# Missing posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 5, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335 "2002-05-05T02:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/1 "2002-05-05T02:04:02Z")
Since the crash, there’s been about a half dozen times I’ve submitted a post and never had it appear in the thread. I’ve submitted these posts in the same manner as others which appear with no problem and, as far as I can tell, there’s no common factor between the missing ones. Nor would the subject matter have been anything that would have been intentionally deleted by the staff. Anyone else having this problem? Anyone have any ideas on avoiding future disappearances? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/2 "2002-05-05T03:24:09Z")
I’ve had an OP disappear even though the thread took. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/3 "2002-05-05T15:24:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > Anyone else having this problem? Yes. > [@](#): > > Anyone have any ideas on avoiding future disappearances? Only a workaround: if you are typing in a long post and don’t want to have to reenter it, then copy and paste your post into another program and save it to a temp directory on your hard disk before submitting the post. So if the post isn’t created successfully you can try to resubmit it later. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/4 "2002-05-05T15:53:38Z")
I posted to a thread last night, and the post showed up. A subsequent poster appears to respond to my post. But my post is gone now. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/5 "2002-05-05T17:35:56Z")
Link please? In general, if you are reporting a problem relating to a thread / post, it helps us investigate if you provide a link. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/6 "2002-05-05T18:03:46Z")
Sorry, **Arnold** ; in [Cities trivia…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=113413) I posted shortly after **JohnT** ’s second post that Flint, MI, with a population of 124,000, is the only city in the Census Bureau’s listing of cities of 100,000 or more with a one syllable name. And I saw the post come up in the thread. While not definite, it appears **Reeder** ’s subsequent post is a response to mine. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/7 "2002-05-05T18:44:26Z")
It seems to me **Reeder’s** subsequent post is a response to **JohnT**. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/8 "2002-05-05T18:49:41Z")
That’s why I said it’s not definite; **JohnT** posted Flint as a guess and I confirmed it for him. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/9 "2002-05-06T04:43:04Z")
Only Reeder knows for sure, but I would also guess that he was answering JohnT. Haven’t heard a complaint yet that some posts are visible and then have disappeared. (Unless a moderator deletes a post. - Did you include an insult to Coldfire in your answer?) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/10 "2002-05-06T13:57:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Did you include an insult to Coldfire in your answer? No, I forgot again. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/107335/11 "2002-05-06T16:04:36Z")
Serves you right then, cowboy. 😉