You can now mark threads in the Feedback, Help and Requests section as done, which should autoclose the topic.

Well , this is a nice time to test it. Don't ya think?

That's not really a feature that many forum board hosting sites really give (I at least know this of freeboards, vbulliten, invisionfree, and phpbb -- having been an admin or moderator of several different forums that ran off these hosts), to be honest. While it is a nice idea, it's not a power that can usually be granted to normal members unless the admins choose to give someone the power to moderate something. All you can really do is just request that a thread be closed and wait.

I see nothing wrong with being able to close your own thread, it can't really be abused.

Well... as stated... it's not a power that can usually be granted without making the member a moderator themselves. And then they wouldn't have only the power to close just their own thread, they'd have the power to close anyone's thread. So... it actually is a power that would be abused if granted to the wrong person. *shrugs* Again, it's a nice idea -- just not one that forum boards can actually have all too well without granting a moderator rank to an individual. Besides, I kind of like the idea of having people having to send in a request to close threads, or even post to their thread to have a moderator close it -- personally, anyways. Imo, it helps the other admins and moderators filter out who actually does their job and is capable of remaining as staff.

Well, can't it be done so you, as thread OP, can only close the thread YOU created? You don't need to be Mod or Admin for that. It seems kinda simple to me.

but let say that some OP's are not intellectual as other people to keep it nicely. totally not closing etc.

Welp, if you want to create your own forum host site/program to do something like that, be my guest. In the meantime, I suppose all I can suggest is deal with how the forum boards generally work all around.

Kneesocks wrote:

PolarBear wrote:

Well, can't it be done so you, as thread OP, can only close the thread YOU created? You don't need to be Mod or Admin for that. It seems kinda simple to me.

but let say that some OP's are not intellectual as other people to keep it nicely. totally not closing etc.

So? It's his/hers loss then. If he makes and idiotic thread, then posts some crap. Then closes it, what does we as good and mature members lose? Nothing. We can just flag the thread and it can be removed and the user banned/warned.