When a topic becomes locked it is either because the topic has become old and nobody has answered it for a while, or the topic as gotten off subject.
When a topic gets off subject, it hinders the person doing a search on a specific topic and they come up with a conversation about something totally different.
Also it creates fresh topics to talk about.[ Edited by joel on Date 03/10/2002 ]
When a topic becomes locked it is either because the topic has become old and nobody has answered it for a while, or the topic as gotten off subject.
When a topic gets off subject, it hinders the person doing a search on a specific topic and they come up with a conversation about something totally different.
Also it creates fresh topics to talk about.[ Edited by joel on Date 03/10/2002 ]