# Problems Arise from Threads Being Moved Out of The Pit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 6, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940 "2012-02-06T05:08:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940/21 "2012-02-07T01:47:24Z")

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> [@Frank](#):
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> As far as I know, the redirect markers last forever. The one for the thread the OP references is still there.

They can be set to expire after a while. I usually set mine to disappear after a week.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940/22 "2012-02-07T01:55:14Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> They can be set to expire after a while. I usually set mine to disappear after a week.

Ah. I didn’t know that. The only setting I remember is whether to display one or not.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940/23 "2012-02-07T11:14:53Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> My preferred method is casting bones.

I thought Boreanaz was a good choice, but they could have went hotter than Deschanel.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940/24 "2012-02-07T22:01:23Z")

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_pointedly ignores darth panda’s scurrilous lies regarding Emily Deschanel._

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-arise-from-threads-being-moved-out-of-the-pit/611940/25 "2012-02-09T00:33:42Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> People do sometimes forget which forum they’re in. There are ways to check.  
> I think the point was this: **ambushed** almost certainly clicked on a thread redirect (which puts the word “Moved” before the thread title), which would mean the thread wasn’t in the Pit anymore. If he was unsure of where he was, there were at least a couple of opportunities for him to see the thread was in GD before he posted: there is the heading at the top of the page, the Forum Jump, and **Miller** ’s mod note.

Well, yes, but that doesn’t make him unsure of where he was, just wrong about where he was. When I clicked on this thread it was in ATMB, but if afterwards, I don’t think a thing about it, I just assume it is in ATMB and get on with life.

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