I don't particularly care how long it's been there, what I do care about is that I just noticed it. And I've been an EMC member for a pretty long time, so I assumed it was a newer feature because of that.
Just a suggestion, could you make it so threads auto-lock after 4 months of inactivity and show the warning after 1 month? :D
I thought about this, and to be honest the reason I did the message was that it took like 5 minutes. Because the last post date and everything was already available so it was literally just an if date is lower than blah show warning. So I could make them auto lock but it would require a deeper change in the forum software
Oh, well if it isn't easy it shouldn't be done. Though in reality, the forum isn't really used enough to warrant consuming any free time that you could be spending with your family.
Speaking of his family, he must have the most understanding and awesome wife on the planet. I can't even imagine which barn I'd be sleeping in right now if I had told my wife I was planning to spend our entire tax refund on Minecraft.