Locking unofficial faction threads

[Muleo]

Lately, admins and mods have been locking threads posted by groups which aren't official, or seeking official status.

I'm talking about (most recently) SoW, Incom. They posted to let everyone know who they are, and maybe some feedback so they can improve their RP as a group.

However these threads have been locked because they didn't pay the 500 million credit deposit for faction requests...

Am I the only that sees this as extremely counter-productive? I'm seeing a lot of newbie 'clans' coming from other servers, and it disgusts me, but at least the ones posting on the forums are willing to listen to the community, but they're being silenced.

They're not asking for official status, they're not asking for mod/admin feedback, so surely there's no reason to lock those threads? All they're doing is letting themselves be known, and asking for community feedback as to what they think about their RP and such...

Just what I think..
Mule.