# Did a thread get completely deleted?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387
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**Created:** [May 13, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387 "2022-05-13T20:54:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/21 "2022-05-17T12:57:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Correct, also generic statements are generally better as we don’t like to assist Trocks in their future endeavors.
The sock-or-troll already knows whether they are a sock or a troll, so your specifying which one they are doesn’t add anything to what they already know.
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### Author:  [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/22 "2022-05-17T13:03:12Z")
I don’t remember the username on that thread but it was clearly a one-off created for anonymity, like the signatures on Dear Abby letters. I assumed it was a regular poster who didn’t want their main account associated with this specific marital issue. Against the anti-sock rules, of course, but it didn’t seem malicious.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/23 "2022-05-17T16:29:39Z")
> [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](#):
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> The sock-or-troll already knows whether they are a sock or a troll, so your specifying which one they are doesn’t add anything to what they already know.
It gives them the attention they desire, and thus encourages them to do it again.
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### Author:  [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/24 "2022-05-17T18:18:17Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#):
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> I honestly didn’t realize threads got disappeared, and figured ATMB to be the place to ask.
The mods have said that in cases like this–disappeared threads/posters–that they prefer you send them a PM, rather than open a thread.
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### Author:  [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/25 "2022-05-17T18:19:39Z")
Yes, I am aware of that now, since it was in the post that the bit you quoted was a reply to.
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/26 "2022-05-17T21:34:27Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#):
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> The mods have said that in cases like this–disappeared threads/posters–that they prefer you send them a PM, rather than open a thread.
Exactly.
If anyone wants more details about a specific thread or incident, send us a PM.
This is closed.
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/27 "2022-05-17T21:34:32Z")
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