Well,
Patron at least we agree on that. There certainly is 'confusion.'
Might I share with you my observation after 2½ years on FT and quite a few posts?
Threads with little interest to any just fade anyway fast anyway, and do not need to be locked to acheive that end result.
In the past unless they were WAYYYY off topic, or involved flame attacks or personal insults etc, they were never locked or moved.