# Vanished Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242>\
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**Created:** [June 8, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242 "2007-06-08T12:31:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242/1 "2007-06-08T12:31:08Z")

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I replied to a thread last night (in GQ [I think] on DSLRs) that has completely vanished today - did the hampsters have a snack or was the thread deleted for other reasons?

I spent 1/2 an hour on a carefully crafted reply that has disappeared into the ether.

Si

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**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242/2 "2007-06-08T12:40:26Z")

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In practically every case where a thread disappears completely, the mods have wished a troll, spammer, or (most likely in this case) a returning sock puppet into the cornfield.

I believe that they prefer that these types of queries be raised by e-mail, to avoid giving further attention to the miscreant.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242/3 "2007-06-08T12:45:39Z")

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I don’t know DSLR. Is that something about “single lens reflex” maybe? If so, I vaguely recall a thread title along those lines, but I did a search on “reflex” and didn’t find anything recent.

One possible explanation that has happened to me before is that between the time I clicked on “reply to thread” and got the response ready to submit, the thread was deleted (for whatever reason) by a Mod. I would get a “you can’t do that” sort of message as if the thread were protected from my view or whatever. Later I would determine that it was a timing issue. Many spam threads go away like that.

And I seem to recall at least one case where the reply took and then the whole thread got “disappeared” after a bit. That’s a little more spooky, but it can happen.

Other than those possibilities, I can’t help.

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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242/4 "2007-06-08T12:48:28Z")

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I’ll accept that I got trolled and forgetaboutit :smack:

Si

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread/407242/5 "2007-06-09T21:50:19Z")

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Sorry about that.

If the subject was interesting/worthwhile to you enough that it should be on the board anyway you could always restart it.