Personally if I was a mod I would have closed that thread also, it had no real purpose except to covertly and not so covertly criticize the moderators and administrators of this sight.
I joined this site a long time ago, and even though I don't post much at all, I still remember the mods that this site had back when I joined. Because everybody knew who they were, there was a **** storm every time somebody got their post edited or had their thread locked, it became such a problem that all moderators were removed from this site and the admins had to take over that task. I know how much of a headache that can be for a site administrator to do when they have other obligations that must be met also so I am happy to see that they are bringing back moderators as this site could definitely use some full time moderation.
Have a nice day and stay safe....