This comes out of a recent discussion between me and GX_1 Man.
Many times a user will post a malware problem, with HJT log, but don't see it through to a conclusion. The user just abandons the thread.
The trouble is that, when other visitors come along, they post on the "coat tails" of that thread because they have a similar problem rather than start their own thread.
If the original user returns it causes untold confusion.
What other sites do is to look through open malware threads and, if they've been abandoned by the OP, the thread is locked to prevent others posting to it. If the OP returns he/she can PM a mod/admin to reopen the discussion if need be.
I can already see some of my threads being abandoned so I thought now would be the time to raise the point.
What do you think should happen here at CH? Should mods/admins lock abandoned malware threads to stop "non-OP" posts?
This is an example of a thread closed, reopened at the request of the OP then locked due to lack of responses.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1011&page=2 (posts 16 onwards)
Is this the kind of approach we should be adopting here at CH?
I certainly think so but invite comments.
By the way I am only suggesting locking
malware topics not other threads.
OJ
EDIT: For claity I should also add that I believe "concluded" malware threads should also be locked, again, to prevent others from posting on the end of the discussion.
