# The system user has taken ownership of some older posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-user-has-taken-ownership-of-some-older-posts/916080>\
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**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-user-has-taken-ownership-of-some-older-posts/916080 "2020-07-23T07:05:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-user-has-taken-ownership-of-some-older-posts/916080/1 "2020-07-23T07:05:08Z")

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Dear Straight Dope,

I just wanted to bring to your attention that the system user appears to have gobbled up a number of posts in the thread, “[What will the UK do about Brexit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-uk-do-wrt-brexit/829799/483)”. It appears that the user whose posts were gobbled up was named Andrew. It’s not just that thread either, if you look at [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system/activity) you will see there are lots of posts being attributed to **system** , most of them from '03 or earlier but some from 2009 and a couple from 2019. The oldest posts are from a previous migration, I guess.

I don’t see this as urgent, just something to add to the list.

~Max