# Deleted thread, possibly? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 31, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180 "2001-08-31T19:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/1 "2001-08-31T19:35:03Z")
I had posted to **Tom Waits Patiently** ’s thread “I am Rude” in MPSIMS. A few minutes later, I got an e-mail notification that someone had replied. I clicked on the link, and I was told that there was an error displaying the link. Thinking it was just a problem with Hotmail, I went to MPSIMS and searched for the thread. I couldn’t find it. Was this thread deleted? This possibility struck me as weird, because I couldn’t find anything remotely offensive about the thread (unless **TWP** was a known troll/sock puppet, I suppose). Anyway, what’s the dilly, yo? ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/2 "2001-08-31T19:40:24Z")
You might have noticed he’s been banned too, which adds credence to the troll/sock puppet theory. Also, he started two threads about turds and had a porn site set as his homepage, which probably didn’t endear him to the mods. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/3 "2001-08-31T19:49:07Z")
Ah, thanks **Funky**. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/4 "2001-08-31T19:55:09Z")
I deleted it. His profile had a link to a porn site which we had asked him to remove. I do not want people who use the SDMB from their offices to get into trouble with theor employers for unwittingly clicking a link that goes directly to porn. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/5 "2001-08-31T20:37:59Z")
Thank you for the explaination, **UncleBeer**. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/6 "2001-08-31T21:46:24Z")
I’m the person who responded, **FireUnderpantsBoobs**. I said “Hi, nice screen name. You’re blessed to have **hardygrrl, jarbabyj and FireUnderpantsBoobs** respond to your thread.” I didn’t realize the person was a troll… I rather enjoy typing your screen name. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/7 "2001-08-31T21:48:23Z")
Eww, I responded to a troll ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/8 "2001-09-01T01:00:28Z")
Thanks for the compliments, **AlbertRose**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180/9 "2001-09-01T01:50:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*I deleted it. His profile had a link to a porn site which we had asked him to remove. I do not want people who use the SDMB from their offices to get into trouble with theor employers for unwittingly clicking a link that goes directly to porn. \*\* I REMOVED his link, and he put it back in his profile. I wrote him a letter, telling him what I’d done and why. Apparently he didn’t take me seriously. Lynn