Minor tip; The quality and content of a thread is generally a reflection of the opening post. The idea contained in the opening post of a thread may not be bad, but if it's written poorly with no substantiating information of worth, especially if it's basically a 'one-liner', in the non-literal sense, it's apt to end up reaching the point of requiring closure.
And if the opening poster is an active participant in the back and forth flamewar, there's even less of a reason to go through the thread to clean it out to see if it can go back on track.
This is not intended as a calling out of a single person. It's becoming a bit of a problem on the forums, with the repeated flame wars, trolling, and subsequent amount of thread closures required to deal with them all. Please bear in mind as you create threads how much of an impact your own post has on the direction the thread will take.
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