Closing of Threads

I have to say if all the comments an employer gets are negative there just might be a little fire somewhere under all that smoke and potential employees should be able to read those comments and draw their own conclusions. If a previous employee or even the employer would like to refute any negative comments they should be granted equal opportunity to speak their mind. I have confidence that the readers of this forum are all mature enough to be able to see through a "flame" when it is presented. If I am an employer I can, as stated above, gain some insight into how I am running my business by reading the posts. If an employer is put off by negative comments they have the privilege of responding, not posting their 'opportunity', or talking some of their previous employees into posting positive responses. When I read comments on e-Bay, Amazon, etc. about products I can read both negative and positive without censorship. I am having trouble understanding why we shouldn't be granted the same privilege here?

That being said, it appears we are at an impasse as to what the forum members want vs what the moderator and potential employers will tolerate. In the kinder/gentler world we live it today, Western is on target with the suggestion to not allow followup posts on an 'employers' thread' but do allow new threads to be created referencing the 'employers' thread'.