Le board with only lack of rule "spam rule only rule not enforced"

Yes, because that's best discussed over visitor messages. We're not saying "don't discuss it on Southperry". We're saying to not discuss it in a thread because no one aside from the people involved care about the discussion at hand.

The fact that you are here clearly tells me otherwise, since you feel the need to interject.

How can I learn if no one else wants to come in and join it, if you lock it on the first page?

Perhaps a user would like to get to know jim and bob by watching their interactions hmm?