# Does the SDMB now delete whole threads? (No but we do cornfield sock and troll threads) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 11, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-sdmb-now-delete-whole-threads-no-but-we-do-cornfield-sock-and-troll-threads/1018242 "2025-05-11T02:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-sdmb-now-delete-whole-threads-no-but-we-do-cornfield-sock-and-troll-threads/1018242/7 "2025-05-11T02:44:30Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I thought a golden rule at the SDMB was threads do not get deleted except for special circumstances (like someone making an account to advertise something). Nope. This has gone on for a long time. > [@Why was a thread deleted? {Cornfielded as Sock Op}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-a-thread-deleted-cornfielded-as-sock-op/1009207): > > See subject line. The subject matter was a little offbeat, but I didn’t see anything that clearly deserved cornfielding. > [@What happened to the thread abour a hurricane being manmade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-thread-abour-a-hurricane-being-manmade/1006763): > > I was reading it and it just disappeared. > [@Capitalism thread disappeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalism-thread-disappeared/1012534): > > Did I see a thread this morning on capitalism that later disappeared? The only poster I recall from the short thread was Ulfrieda, but can’t locate the thread or their post now. Operator error–that is, me–or something else? Been discussed a lot. Lest you think this is something new… > [@Deleted thread, possibly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-thread-possibly/79180): > > I had posted to Tom Waits Patiently’s thread “I am Rude” in MPSIMS. A few minutes later, I got an e-mail notification that someone had replied. I clicked on the link, and I was told that there was an error displaying the link. Thinking it was just a problem with Hotmail, I went to MPSIMS and searched for the thread. I couldn’t find it. Was this thread deleted? This possibility struck me as weird, because I couldn’t find anything remotely offensive about the thread (unless TWP was a known troll/s… I mean, two and a half decades is quite a bit of precedence I’d think. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-sdmb-now-delete-whole-threads-no-but-we-do-cornfield-sock-and-troll-threads/1018242)._