Do you allow members to close their own threads?

[Heatman]

Threads have been exhausted are usually closed for further discussion. It's usually the work of moderators and admin to close them but they seem to miss everything. Do you think it's right to allow thread owners the privilege to close their own threads when they have exhausted as mods missed it?

 

[Ken]

Whenever a thread is not worth continuing or a thread that has ignorant stuff in it, I lock it and move it to the recycle bin.

 

[Cory]

I don't think they need to close their own threads unless it's under a certain circumstance like they have their own "shop" topic and they no longer wish to pursue it, for instance. Even then it's quite simple to PM a staff member to close it or if your software permits it, they can report their own post requesting it to be closed. I think if members had the ability to lock all threads they might go a bit crazy doing so sometimes or it may take away valuable discussions on the board.

 

[Reverie]

I could see like Cory mentioned, a shop topic could be closed as needed if they had that power. I think that could be a good use for it. Regular topics I don't always think the members need to be able to close those, but if they feel the need they can definitely pm a staff member. It'd be cool to offer the power to close in certain areas but not everywhere.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I typically don't enable it unless it is needed like in a classifieds post or a service request post - something like that.

Otherwise, just send me a message and I can do that for you.

 

[veloman]

My feelings are that being allowed to close a thread is essentially allowing someone to prevent debate or argument. For example, if someone starts a thread and then doesn't like the response they could then shut the thread. Unless there is rule breaking, I see no benfit to locking threads and not allowing discussions or debate to continue.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I usually allow my members to close their own threads, that way they don't have to wait for me to close it for them. It's a good idea for threads that are asking questions, and once an answer is received the op can easily close the thread.

 

[Tracy]

I use add-ons for most of the areas that a "topic" would need to be able to be closed (Reviews, Classifieds, etc) and users do have limited ability to "close" an item.. for the forum... nope. But any user can request it be closed, and if a valid reason it will be.