Anandtech news in a thread = thread lock?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

This is in regards to the first news item listed as of this post, here.

I posted a comment about it here, only to find it was locked sometime later. I didn't specifically link to the AT news link, but that one mentioned winbeta.com or something, and then I posted a thread on it checking if it had already been posted.

Is there something I did wrong or has posting a comment about some news listed on the AT frontpage now illegal and resulting in a lock?

Your original post asked for how to obtain an illegal copy.

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[AgaBoogaBoo]

Oh yeah, it was posted here too:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1170015
and no lock, why my thread?

Edit: Is there some kind of selection method for which gets locked, based on the user, etc.?

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Oh yeah, it was posted here too:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1170015
and no lock, why my thread?

Edit: Is there some kind of selection method for which gets locked, based on the user, etc.?

well, he posted 16 mins before you did, I believe your post is considered a repost.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Oh yeah, it was posted here too:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1170015
and no lock, why my thread?

Edit: Is there some kind of selection method for which gets locked, based on the user, etc.?

well, he posted 16 mins before you did, I believe your post is considered a repost.

Mine was in the Operating SYstems section, not in Off Topic.

 

[olds]

It appears it is old news. I would assume that is why it was locked.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
It appears it is old news. I would assume that is why it was locked.

Well, there was a new version leaked which is what I posted about. My thread got locked, not the other one in the wrong forum section.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Just FYI, I don't really care that much about the thread itself, but I'd like to know why my thread was locked.

 

[CTho9305]

...and of course its warez.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
...and of course its warez.

....and of course NFS4's thread didn't get locked and it was posted on the AT frontpage...