There was no explanation from the mods, nor did it ever look like it was out of hand, or mean-spirited, or anything else. I thought it looked like a great thread (maybe that was enough )

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I'll ask the moderator who closed it to answer you.

Oh yeah. My guess would be it became a pad thread.