Thread:Talk:LiquidThreads/Redesign/Discussion status/reply

I absolutely agree with this. The reason this isn't part of the design as it sits is because we decided that it would be a feature that could be "shaved off". The communities already have solutions in place that can work for the time being until the best solution can be achieved.

There's another issue, too, which is a question as to whether or not old, expired, or closed discussions should be reopened. Having a "closed" flag for a discussion would create an assumption that replies cannot be added (which may be desirable).

But to my mind, one of the reasons that discussions get "closed" is because they get rolled off into an archive, never to be seen again, and people get tired of the same topics being brought up over and over again. LQ solves for this: the archives are there, and you can search for existing topics within them.

Either way, the feature (which I like) requires some heavy thinking.