# Something weird- ancient thread in main page

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**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-ancient-thread-in-main-page/955995 "2021-12-13T17:07:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-ancient-thread-in-main-page/955995/1 "2021-12-13T17:07:08Z")

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Is this the place for bug/oddity reports?

So I came to the main page(“[https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)”) and started scrolling down the list of threads on the main page, and saw this thread listed:

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spybot-and-adaware-cant-fix-this/227615/14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spybot-and-adaware-cant-fix-this/227615/14)

The weird part is that it’s entirely from 2004 from beginning to end, not some resurrected zombie. And I never posted in the thread back then either. It’s like it just popped up on the list for no good reason.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-ancient-thread-in-main-page/955995/2 "2021-12-13T17:08:08Z")

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This thread will explain it:

> [@Zombies wake up to delete zombies, which wakes them. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-wake-up-to-delete-zombies-which-wakes-them-huh/955982):
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> I’ve noticed a few old posts that suddenly jumped to the top of FQ for no reason and after a bit of digging, realized that they were bumped because the second post in each was deleted. Stranger still, the message is replaced with “(post deleted by author)”, yet neither author has posted in years. One of the deleted posts was visible in the Internet Archive and seems perfectly innocuous. So zombie posters are deleting zombie posts which bumps said zombie threads. Is that intentional and is it re…

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Basically almost 80 threads got fixed a few hours ago. Might be many oddities like this for just today.

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_Oh, I moved to ATMB from Site Feedback._