While I obviously accept the right of the Mods. to lock threads as they see fit, I believe that should be accompanied with more than just the symbol of a little padlock out on the left of the screen. I use my small iPad now more than I do my desktop tower as a way of communicating with LuLa. On this machine, the padlock is absolutely tiny, and I look at threads principally on the basis of the last name to appear as writer. Perhaps an indication there, on the last posted info., might be a good place for a second indication of closure - possibly just red type?
Case in point: I have spent a while writing a considered response to the OP of the Leica thread that, before actually having descended into acrimony, was closed "just in case". To save myself and others the annoyance of finding, after the effort, that the reply won't fly, is it beyond the wonders of digital science to have in place a system that simply won't let you attempt to reply on what turns out to have been a locked thread?
As we appear to be sliding ever closer to political correctness as the guiding light of LuLa, it strikes me that similar incidents of wasted effort and time are likely to increase rather than not.
It could, of course, just be that my post simply coincided with the closing, but it is still damned annoying when things like this happen to one.
Rob
