# Missing thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 7, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840 "2011-03-07T21:13:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840/1 "2011-03-07T21:13:15Z")

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It seems that a Pit thread making the most stupid points ever posted here (by someone who’s been around for a year or so) dissapeared completely.  
Why is it so?

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840/2 "2011-03-07T21:15:17Z")

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I was just reading that thread and tried to go to page two and it vanished. I was enjoying the thread. **bugme** was probably a sock so it disappeared.

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**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840/3 "2011-03-07T21:17:28Z")

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Betcha his account was hacked. Or it was a fake account set up for Bug Me Not.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840/4 "2011-03-07T21:29:16Z")

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The new \*\*bugme \*\*was banned, but what about the original **bugme**? Maybe he’s just told to change his password.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/573840/5 "2011-03-07T21:38:14Z")

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From [Guidelines and Etiquette:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384745)

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> How do I find out what happened to a missing thread or poster?  
> 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.

This is closed.