I am guessing here that threads either get locked by JDB or the algorithm looks in the threads and decides when a line has been crossed and locks them.


My suggestion is Lock Threads where certain users could lock them if things get out of hand in them .


My recommendation is that those users would go by a honor system where either they are established players , respected players on site or JDB respects them enough that he would know they wouldnt just lock a thread to be locking a thread that there would have to a serious cause for them to lock it.


like for example this thread has become a pissing contest ( https://rundfined.myfootballnow.com/community/1/5206?page=4#31740 ) and having someone to do it would lock it


anyway just have designated people who do this and problem solved if things get out of hand.

If MFN has a dedicated forum manager. That said, it is much easier to delete offensive posts (much frencho, player on player hate etc).
Been there done that. Part owned a game for 17 yrs. Ran all marketing and public relations, inc forums. Things like these are very simple with a well established trust for whoever(s) is managing.