Why even have threads if they just lock them?

To stop discussion from moving elsewhere

Reddit supports open dialog as long as they agree with it

Because "y'all can't behave"

To censor the lazy?

Don't get so haughty. Lemmy.world (based on the Netherlands) deletes posts and bans users that mention support for Luigi.

Earlier today I replied to a post on Lemmy.world about this problem, saw my post had many up votes and replied. But I couldn't respond to any of them because the post had been deleted by mods.

First off: Fuck reddit Fuck spez. Second and more important: All he needs is 1 person to agree. 1, that's it.

Because you can't tell if it's locked until you open it and give up several ad hits.

To set the narrative, of course. Reddit made a big showing last year of putting their own choice mods on communities and is now beholden to Wall Street since the IPO

Because spez is scared that someone will come for him.

They put threadlocker on it.

I have read Luigi's Mansion....

Free speech

Celebrating a murderer seems like a perfectly valid reason to lock a thread.

Because they don't want to bother moderating all the dumbos glorifying the murder.