For those who are wondering...I would NEVER ask a mod to delete ANY thread with 100+ replies started by ME. So, don't look at me.

Locks are golden, but deletes are uncool.
Unless this was done by John to save bandwith, it was by a mod for a personal reason. What makes this complicated is that there is like 10 mods in CC now. It could've been anyone. I doubt two of them would ever delete those type of threads or any of my threads for no reason, the rest I don't know.
I think this has to do a lot with who's posting what in certain threads. If that's the case, please don't make others suffer.
I really don't get why post counts are sooooo important. But if it is important to some...let it be.