I wasn't the one that closed it. Having said that, I can understand why it was closed.
I apologize if this seems out of line, but that thread did turn into bashing. The idea of having a "who's posts... do you hate to read" wasn't a bad one at all. But you can't seriously read though that thread and not see that it evolved from posts you hate to read, to who you hate.
I don't like to single people out, but here's one example -
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No, Lorena. I hate that bitch. She accused me of not having made my myspace layout and accused me of using a generator. And she's illiterate
Then of course came the Pokemon battle, whatever
that was about.
For the record, I'm not defending anyone here. I'm just trying to communicate why I think the closing of the thread was justified. I do appreciate that a mid-thread warning might have helped prior to closing though.
Edited to add - dangit, took me so damn long to type this that I didn't see Elba's response (regarding dropping the Holly thing).
I'm going to (and hopefully it will not bum anyone out) reopen the thread.