Our new community manager has been actively doing things around the forums, replying to threads and in case of duplicate suggestions, locking them and referring them to the original. However, on the forum overview page, where all the threads are listed, there is no visual indication that a thread is locked. Even in the thread itself, the only ‘visual’ indication is the lack of ‘reply’ button, and considering that one only shows up on the very last page it is not clear enough.
Having some clear indication both in the forum and in the specific thread to show a thread is locked would be very helpful. I am still getting used to this site and its button placements, and I've spent too many minutes trying to find the reply button to a thead that has already been locked.
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