Yep. Closing issues consistently without resolving it is best way to cause your users to stop caring ever reporting new issues.
If you are looking to reduce number of issues, you are on the right track, because now not only you have closed a bunch of them without putting much work into it, but less people will be bothered to document and report their issues.
If you are looking to reduce number of issues, you are on the right track, because now not only you have closed a bunch of them without putting much work into it, but less people will be bothered to document and report their issues.