# Disappearing threads (again). **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 10, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593 "2006-12-10T20:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/1 "2006-12-10T20:19:45Z")
I was just reading the thread in IMHO by **tmaareif** (which was still on the front page despite being locked earlier), and getting to page 3 found I was not entitled to read any further. :rolleyes: Dear Messrs and Mss Mods: I have read previously of your justification for having threads disappear into the cyberether, that having threads visible gives trolls etc their jollies. While I personally find this reasoning inadequate, I defer to your greater authority and will suck it up appropriately. However, for fucks sake, can you at least wait a bit until the thread sinks of its own accord which should only take a couple of days at most? Seeing that there is still a thread in the Pit which references that one in IMHO, it seems abitrary and precious to vapourise the original so quickly. And don’t you know that locked threads are the most fun to read? So, up yer’ bums. I’m not impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/2 "2006-12-10T20:21:40Z")
_Shrug_ Waste material should be disposed with at a mod’s convenience. This pitting gives no fire, no spark. One could say that it’s actually humid. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/3 "2006-12-10T23:24:23Z")
I understand, **kambuckta** , I understand completely. We still feel it’s the best way to deal with trolls and socks. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/4 "2006-12-10T23:38:19Z")
Waiting until it had sunk would rather defeat the purpose of deleting it, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/5 "2006-12-11T01:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] in IMHO, it seems abitrary and precious to vapourise the original so quickly.. [/QUOTE] :dubious: [nitpick] Say rather, arbitrary and _capricious_? ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/6 "2006-12-11T01:45:08Z")
prescient, precocious, precoital Amo Amas Amat ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/7 "2006-12-11T11:09:34Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] :dubious: [nitpick] Say rather, arbitrary and _capricious_? [/QUOTE] Nah, I used the word ‘precious’ intentionally. In Australia, as a form of slang, (and I thought the rest of the world but I am probably mistaken) being ‘precious’ about something means taking more serious affront, or giving more credence to an issue than the issue deserves. [QUOTE=Frank] I understand completely. We still feel it’s the best way to deal with trolls and socks. [/QUOTE] I appreciate your reply **Frank**. but I would have thought that locking threads and banning the buggers should be quite adequate. I understand that you don’t want to be feeding their demented egos by having the threads visible, but once they have dropped off the front pages, banned members can no longer ‘search’ and the threads are therefore unavailable to them. Thus the only function this act serves is to aggravate current members who might want to spend some fun minutes (or hours) reading over controversial old threads. Um, yeah, I DO have a life I think! 😃 Unless the threads contain stuff that threatens the safety of the board or any of its members, I don’t think eliminating them is the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/8 "2006-12-11T16:09:01Z")
While I totally agree that locked threads are the most fun, I think they do the right thing by getting rid of threads by socks. (someone tell me that I’m not the only one that will open a locked thread just because its locked even if the title doesn’t sound interesting…) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/9 "2006-12-11T16:10:51Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] While I totally agree that locked threads are the most fun, I think they do the right thing by getting rid of threads by socks. (someone tell me that I’m not the only one that will open a locked thread just because its locked even if the title doesn’t sound interesting…) [/QUOTE] It’s not just you. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/10 "2006-12-11T17:32:34Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] (someone tell me that I’m not the only one that will open a locked thread just because its locked even if the title doesn’t sound interesting…) [/QUOTE] I do it more often than I’m comfortable with, just because I’m curious why they were closed. But I console myself by reminding myself I don’t slow down to look at car wrecks or watch NASCAR. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/11 "2006-12-11T17:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] I do it more often than I’m comfortable with, just because I’m curious why they were closed. But I console myself by reminding myself I don’t slow down to look at car wrecks or watch NASCAR. [/QUOTE] I don’t do those things either, guess that means we’re ok. Though it may say a little something about me that I find it disappointing when I find out a thread was only locked for being a zombie. I want drama damnit! Hi, my name is Russell and I’m a locked threadaholic. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/12 "2006-12-11T17:52:30Z")
Worse than that, if I am browsing through a thread a find that one of the posters has been banned, I will search through their old posts to find out how they got banned. And yes, I will read through a thread just because it is locked. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/13 "2006-12-11T17:56:02Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] prescient, precocious, precoital Amo Amas Amat [/QUOTE] Ante meridian, uncle meridian, all the little meridians. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/14 "2006-12-11T22:15:35Z")
I was pretty surprised and disappointed that this one got pulled, too. I’m not doubting the mods’ evidence that he was a troll or anything, but… but… It was so much fun! Can we have it back if we’re really really good? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/15 "2006-12-11T22:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Worse than that, if I am browsing through a thread a find that one of the posters has been banned, I will search through their old posts to find out how they got banned. [/QUOTE] Yeah, there’s a lot of that going around. I always seem to miss the fun stuff around here. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/16 "2006-12-12T01:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] While I totally agree that locked threads are the most fun, I think they do the right thing by getting rid of threads by socks. (someone tell me that I’m not the only one that will open a locked thread just because its locked even if the title doesn’t sound interesting…) [/QUOTE] You are not the only one. Those little locks draw me in like a do not enter sign at the ruins of an old castle or someone telling me not to look behind the curtain. Jim ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/17 "2006-12-12T01:21:39Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] (someone tell me that I’m not the only one that will open a locked thread just because its locked even if the title doesn’t sound interesting…) [/QUOTE] [sub]Why is everyone whispering?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/18 "2006-12-12T01:25:04Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] [sub]Why is everyone whispering?[/sub] [/QUOTE] [sub]Shhhh![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads-again/383593/19 "2006-12-12T01:38:48Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] You are not the only one. Those little locks draw me in like a do not enter sign at the ruins of an old castle or someone telling me not to look behind the curtain. Jim [/QUOTE] Word. I’m hoping for an early Christmas present of a new keyboard, that has a little lock key on it, so every morning I can open the front page of the Pit and open \, then have it find the little “locked” icons. Well, no, not really.