# Dope threads should not in any circumstances be flushed down the memory hole **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 25, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492 "2015-09-25T15:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![desertmonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492/21 "2015-09-26T18:26:44Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That wasn’t a mere troll, that was the person involved in the original legal case (or so he claimed). It was removed because of potential legal issues involving an actual case. If it had been just a troll, we would have just removed the posts and left the thread. That makes sense, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492/22 "2015-09-26T18:39:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > … If it had been just a troll, we would have just removed the posts and left the thread. Mods: how often, more or less, does someone think it necessary to send something up the chain to corporate legal? I’m presuming the actions involved are the go-no go decisions: mod finds potential troublemaker thread (or is alerted)–\>mods kick it around–mods send it and summary to Administrator (the Gormless one)–\>Administrator talks to whomever in Parnassus. Right? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492/23 "2015-09-26T19:14:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But it does stop them. We continually stop trolls, and we continually get an influx of new ones. We’re in the state of equilibrium we’re in only because of the constant vigilance of the mods. If they stopped getting rid of them, the trolls would just start accumulating. Bahhhhh…we will cross that bridge when we come to it. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492/24 "2015-09-26T19:14:51Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Mods: how often, more or less, does someone think it necessary to send something up the chain to corporate legal? I don’t have any exact statistics, but it’s pretty rare that we have to send something up the chain for legal reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492/25 "2015-09-26T20:19:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I have no objection to **goisrael** being banned – but, his thread about the _Protocols of the Elders of Zion_ being really about Illuminati rather than Jews – we were having **fun** with that! Where is it now?! Where are our posts?! :mad: Start another thread about it. We can have fun in that one! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492.md?page=1)