I probably am going to get in shit for posting this, oh well.
I believe the reason the thread was locked lies in who makes money from Andreas. The thread was an absolute PR disaster for Andreas. Regardless of who is wrong or right he came off on the losing end of that thread. It was to the benefit of him and those that do business with him (mainly those that rely on his continued success and him pushing alot of bandwidth) for that thread to be closed. If you look at who he has close business ties with it was important for them to either step in or help out and lock the thread. That simple.
That being said I hope if I ever get into that situation I get the same treatment
