# Post Mysteriously 'Vanishes'(?).

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**Created:** [September 20, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-mysteriously-vanishes/731934 "2015-09-20T08:21:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-mysteriously-vanishes/731934/1 "2015-09-20T08:21:51Z")

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A couple of days ago, I was posting a thread. Then I hit the wrong button on my keyboard.

I don’t know what button I hit. I assume it was the Return key–which I do sometimes hit, out of force of habit. (It may have been the Delete button too, FWIW.)

Anyways, at first it looked like my (half-written) post went through. But when I looked at the boards, it wasn’t there. So, having still the same trail of thought, I simply rewrote it, and posted it (successfully this time, of course).

But what happened to the first post? As I said, I am glad it didn’t go thru (I wasn’t even finished writing it). But what happened to it? And what-on-earth d#mn key did I hit, to make this happen, while we’re at it?

🙂

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-mysteriously-vanishes/731934/2 "2015-09-20T12:46:24Z")

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In Chrome, at least, if I’m not in a text field, the backspace key can be used to go “back” to a previous web page. That might create the behavior you say.