# The Disappearing Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 24, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760 "2004-05-24T06:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/1 "2004-05-24T06:27:18Z")
I’ve seen plenty of closed threads before, but I’ve never noticed one that actually disappeared and didn’t show up on a search – until today. What became of the thread with the “true” but out-of-context quotations about going to war with Iraqi? It may have been in GD, but I’m not certain. I’m not protesting – just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/2 "2004-05-24T07:19:28Z")
It seems a lot of them are started by socks and trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/3 "2004-05-24T07:46:32Z")
Lots of threads get deleted. The mods and admins are just so quick on their headfeet that you never see them in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/4 "2004-05-24T11:17:04Z")
I was wondering where that went myself. I wasn’t aware that there was such rampant thread deleting. It seemed to me that threads might be locked, but not simply disappear like that one did. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/5 "2004-05-24T11:45:14Z")
A troll started that thread, and several others. I removed all the threads that he started. I also removed a lot of his posts, though I had to leave quite a few of them in threads because people had replied to him, and it would have taken a great deal of editing to remove the references to him. EVERY TIME you discover a missing thread, this is the cause. It’s not a software glitch. I’m thinking of making this a sticky in ATMB. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/6 "2004-05-24T15:02:29Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > EVERY TIME you discover a missing thread …an angel gets its wings. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/7 "2004-05-24T15:17:51Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > …an angel gets its wings. No, no, no, that’s: . . . a troll gets its pitchfork. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/8 "2004-05-24T15:48:31Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > EVERY TIME you discover a missing thread, this is the cause. It’s not a software glitch. I’m thinking of making this a sticky in ATMB. > > Lynn > For the Straight Dope So we were ALL trolling during the winter of our missed content? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/9 "2004-05-24T16:33:22Z")
Why delete that thread though it had actually turned into a decent debate about the Iraq war that remained civil, a rarity in these parts? ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/10 "2004-05-24T16:54:17Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > A troll started that thread, and several others. I removed all the threads that he started. Heh. I think I know which troll **Lynn** is referring to. And I had so wanted to see where my very first pitting of a user would lead to! 😞 Oh well. Guess one of you will have to come along and really rub me the wrong way so I can try again! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/11 "2004-05-25T03:02:35Z")
Lynn, you could have fooled me about the troll. I just thought he was dumb. Or a sock. I guess that’s what a good troll looks like. Oh well. It’s Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-thread/246760/12 "2004-05-25T03:27:00Z")
I can never find certain threads through the searches. Like “hell house rant” for instance (I tried looking it up once about two months after it slid off the front page). I can find it through looking at my own history though. So is this just my poor searching skills?