# Did a thread get completely deleted? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387 **Category:** About This Message Board **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:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall) #### Post date: [May 16, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387/18 "2022-05-16T19:30:43Z")
I think the response is based on the following rule, from this post: > [@Terms of Service and FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement-rules-and-faq/823562/3): > > Q: I’m a new user and I have not received my confirmation email. What do I do? A: : If you do not receive your confirmation email within an hour or so after your initial registration, check your spam filter; often the confirmation email gets stuck there. If you do not find the confirmation email in the spam trap, contact engineer\_comp\_geek via e-mail at [EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com](mailto:EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com). Q: What’s the difference between Guest, Member, and Moderator? And what’s SDSAB? A: Guests are people who don’t… > [@](#): > > Q: What happened to a particular thread or poster? They seem to be missing or banned without notice? > A: **If you are curious about a particular thread or poster, please PM a moderator.** In probably 95% of such cases, the thread or poster that vanished was an attention-seeker – a spammer , sock, or troll. They’re out for any attention, even negative attention, and we don’t want to give it to them. They disappear, as do their posts. And as do posts about them. **Please do not post a public inquiry.** **Emphasis** added. In other words, the fate of trolls, socks, generalized miscreants, and their confielded posts is not supposed to be a topic of open discussion. The less said out loud about them the better. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-thread-get-completely-deleted/964387)._