It looks bad that they shut down the thread, however, if you were part of the team and every other post was someone bringing up one of the FIVE FUD topics from the mainboard, and ontop of that the majority of them being trolls who keep returning when XC is in turmoil, then yes I would have done the same thing. It can be reopened at any time, but as of this moment, the team cannot control the thread well enough under BTC talk forums. Thread bans still didnt mean anything as trolls would still come back and FUD. if you want to promote positive discussion and dont come off as a jackass whose intent is to FUD, then you will have all your questions answered at
http://xctalk.com/index.php?/topic/227-regarding-all-the-fud/This is hilarious.
Notice that those who don't have totalitarian rules in their moderated threads don't get as much negative press? Try to control free speech and people start digging.