# My Thread Died **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 4, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344 "2002-08-04T23:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/1 "2002-08-04T23:11:45Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=127810) (How dangerous are trans fats?) health-related thread of mine died a rather ignominous death in GD. Possibly it should have been in IMHO instead? Is it OK to repost the question? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/2 "2002-08-04T23:28:18Z")
It’s not recommended that you repost it. It is allowable for you to bump the thread once. Only once. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/3 "2002-08-05T00:38:43Z")
My mom bumped a thread once. ONCE! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/4 "2002-08-05T02:02:10Z")
Looks like you did get a response to your OP, though - was the link not enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/5 "2002-08-05T14:14:59Z")
I thought it might do better in IMHO though–I can’t bump it over there. I’d already seen the link, and said as much in the OP. It was the same on as in the linked 'fast-food- thread. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/6 "2002-08-05T14:22:32Z")
Well, as **Eutychus** mentioned, it’s certainly okay to bump your thread one time and one time only. If you are looking for debate on the subject, I’d suggest bumping it with a comment like “I’ve been to that site, and here’s my opinion on it …” and then invite others to submit their opinions based on a few facts, which you should provide. Then if the moderators feel it’s more of an IMHO issue than a GD issue, they’ll move it (since they prefer you not repost it). But take this advice at face value only; I’m not in charge of nuttin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/7 "2002-08-05T19:20:17Z")
Neither am I, but I will say that I personally wouldn’t have any problem with you reposting it in IMHO, perhaps rephrased slightly to avoid being quite so _obvious_ 😃 in, say, a month or so. Also, you know, it’s important to remember not to take it personally when one’s thread slides quickly to the bottom of the forum and off to page 2. It’s not like we’re all ignoring you–“oh, no, there’s that IJ again, let’s not speak to him”, and we all cross the street to avoid your thread. I saw your OP shortly after you posted it, and I went, basically, “Um” and backed out, because I had NO clue what you were talking about. Since I see that you got 59 views, I’d say that 58 other people felt the same way. And it is kind of an esoteric subject. Not everybody is up to date on the ins and outs of hydrogenated oils. 😃 But everybody has an opinion on abortion, gun control, Hamas, etc. It’s an “ignominious death” only if you measure your worth on the SDMB by how many responses you get to your threads. 😉 Hint: don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/8 "2002-08-05T20:20:11Z")
**DDG:** Thanks for your kind response, as always. I’d hoped there’d be at least one ‘expert’ or near on the board; a doctor, dietician, health advisor etc. that would be able to give some advice on the matter. I thought in retrospect maybe I was limiting my audience using GD, which often seems to be a province for expert debaters–but that’s another thread entirely. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/9 "2002-08-05T22:56:10Z")
If you were going to repost the thread (and I don’t recommend this), GQ might be better than IMHO. To wit, the danger of trans fats is more a matter of fact than opinion. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/10 "2002-08-05T23:51:50Z")
Not necessarily; dieticians and nutritionists differ in opinions all the time. One might feel the danger is slight, while the other may feel it’s strong. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/11 "2002-08-05T23:55:22Z")
Yeah, I thought of GQ first, but then as **ultrafilter** says I realised that the conflicting arguments would rule it out (at this stage in scienfitic understanding) as a question without a definite factual answer. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/12 "2002-08-06T00:00:30Z")
:o As **dantheman** said, rather. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/13 "2002-08-06T00:10:01Z")
Tell ya what I’m a’ gonna do … Let’s move the thread over to IMHO and you can bump it over there and we’ll see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-died/122344/14 "2002-08-07T22:58:53Z")
Thanks 😃