Thick as a Brick: Overrated on Progarchives

I don’t agree with Cristi’s reasons for closing this thread, so much as Pedro’s. What is overrated or underrated is an (almost?) impossible thing to argue.

But I don’t see any reason to close the thread at all, because if you closed all “pointless” posts in this forum, there really wouldn’t be much left. And that’s without attempting to work out what is or is not pointless (as no doubt people would disagree).

Ultimately, discussions that come from questions such as the OP tend to be about what makes an album distinctive, and that’s a good thing, regardless of whether or not the original question is ever actually answered. I may not have participated (until now), but I’ve followed it since the beginning, and found it far more interesting than many other posts in this forum.

I sounded like such an a****le back then as well  I really described side two of moving pictures as "quite dull," good one Dougy

Sorry, I assumed it was a general question. 👍🏻

Now you've gone too far

^This. This, this, and this again. Greg always gets it!

Personally the change I would most like to see is the auto-lock after inactivity be removed. There’s no real need for it, and it merely creates more work for admins if they need to “revive” a thread after it has been locked.

There are a whole heap of interesting locked threads on this forum, which I’m sure might still generate conversation from time to time as new people come to the forum. One of the first things I do when I join any forum is to read through the old threads. The topics of conversation, and how things are discussed or argued are always interesting, and a hint as to how the forum works, and how my own posts might be received. Most of the posts I would have nothing to add to, but several I read and wished I could reply to. I’m not the type to ask someone to unlock a thread just because I want to post, and I suspect that is true for a lot of forum members. Especially newer members, who may not know who to ask about unlocking a thread, or even know they can ask to have one unlocked.

For me the locking of historical threads is a barrier to conversation, and a little unwelcoming. Also, the amount of times I see people complain that there have been other threads or that something has already been said is tiresome. The membership of this forum will always be fluid, and not everyone is aware of what has been discussed before. Furthermore, you can search to find something has been said before, but it’s long ago, and the post is locked. Now if you have something to add to that, or your own take on something, you’re either left with no choice but to not post at all (your voice is effectively silenced), or to start a new thread, and be roasted for it.

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Now I'm intrigued.