# The Amazing Disappearing Poster! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091 "2003-08-27T23:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/1 "2003-08-27T23:50:04Z")
Hey **Mods** , what happened? Some guy posted an offensive rant (his first) in this forum about the SDMB being home to “homos” and “fudgepackery”. I posted a reply to the effect of “Nice knowin’ ya”, went back a few minutes later and the post is gone (I’m assuming along with the poster). Is this some kind of record banning or does this happen often? ::biff, bam, BOOM:: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/2 "2003-08-27T23:53:58Z")
They work fast behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/3 "2003-08-27T23:55:34Z")
I’ve seen it happen before. Can’t remember what the topic was but I think it was controversial, and it went pretty quick. I asked about it too, never got an answer from a Mod, just a few possibles from other members. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/4 "2003-08-28T00:18:59Z")
Okay, a “me too” post … I saw the OP, thought to myself, “What an idiot” and the next thing I knew it was gone. I _think_ I even remember the user name … **The Gipper**. (I have a memory that thrives on useless trivia) A search turns up nothing … absolutely nothing. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/5 "2003-08-28T00:25:28Z")
Funnily enough one of the replies was “nice knowing you” (or something similar) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/6 "2003-08-28T01:40:29Z")
I’d be willing to bet [he’s back.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207610) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/7 "2003-08-28T04:58:48Z")
Remember our dear friend killerapps? Who flung various handfuls of swamp-slime about, and achieved a swift banning? Shortly thereafter a killerapps2 posted some in-your-face drivel as a new thread. I read it, saw there was no reply, decided DNFTT, and went on to other threads. When I checked back an hour or so later, the thread was gone. And good riddance. Why waste bandwith keeping bad rubbish around? Think of the poor hamsters! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/8 "2003-08-28T05:02:57Z")
Well, if he is… they better take care of it right quickly again. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/9 "2003-08-28T05:07:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*I’ve seen it happen before. Can’t remember what the topic was but I think it was controversial, and it went pretty quick. \*\* That’s one of the things I really like about this board. No nonsense. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/10 "2003-08-28T05:10:01Z")
I’ve seen several like this. It means that one of the mods/admins has “layeth the smacketh down,” as “The Rock” would say. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-disappearing-poster/198091/11 "2003-08-28T16:07:27Z")
It’s my personal theory that these offenders are being held incommunicado in a camp in Guantanemo Bay…oh, wait…