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[TheWiley1]

I'm not *****ing. Well, maybe, sorta. I don't understand the purpose of closing a thread to further replies.

I would like to contribute to a thread about the Turner JM+3 mobile microphone.
The thing hasn't been manufactured for a few hundred years.
How does it serve the community to prohibit further discussion?

 

[mikewazowski]

Because people tend to dredge up threads from years ago without adding anything useful. Typically new members who search for a topic, find it and add their $.02 in without contributing anything useful.

Not sure how we’re prohibiting further discussion when you can just start a new thread? If you’re really savvy, you could include a link to the closed thread.

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