# No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

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**Created:** [July 31, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-specified-if-you-followed-a-valid-link-please-notify-the-administrator/548723 "2010-07-31T20:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-specified-if-you-followed-a-valid-link-please-notify-the-administrator/548723/1 "2010-07-31T20:58:26Z")

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I’ve run into this now and again when clicking a thread and I’m curious if it’s a glitch, or maybe a thread that’s in the process of being removed by a mod or admin.

In this case it’s the “I thought this was cute for recently engaged…” thread.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-specified-if-you-followed-a-valid-link-please-notify-the-administrator/548723/2 "2010-07-31T21:05:44Z")

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Yeah, it means the thread has been deleted.

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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:** [July 31, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-specified-if-you-followed-a-valid-link-please-notify-the-administrator/548723/3 "2010-07-31T21:08:01Z")

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It usually indicates a thread that has been removed, most often because it was spam (though sometimes because it was a sock or trolling). Sometimes a “redirect” link to the thread is inadvertently left for a short time, and this is the message you get by clicking on it.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-specified-if-you-followed-a-valid-link-please-notify-the-administrator/548723/4 "2010-07-31T21:35:40Z")

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OK, that’s what I was thinking. Thank you.