Sending private messages when someone has closed an active thread

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@sbwinter2 wrote:

So, recently a past employee closed a thread that had started a year ago, but had recently been very active as new informaiton had just been released. Since the active thread was inappropriatly closed (and inconsistently since there are other threads on the same topic that are still open and haven't had comments for a year), I could not ask the for it to be re-opened on the thread itself. I messaged him to ask him to reopen it. He said that I should start a new thread, which I have, but also said that no one is allowed to send a private message to someone without permission.

 

So that doesn't make sense to me. What is the point of offering a private message system if no one is supposed to use it? And what were my options to communicate with this person if not by private message? I didn't feel it was right to ask this person to re-open that thread on another thread, for example. Was I supposed to report this behavior to the admin? What are my options when a thread is incorrectly closed?

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The thread was not "incorrectly" closed and the correct thing to do was to start a new thread on the subject.

As far as private messages go, it's forum policy to NOT send a private message to anyone unless specifically asked to do so.

"To help maintain our forum design, we ask that you never send unsolicited/unwanted private messages to any employee or user in these forums unless specifically asked to do so."

How come only the active thread, with posts over the past couple of days, was closed and not the other threads on the same topic which haven't had activity for about a year? THOSE old are still open. It seems inconsistent.

So, if I disagree with something a moderator does, is the answer to report it to the admin? Again, I am aksing what the process is and not for an evaluation of what was done.

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@sbwinter2 wrote:

How come only the active thread, with posts over the past couple of days, was closed and not the other threads on the same topic which haven't had activity for about a year? THOSE old are still open. It seems inconsistent.

 

So, if I disagree with something a moderator does, is the answer to report it to the admin? Again, I am aksing what the process is and not for an evaluation of what was done.

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Sure, feel free.

@sbwinter2 

Welcome to the Xfinity Forum and thank you for posting your question. If you are ever concerned about threads being locked or if you believe a moderator may have locked a thread prematurely, feel free to report the thread to an Admin (directions below). This will alert our admin team to review the thread and decide if it needs to remain closed or if it should be reopened. 

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Great information. Thank you very much.

Navigate to a post that you would like to alert forum admins about, click the “3 dot” options menu in the upper right corner of the post. Click Report Inappropriate Content

@ComcastJessie : How do we report inappropriate content in the new "Sprinklr" version of the forum?