Originally posted by Sono:

Instead of addressing the issue head on to quell reasonable fears? This is Iron Gate's problem, not the comments, they need to be more transparent about what they're doing especially after scrubbing previous plans and the roadmap. Two months of silence for an update that was supposed to be out ages ago is not a good sign and there's no getting around that, I'm sorry.

These issues are not a zero sum game. Locking update related topics are done out of necessity. They are locked because they are no longer capable of being productive at their very core. Even if the company is at fault for causing the topics in the first place. It does not mean locking the topics is a mistake. You can either let your community go radioactive and eat itself alive, or you can choose to stop it.

Proverbially, you're talking about throwing the baby out with the bathwater from my perspective. I agree with the rules or decision that such topics should be locked. They are black holes that need to be quarantined. Even if I also agree Iron Gate hasn't really been transparent nor followed through with their promises/roadmap.