# The "HIDDEN" Thread! UNEXPOSED! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606 "2004-06-10T05:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/1 "2004-06-10T05:25:02Z")
Ok, it’s been a few minutes since I put my membership on the line, time to risk wrath again. There is a thread that is evidently hidden from the eyes of the great unwashed (you and me), and y’all know that hiding somethiong makes it more seductive (Cecil’s rule # 487). So here we are seething. It first came out in the Religion Poll - a great poll started by **Czarcasm** that is still open. First Posted By Guinastasia > [@](#): > > Ellis Dee, I think it’s related to this thread… > > Ellis Dee, I think it’s related to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257926) ([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257926](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257926)). Trying to access this thread, you get a (politely) locked door. > [@](#): > > NAME, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: > > 1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else’s post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? > 2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. Right. None of the above. The thread itself is right inbetween “[Is chirac a criminal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257927)” and “[Please help identify this film](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257925)” - so, what IS IT??? OK. Is it private? Should we MYOB? Inappropriate? perhaps ‘not ask?’ Politically Incorrect? (Then maybe we should know the parameters?) Or is it just “Inside Information” that DoperMods, The Big “C” and God herself only should access??? This is one of those things that we neurotic “Seekers of Truth and Enemies of Ignorance” just can’t ignore. Jeez, at LEAST tell us to forget it, if it will never be revealed! This silence makes us think of new terrorist conspiracies! Only half serious, but fully fascinated. S¬ …V ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/2 "2004-06-10T05:31:33Z")
There is at least one forum (and possibly others) that is(are) accessible only to the mods and admins, where they move objectionable threads, rather than deleting them outright. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/3 "2004-06-10T05:33:49Z")
You know we have to ask- what’s in this(those) forum(s)? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/4 "2004-06-10T05:33:59Z")
Everyone who submitted comments to that thread have been missing for several days now. I know because I was printing it out and ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/5 "2004-06-10T05:43:30Z")
I can read that thread fine on my system. It’s all about Cecil’s “sexy parties”, and how the mods ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/6 "2004-06-10T05:46:47Z")
Most likely, it was a thread started by a troll. They usually get deleted when the offender is smitten. ---
**Author:** ![Sisyphus\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/7 "2004-06-10T07:46:49Z")
Must be something in **your** profile or your history. I can access the links with no problems and IANAM **od**. But then, apparently unlike you, I’m clean. No bugs on me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/8 "2004-06-10T08:07:03Z")
You know, I think I was subscribed to that thread… Hold on, someone’s knocking at the door… ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/9 "2004-06-10T09:38:27Z")
> [@Sisyphus' Stone](#): > > I can access the links with no problems and IANAM **od**. Well then, if this is so, what is the thread about??? :dubious: Or are you just pumping hot air? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2004, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/10 "2004-06-10T10:14:00Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > You know we have to ask- what’s in this(those) forum(s)? To quell the rampant speculation and fevered imaginings that always seem to surface when this question comes up, I will answer. You know those Make Money Fast and Eternal Life Ring spam posts we sometimes get? We move that sort of thing into the mod forum. We try to move troll posts and threads into that forum, too, if we can do it without ruining continuity. We also document stuff like poster name changes, warnings, and people we’ve banned, along with their IP addresses. A typical entry in this forum would be “Warned {poster} about {offense} in this thread (with a link provided).” It’s usually a very boring forum. The GOOD stuff is in the modmail. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/11 "2004-06-10T11:10:17Z")
> [@Sisyphus' Stone](#): > > I can access the links with no problems and IANAM **od**. **WIIIIITCH!** ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/12 "2004-06-10T11:55:27Z")
Not that we don’t trust you **Lynn** , what with the wrath an’ all, but that just seems a little too convenient for my likings. Yup, I’m gonna stick with the old conspiracy theories myself. ::puts on tinfoil hat:: Wait a minute, you didn’t even tell us what was in _that_ thread. It must be the Illumin- ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/13 "2004-06-10T12:23:35Z")
Ya know, it’s not even the main joke that does it. It’s stuff like this… > [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > …what with the wrath an’ all… …that makes me think “Ah, **tick**. Gotta love 'em.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/14 "2004-06-10T12:32:45Z")
What’s the advantage of moving them to a non-public forum versus simply deleting them outright? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/15 "2004-06-10T12:53:39Z")
: clicks link : : gets “locked door” : Uh, candygram… : waits : Candygram! : no answer : : shuffles off : ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/16 "2004-06-10T13:38:50Z")
To **Hal** : Awwwwww, shucks :o > [@Exgineer](#): > > What’s the advantage of moving them to a non-public forum versus simply deleting them outright? Because you may have already won $1,000,000. Duh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/17 "2004-06-10T14:20:29Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > What’s the advantage of moving them to a non-public forum versus simply deleting them outright? As an ex-mod on a few other boards, I can say that we used to keep questionable posts/threads/folders hidden rather than deleted for documentation and reference purposes, and also if we changed our minds and decided to allow the p/t/f. Easier to unhide it than make the person start from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/18 "2004-06-10T14:23:53Z")
Makes sense. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/19 "2004-06-10T16:08:53Z")
What I don’t get is why everyone posting suddenly sto ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606/20 "2004-06-10T20:28:49Z")
So _that’s_ what happened to that little gem entitled woman, (or women?) that was in MPSIMS a few days ago. 😉 I thought they just took my advice to heart and ran far, far away. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-thread-unexposed/249606.md?page=2)