Locking threads due to inactivity?

[Anonymous]

I thought I read somewhere that you you lock threads due to inactivity. If so, what is that time period? And does "inactivity" mean people not responding/posting or some other definition (like people not even opening it)?

Thanks.

[jsteele]

Locking old threads was a manual process that I ran occasionally. It seems that the main cause of old threads being re-opened was that searches used to default to relevance instead of date. I changed that and opening of old threads has been less common. As a result, I haven't run the process to lock old threads for quite a while.

[Anonymous]

Just curious, as this thread came back yesterday, after nearly 4 years of inactivity.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/149977.page

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Locking old threads was a manual process that I ran occasionally. It seems that the main cause of old threads being re-opened was that searches used to default to relevance instead of date. I changed that and opening of old threads has been less common. As a result, I haven't run the process to lock old threads for quite a while.

PS, when I use the search function, it defaults to Relevance and not date. I use Chrome mostly.

[jsteele]

I suspected that thread provoked your question. In my opinion, that thread is a good example of when an old thread should be reopened. Someone wanted an update and simply posting to that thread is better then retelling the entire story.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:Locking old threads was a manual process that I ran occasionally. It seems that the main cause of old threads being re-opened was that searches used to default to relevance instead of date. I changed that and opening of old threads has been less common. As a result, I haven't run the process to lock old threads for quite a while.

PS, when I use the search function, it defaults to Relevance and not date. I use Chrome mostly.

That is true of the main search page, but the search boxes that are inside each forum default to date.