I have also noticed that is is quite difficult for moderators to lock ANN threads, I don't actually know their reasons behind that but they do not lock ANN threads easily. This might be, incase 1xbet returns with a new thread, the would be asked to continue in their formee thread.
You are very correct, i have always thought the same thing and what i end up concluding is just the same thing as you have assumed.
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Yeah, I think you guys might both be right here. It does seem like once a moderator or admin locks down a thread, the person who started it probably can't unlock it again without getting one of those admins to step in. I've seen that happen a couple times on this forum before for sure. but really, I'd say were the ones to blame here - all of us forum members that is. If we just stop paying so much attention to this thread, it'll fade away eventually like old threads do. I've noticed those 1xbit shills don't hang around as much anymore either, probably because they arent getting paid anymore.
Really may be the rules of moderation in the ANN board is quite different from that of other boards, because I have seen where if a moderator lock a thread, even the thread starter won't be able to unlock the threads and if you try to you get an error message stating that the thread was locked by a moderator and can't be unlocked.
But if such a feature does not apply to threads in the ANN section, that means we have to bear all the spam that will be put in our faces by these scammers for a long while.