I've not noticed this to be a problem. Sometimes I feel like the moderators are unnecessarily short when explaining why something's been locked, but on the whole I notice that there are actually a fair number of almost redundant threads that are allowed to remain open, especially when the original poster initiates at least some degree of original thought on their seemingly overdone topic.
To me, the locking of threads merely encourages us to get better at searching for existing threads on the same topic. If you feel the topic would benefit from a fresh thread, then it would follow that there is some area of discussion that the old thread did not address. It's your responsibility to then focus on that new angle.
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