Why was the Jan09 desktop thread locked?

[GodlessAstronomer]

So one idiot can get a whole thread locked now? This is fucking ridiculous. I always enjoy the desktop threads. Guess we can't do them anymore.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2265351&enterthread=y




Yes, one idiot can get a thread locked when the rest of the posters keep quoting the idiot's post. I am not about to clean up that whole thread. Feel free to start another one.
Question was asked. Question was answered. This is now locked.


esquared
Anandtech Senior Moderator

 

[Oil]

They aren't against desktop threads but only against babes in desktop threads. As long as no one posts babe pics the mods won't care

 

[MotF Bane]

Fact of life: people use images of women as desktops. It was clearly labeled NSFW, everybody knew what it was, and this was a desktop thread. So now this means certain people cannot participate in the desktop threads, assuming they aren't going to be locked on sight in the future, just because of using a woman for a desktop image? Absolutely absurd.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Well that's the end of desktop threads then. There will always be people with babes and with NSFW tags you will still be banned. This forum has really jumped the shark.

 

[esquared]

OK. I'll reply. Apparently I wasn't clear enough. Babe links are NOT ALLOWED in any subforum except for the babe thread in L&R. I don't see the difficultly in you people accepting this.

Posting links to the babes will get you a vacation. It doesn't matter that it's a desktop thread.
It's just another excuse for a certain few to try to circumvent the rules.

This thing about having to keep explaining why you can't post babe thread is getting old, fast.

Go ahead and start another desktop thread. Just keep the links to babes out of it.