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[Behind the Aegis]

9. A few differences.

First, there is a difference between an SOP alert and CS alert. The former goes to the hosts, the latter to a jury. A jury can never "lock"* a thread, it can only hide the originating post. The hosts can never "hide" a thread starter. Second, a host is not supposed to lock a thread without consensus, so if it was locked more than one host made the determination. The locking host is not the "final say" host. There have been occasions where hosts locked something without consensus, and the admins can step in and unlock (rarely), or the locking host is forced to unlock, but there have been a few times that hasn't happened (also rare). Hopefully, this clears up some misconceptions.

*(eta) While it is true a hidden post for a thread starter is a technical lock, it isn't usually referred to as a "lock." Just to be a bit clearer.