I see that Kali's old thread about MiddleFingerMom has gotten kicked back up.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I just want to let all of you know that he is no longer in the hospital!

He went home some time ago, and is now well, and posting nearly daily.

Of course, your good vibes are much appreciated, but I didn't want anyone to think that he 's still in the hospital, and still fighting for his life.

[bluedigger]

1. It might be a good idea for Hosts to lock such threads at the appropriate time.

To prevent needless worry.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That's a good idea...

[Ptah]

3. Hosts cannot lock that thread, it fits the Statement of Purpose.

Our social forum. Relax with your friends and talk about off-topic stuff.
The Lounge is supposed to be a friendly, welcoming place for everyone.
No cliquish behavior. No drama. No political arguments.

[Chan790]

4. Outside our purview.

The OP can lock it or alter the thread title if they see fit.

(I know that seems silly but it's been drilled to us repeatedly how limited our locking parameters are. If the OP is within SOP, we cannot lock. Full stop. End-of-story. No exceptions. A few of us have been spoken to regarding good-faith locks outside our scope.)

[bluedigger]

5. I didn't even realize we could lock our own OPs.

I haven't even deleted a post, yet, I don't think. Nobody hid or jury blacklisted, either. I guess I'm not much of a DU Power User.

Thanks for the clarification.

[Chan790]

6. Kali is a host.

I did mean delete the OP, but I really don't think the Admins are going to say too much if she locks her own thread since she could just as easily edit it to be clearly off-SOP before locking it as off-SOP.

[bluedigger]

7. Makes sense then.

I could make the argument based on Ptah's post above that it has become a "drama" post by changing circumstances. I really dislike it when OPs are deleted from lengthy threads; it muddles the context badly too often.

[HopeHoops]

8. MFM is immortal.

[Kali]

9. I saw that got bumped

and I wondered if I should self-delete? what do you all think?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I don't think you should self-delete...

Maybe just update the title so folks can see right away what's going on.

[irisblue]

10. maybe edit to update thread title.

when i saw it last night, i did a check too, thinking .."aw crap, this isn't good.." we need MFM too much in here.

[nolabear]

12. Yeah that thread scared the hell out of me yesterday!

Glad things turned out to be a non-issue.