes a "rational". 3 become a pattern, and the site wants NO flame wars. "0"

   Lets say your thread gets unlocked?  The next time someone else starts an ACTUAL flame war, they'll say to staff,  "Well you unlocked endgames' thread" In no time, you've got 20 million flame wars. Everybody will get one freebie.?  Hey, I get it. Your new here, it was your 1st lock. Now you're not a virgin. I posted, in my Pet thread last Thanksgiving, a turkey saying F-U.  I thought it was hillarious, but children may say, "mommy, what does F-U mean?"  If you don't agree with Staff, just send them this picture.                                                                                                                           

 As a proper member who's never broken any rules here on Chess.com,  besides batgirl's suggestion of sending in a ticket, you should join O.D.--open discussion with this topic. That should keep everybody happy. (Well, maybe not everybody)                                                                                   https://www.chess.com/club/open-discussion

The Open Discussion only works with those NOT looking for attention.  

This is all unnecessary and ridiculous, just saying

I'm not. I;m trying to make a point. Stop with this ignorant stereotyping

My comment was not directed at you, sorry for the confusion.  Its common knowledge that the Open Discussion group doesnt work, as most people that want to discuss things they shouldnt in the general forums, will not post the same things in Open Discussion.  

Lack of attention.

   Well, knowing what's going on  on the site, is part of the general behaviour that staff & mods look at.   O.D. has been broken into 2 groups now--https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/for-religious-and-political-debate--   but if you want to just argue with mods for the sake of arguing with mods, good luck with that.     Mods are not trying to tell you HOW to behave,   the'er trying to tell you WHERE to behave.  Behaviour in the "main forums" is different than the behaviour in "chat", case in point; https://www.chess.com/forum/view/suggestions/lol-cmon-chesscom   And you're ability to apply the T.O.S. in different locations is what the mod training handbook is for.

If we need to train people to exhibit a little humanity it would suggest that they are not really well suited to moderation.

I locked the flame war thread because of the claims that @robbie_1969 was making in it that I tried to address; as we had both covered our respective positions multiple times without achieving any resolution, I chose to give him the last word on it rather than continuing to escalate the issue.

Comparisons with competitor sites are disallowed not only because of advertising, but also because they're essentially flawed - what someone says about a competitor's site (positive or negative) may not be true; maybe it was true at one point in time, maybe that site has been upgraded or moved on - maybe Chess.com has changed. Chess.com is happy to get specific feedback about what could be improved on our site, but it doesn't need to be expressed in terms of what another site allegedly does. Posting a game you played elsewhere is normally fine.

Appeals to unlock threads can be made through the Support team via the ticketing system that @batgirl has explained; you can also contact the Staff member leading the moderation team @jdcannon about it. Generally those people will consult with the moderator in question and make a decision - it's uncommon for a moderator's decision to be reversed, but not unheard of.

The suggestion about unlocking threads after 3 days as a warning would require that the moderators keep track of such threads so they can return to it and unlock it later; I see this as something that Chess.com would have to mandate as part of their moderator policies, as I believe it would require not insignificant additional effort from them. Again, @jdcannon is the best person to speak to about whether Chess.com management would be willing to do this.

is it the right time for this?

   Wow!  you actually considered a 3 day lock?  That would create a hell of a scheduling problem. What if a mod took a day off,  on the 3rd day? Posters would be going through withdrawals. Then the police would be called;  BREAKING NEWS, BLOGGER HELD HOSTAGE.                                                                                    "Mr Cote,  your thread will be open no sooner than 5am Greenwich Mean time. Now put the gun down and back away from the ledge slowly".   This is NONSENSE I tell ya.

if its not overlty abusive, is not proselytizing or selling snake oil and is not politically biased just let the kids have their fun, how hard can it be?

Ehh...

exactly,

'I believe this is an appropriate note to declare this thread over, so I am now locking it'. - David moderator

If this is not the arbitrary locking of a thread based on a personal whim then I dunno what is.