Auto lock on old threads?

[Squeely]

Maybe if a thread hasn't been posted in for 5 years, or if it was an ask thread for a member who has since been banned. Those are the only cases in which I think this might be acceptable.

Imo a year or even two is too soon to lock a thread. It prevents a newer member from being able to weigh in on a topic, which is just unfair to them. And a new post in an old thread can start discussion back up, which isn't a bad thing. Plus, a new member may have the same or a similar question posed by a thread, but since that one's been locked, they would have to make a new thread, which clutters the forum worse than if the topic had been left open.

[KopsTheTerminator]

I honestly don't see the issue with bumping old topics in most cases. Unfortunately a LOT of interesting threads do end up getting ignored or end up very quickly at the bottom of the page, why is it unfair that they get another chance at getting some good discussion going?