# vanished post

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-post/192047>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-post/192047 "2003-07-31T03:02:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-post/192047/1 "2003-07-31T03:02:59Z")

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I made a post earlier today, and saw it appear in the thread. Now I look and it’s gone.

As it turns out, it was a totally useless post, but I’ve never seen this before and thought I’d whine somewhere just in case it’s useful debugging info if a rash of these show up or something. Plus, a little whine feels nice now and then.

The particulars:

Thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=201245](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=201245)  
Post: second after the OP.  
Content: Something sarcastic and so forgettable I can’t recall.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-post/192047/2 "2003-07-31T03:07:16Z")

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The good news is that you’re not the only one.

The bad news is that you’re not the only one.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=200383](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=200383)

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-post/192047/3 "2003-07-31T03:22:14Z")

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Well, sure enough. That’s what I get for not searching the bug database first.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-post/192047/4 "2003-07-31T04:26:02Z")

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Oh, duh.

My post did make it. It was just to a duplicate post, which was closed. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=201246](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=201246)