It could be that the thread seemed very trollish

tecknot

John
I find it a unanswerable question. There is no way to know who uses what. The question is by its nature provocative. I think that alone was good reason to lock the thread.  

At the risk of being suspended...
 
John, shut up!  You are a waist of space on this (or any) forum.
 
Like some other "hosts,"  you fail to read things in context.  Are you hosts stuck on key words to target or what?  It's you who make these threads so frustrating.  Damn!  Can't even have a conversation.
 
The CW forum hosts suck!!  Yeah, I said it.

I'm going to give this a pass. I think you are upset and not thinking clearly. 

tecknot
John, shut up!  You are a waist of space on this (or any) forum.
 
The CW forum hosts suck!!  Yeah, I said it.

I think that could be a little over the top, a bit harsh really . . . ?
It's an internet forum, a thread was closed . . . ?
God forbid if something serious was to happen

John

alewgro
the REAL reason, is that people are not comfortable with pure honesty and are not open for true debate.  Especially when you are criticizing the product they use.  It's kinda like politics.   

People claim to be open to conversation, but then the ego rises like a phoenix from the flame.

This is an interesting point of view. I don't know if it is true or not. I know that any thread that is discussing the merits of Sonar is bound to be full of personal opinion. "Pure honesty" is a phrase I don't see often. Mostly because there is no such thing. 

i think this merits the title "pure honesty" 
 
“I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.”

― W.H. Auden

honestly, there is NEVER a reason for a post to be locked or removed, short of someone making physical threats to someone else.   I believe in a fair and open internet.  Now of course, any website can have its own rules, but I will disagree with them if they believe in locking down threads.   that's just me though.  I don't believe any discussion is a bad discussion.

alewgro
honestly, there is NEVER a reason for a post to be locked or removed, short of someone making physical threats to someone else.   I believe in a fair and open internet.  Now of course, any website can have its own rules, but I will disagree with them if they believe in locking down threads.   that's just me though.  I don't believe any discussion is a bad discussion.

I agree short of a violation of cakewalk's posted policy; why lock a thread.

alewgro
honestly, there is NEVER a reason for a post to be locked or removed, short of someone making physical threats to someone else.   I believe in a fair and open internet.  Now of course, any website can have its own rules, but I will disagree with them if they believe in locking down threads.   that's just me though.  I don't believe any discussion is a bad discussion.

 
 
Yes, but as in real life, if you're at someone else's house, you obey by their rules, or out you go
You go to a club, they have their rules, the bouncer thinks you went beyond those rules, out you go
Doesn't matter whether you agree or not, that's how it is, doesn't matter whether they were or were not in the right, at the time they obviously thought they were, out you go.
I'm sure if you had someone over and they over stepped your lines, you would do the same, don't answer that, it's rhetorical, and open for an answer in which the only reason is to back up a held position, and not necessarily the truth.

alewgro
honestly, there is NEVER a reason for a post to be locked or removed, short of someone making physical threats to someone else.   I believe in a fair and open internet.  Now of course, any website can have its own rules, but I will disagree with them if they believe in locking down threads.   that's just me though.  I don't believe any discussion is a bad discussion.

To me that is a matter for the police. Yes a thread can harm someone when people are verbally attacked. That is why CW has it as a provision in the CoC. We follow CW's rules not our own. You and all members that post are bound by those rules. Perhaps a reread of it is in order. 
 
 

AGREE!  We must obey the rules of the house.  If I make a forum on my own website and my rules are you must post a nude pic in your profile or your banned, while I may be wrong in your eyes - you have to respect my rules in my forum.   

While I do love the CW forums here and I do post a lot, I do not agree with their policy on ending threads if they somehow are a bit damaging to the product's name or question it at all.   in fact, that might look even worse, you know?  
 
 

John

alewgro
honestly, there is NEVER a reason for a post to be locked or removed, short of someone making physical threats to someone else.   I believe in a fair and open internet.  Now of course, any website can have its own rules, but I will disagree with them if they believe in locking down threads.   that's just me though.  I don't believe any discussion is a bad discussion.

To me that is a matter for the police. Yes a thread can harm someone when people are verbally attacked. That is why CW has it as a provision in the CoC. We follow CW's rules not our own. You and all members that post are bound by those rules. Perhaps a reread of it is in order. 
 
 

yes, perhaps a reread is in order and an explanation as to where the locked thread violated those rules.