# Glitch report: still getting phantom What\_Exit posts when creating threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 12, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-report-still-getting-phantom-what-exit-posts-when-creating-threads/960953 "2022-03-12T20:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-report-still-getting-phantom-what-exit-posts-when-creating-threads/960953/1 "2022-03-12T20:08:45Z")
After starting a new thread, I’ll get a “phantom” response from What\_Exit. I say “phantom” because all it contains is a duplicate of my OP. I assume this is old news (I reported the same problem some time ago); just thought I’d point it out again. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-report-still-getting-phantom-what-exit-posts-when-creating-threads/960953/2 "2022-03-12T20:10:38Z")
Can you point to a thread this happened in? Are you sure you’re not just getting a notification that I tagged the thread? That is the likeliest answer. If it is a thread in The Café or The Game Room or about the Ukraine Invasion, that is almost surely the cause. * * * * * * For instance, the last thread you started: > [@Robert Plant interviewed by Rick Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-plant-interviewed-by-rick-rubin/960938): > > Robert Plant interviewed by Rick Rubin: [[Robert Plant | Broken Record (Hosted by Rick Rubin)] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxVGIaDJSgo) In my opinion, at nearly an hour, it’s a bit long for casual listening, although he’s so articulate and interesting that it’s worth going over carefully enough not to miss anything. I came across it very late one night a couple of weeks ago and just let it roll while doing something else that didn’t require much attention. I think he says something about having had a strong coffee before t… I tagged as [music](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/music). That probably generated the message you got. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-report-still-getting-phantom-what-exit-posts-when-creating-threads/960953/3 "2022-03-12T20:14:01Z")
Hey, I saw you responding to this and I thought the same thing was going to happen. Interesting that it didn’t. It’s happened a few times in the past, but the reason for my post was the thread in Café Society that I started on a Robert Plant interview. There’s still an indication of your reply, and, when I click on it, it’s just my post on the right and left sides of the screen. I mentioned this some time back and it was acknowledged that it was a glitch that was under study. I can look for that post if you like. ETA: Just saw your response. Well, yeah, I guess that’s what’s causing it. It’s not something that annoys me or anything. ETA2: Ah, I’ve just noticed that the phantom message includes a message in green up top: “tags changed.” Are we supposed to tag our own posts? ---
**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:** [March 12, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-report-still-getting-phantom-what-exit-posts-when-creating-threads/960953/4 "2022-03-12T20:17:35Z")
I believe the developers would say it is a _feature_ and not a _bug_. I would prefer it didn’t happen or that we could control it. But on the scale of things, pretty minor. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-report-still-getting-phantom-what-exit-posts-when-creating-threads/960953/5 "2022-03-12T20:21:38Z")
Yeah, not a big deal for me. Thanks for the information.