@padi*0409 wrote:michelle-oz who's an eBay rep and not a mod confirmed a while back that they were going to lock old threads - a few were locked, but then it all became too jolly hard for them........sigh.
It must be easier to move redundant threads (often with redundant information) from other boards so that they appear at the top of the board that they are assigned to.....and waste everyone's time.
padi, without divulging too much detail, I am going to break ranks and quote from a private discussion I was party to that included michelleoz prior to the board changes (yes sky, I was consulted by the eBay.au Community Manager prior to the finalisation of what were proposed changes to the boards). I think enough time has passed since that discussion for me to be able to quote what amounts to just a teeny tiny portion of the whole discussion thread. Also, I am only identifying michelleoz and myself while preserving the identity of others that were part of the discussion.
It relates to locking threads. So it is following the line of discussion this thread has taken. I would welcome mods to read this and confirm it with michelleoz if they want. Here are the partial post quotes:
@k1ooo wrote:
Michelle, I get that there will be structural changes to the way the boards will be presented and function, but following the posts made on this thread I would like some simple yes/no answers to the following please:
- Buying and Selling boards threads locked after 12 months? (but still searchable and readable) Y/N
michelleoz wrote: [in reply]
Buying and Selling boards threads locked after 12 months? (but still searchable and readable) Yes - This will be a manual process though so I can't guarantee it'll be 12 months exactly but we'll do a review once a month perhaps and lock old threads.
Now, in defence of michelleoz, the board changes have a two-phase implementation. Phase one is what we now have. Phase two is the move to the USA style of board presentation. It may be that the locking of threads will be part of the phase two roll out.
Also, the moving of threads by mods might be in preparation for phase two. In the absence of anything official from michelleoz or lithium reps/mods we can only speculate.
edit: I too do not like non-paying buyers 
