just something I sometimes wonder...

I see a post is closed and the last post in the thread has almost the same wording every time, some go more in detail but the main sentence in the ending post is almost always....

I am closing this thread while the team discusses it. Please do not start another thread on this topic while it is being discussed.

(not just by one moderator so assuming its just how things are done)

my wonderings is on what after... no one comes back to these locked threads to say what happened afterwards. not the meetings between you all. but this wording makes me think someone is going to come back and say whether the thread is going to remain closed and if the topic is forever off limits. everyone is just held hanging on a cliff hanger of the team is discussing the thread.

like waiting for the next weeks tv show episode.

ok we are going to discuss this so its locked then just hang around waiting.

when i get in this thinking look I go looking and wow it was locked so many months or years ago. are they still discussing it. no one came back to it so must be.

no wonder you all are so busy discussing locked threads for months and years. (just kidding)

my point how about if you are going to lock a thread not for a reason but for discussion someone comes back to the thread and says something like a reason why the post is remaining closed. I mean how is anyone going to know why a thread was remaining closed and whether you are still discussing it, if no one comes back to say whats what. whether a new thread can be started now....

(yes my mind is in ocd mode but would love an answer.)