The Thread Auto-Close feature automatically closes threads that haven't had a reply in months. The amount of months required is based on the forum. This feature has been around forever and hasn't been modified in years. Until now of course.

Since the forum has less activity than it use to have, and since we're more desperate for interesting and active threads, the last thing we need is for good topics to be closed when there aren't many other topics in that specific forum.

Here are the new requirements for threads to be closed.

Town Square and Vizzed Ville South Forums
-Threads close after 3 months of no replies (was previously 1)

Gamers Circle, Entertainment Avenue and Vizzed Ville North Forums
-Threads close after 6 months of no replies (was previously 3)

Vizzed.com Forums, Rented Forums and Private Forums
-Threads close after 12 months of no replies (was previously 6)

Additional Information
-Stickied threads never auto-close
-Threads never auto-close in the following forums: Game Reviews, Game Articles, Game Characters and Game Guides
-The Thread Auto-Close script executes on the 1st of every month

Awesome, I think that's a great idea, as some of the quieter forums have literally no open threads. 

Davideo7 : Just out of curiosity, how long would it take for forums where access is given based on rank? Specifically the Report Forum, but also Trusted, Elite, Staff, etc. Are those covered under "private forums"?

m0ssb3rg935 : Those would be grouped in the 'Private Forums' category so those auto-close in about 12 months with no replies.

This would be a great idea to double the amount of time that a thread can go without a post before closing, because this could be one of the reason why we had the dead period. Too many threads getting auto-closed.

I don't know why, but I like these changes. I think it'll be good for the site.