# Disappearing threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 10, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881 "2003-06-10T15:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881/1 "2003-06-10T15:24:50Z")
Yesterday morning (6/9) I contributed a post to a thread in MPSIMS. When I was home last night to follow up on it I was not able to locate the thread. I searched for various keywords and eventually ran a search on my own name to list all the threads to which I have recently posted. The thread I was looking for did not appear in this list (I made sure all the search settings were correct). I thought the thread may have been removed, though I could see no reason for this to have occurred (it was [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=189496), by the way). When I returned to work today the thread was still there and several new replies had appeared since I posted to it. I’m curious to see if it will come up when I go back home again today. What I want to know is, why would a post be accessible from one computer but not from another? Or would have I possibly seen the same thing happen if I were using my work computer last night? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881/2 "2003-06-11T05:48:27Z")
I think I realized what might have happened. I was still logged into the SDMB on my work computer when I left yesterday (a meeting ran late and I didn’t bother to power down my PC before leaving for home) so it was still logged in at work at the same time I was accessing the board at home. Since I powered down my work PC today I was able to see the missing thread at home. Can simultaneous log-ons by the same username on two workstations cause something like this to happen? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881/3 "2003-06-11T14:52:54Z")
[FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1946046#post1946046) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881/4 "2003-06-11T19:39:06Z")
Thanks, Arnold. Incidentally, I did peruse the FAQ before I posted, although when I did I was looking for information pertaining to being logged on from more than one computer, and I didn’t see this addressed in the FAQ.