I wanted to chime in about seabeyond's locked OP (I'm a GD host).
When the SoP alert on that OP was posted in the Hosts' group, I gave my opinion that the post was "discussing the discussion" rather than whining about DU. A handful of other hosts felt that if the OP had not included the jury results, the post would have been fine.
On my own, I sent sea a DUMail and asked her if she would consider editing out the jury result, so that the OP would be less likely to be locked (I even pointed out that she could post the jury result in a reply to her edited OP). She considered it, but opted not to.
Meanwhile, the hosts' discussion continued, and subsequent arguments made a convincing case that the OP was, in effect, complaining about the jury decision (even though the main point of the OP was sea's issue with people diminishing the treatment of women by saying women are treated even worse elsewhere, the inclusion of the jury result - which did not go in her favor - tipped the post into "whining" territory). To be honest, I think the inclusion of the jury results actually distracted people from the main point of the OP, which could have been an interesting discussion.
On a side note, once seabeyond was sent on her forced time-out, it didn't seem fair to me that she was unable to respond in her own thread. While that doesn't have anything to do with a host's responsibility, it probably helped nudge my opinion on the locking vote.
As for the host who locked it, he was the host who started the host thread, and typically that person is the one who locks the thread, if that's what is decided. I thought his locking message was a fair assessment of the hosts' discussion. I know he has some issues with feminists, but I didn't see anything unreasonable in his dealing with seabeyond's OP (except maybe his alert and request to lock it quickly, which didn't happen).
I'm sorry if locking the post upset anybody, and I think the hosts, as a whole, acted in good faith.
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