# למה הפוסטים הראשונים ננעלים?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-some-first-posts-get-locked/206414>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [19 באוקטובר,‏ 2021,‏ 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-some-first-posts-get-locked/206414 "2021-10-19T07:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![szhorvat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/szhorvat/32/154711_2.png) [@szhorvat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/szhorvat)\
**Post date:** [19 באוקטובר,‏ 2021,‏ 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-some-first-posts-get-locked/206414/4 "2021-10-19T07:44:04Z")

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Thanks for the quick responses!

> [@IAmGav](#):
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> The topic can be lock depending on what is set in the category settings.

(Most) other posts in the same category did not get locked, so I don’t think that’s it. I checked the category settings and found _“Auto-close topic after: … mins”_. It is not enabled.

> [@IAmGav](#):
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> There is also a setting in admin settings that can lock a topic if an staff member edit this topic.

I found this as well, and it is not enabled.

> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> A user can dustbin the OP if there are no replies. This locks the topic. It should replace the OP text with ‘topic deleted by author’, or something similar. I think that leaves an edit history though.

I have seen this before, and indeed it looks different. As in your screenshot, it shows _(topic deleted by author)_. In this case, the topic simply had a padlock icon next to it, but otherwise everything looked usual, and there was no sign of an edit history.

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Any other ideas?

Maybe it’s best if I link the topic here: [https://igraph.discourse.group/t/how-should-i-do-for-reducing-graph-object-memory-usage/909](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/how-should-i-do-for-reducing-graph-object-memory-usage/909) (It’s already unlocked though.)

At the moment it’s not a big deal, as it’s only the second time I notice it, and it was easy to unlock the topic. But I’d like to avoid unnecessary frustration for our forum users, so it’d be good to understand what is happening.

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