# Dissapeared Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 3, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207 "2011-01-03T07:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/1 "2011-01-03T07:20:57Z")
It really sucks after investing about 3 or 4 posts in the space of one day to suddenly have your work vanish without any explanation. Just sayin ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/2 "2011-01-03T09:09:58Z")
Have you any idea as to why it was disappeared? Sensitive subject? Train wreck? ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/3 "2011-01-03T09:45:36Z")
Does this happen regularly? Just earlier today (or was it yesterday)? I clicked on a thread that looked interesting (it was titled “anal” – hey, what can I say, it caught my interest). I was referred to a page saying I wasn’t authorized to view the page. After that, the thread disappeared. I assumed that the originator of the the thread must have been a spammer or something. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/4 "2011-01-03T12:33:01Z")
Usually a sock or spammer. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/5 "2011-01-03T13:02:38Z")
You can PM a mod and they will usually tell you why it was disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/6 "2011-01-03T13:22:25Z")
A Pit thread re: Michael Vick has disappeared - very strange. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/7 "2011-01-03T13:45:13Z")
Generally speaking, if a thread disappears, it’s because it was started by a spammer or sock or other undesirable. Email a moderator, and you’ll get an explanation. We understand that it’s awkward (not to say frustrating) when you’ve written something brilliant, only to find it was a reply to a sock and so disappears. On t’other hand, the disappearance of their work is pretty much the only way we have of discouraging such people. So, let’s hope they feel your frustration a hundredfold. If you’re talking about some other situation – where your posts have vanished from a thread, say? – then email a mod or admin so we can look into it. That shouldn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/8 "2011-01-03T15:50:36Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > A Pit thread re: Michael Vick has disappeared - very strange. Since the OP of that one proclaimed that he was trolling right in the subject line, maybe not so strange. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/9 "2011-01-03T16:25:44Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Since the OP of that one proclaimed that he was trolling right in the subject line, maybe not so strange. Yup, suicide by Mod. Not even eligible for a Cyber-Darwin Award. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/10 "2011-01-03T20:01:39Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Since the OP of that one proclaimed that he was trolling right in the subject line, maybe not so strange. Perhaps. Buty i can understand why a poster would attempt to offer the possibility he was trolling simply because he would feel his OP would meet opposition. I’m assuming that was the case. In any event, I did request an explanation from **Miller**. I’m sure the transgression was obvious and warranted a serious intervention. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissapeared-thread/566207/11 "2011-01-03T20:06:36Z")
Please send a PM to a moderator if you’re curious about these kinds of disappearances. > [@FAQ - Guidelines and Etiquette on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faq-guidelines-and-etiquette-on-the-sdmb/369402/7): > > If you have a question about a thread or poster who “disappeared,” please DO NOT post an inquiry. 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. > > So, if you have a question about such, please email a moderator. DO NOT post your question. DO NOT give these folks any publicity, acknowledgement, or recognition.