# Was the thread started by a spammer completely erased? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 7, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271 "2009-04-07T17:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/1 "2009-04-07T17:31:02Z")
Someone tried using the board to spam electronics ware. I remember we were having some fun mocking how pathetic it was; but now I realize I haven’t seen it since. Was it completely erased rather than merely locked? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/2 "2009-04-07T17:35:24Z")
Spam threads are removed from the site instead of being locked, so if it was a spam thread, it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/3 "2009-04-07T17:46:54Z")
I think you’re referring to posts by **Jugnu**. They were spam and I removed them, like we always do with those posts. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/4 "2009-04-08T00:49:32Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think you’re referring to posts by **Jugnu**. They were spam and I removed them, like we always do with those posts. Then you fry them up, with a few onions, get out some rye bread, and some tasty mustard, and pretend to have a really good sandwich, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/5 "2009-04-08T01:13:49Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Then you fry them up, with a few onions, get out some rye bread, and some tasty mustard, and pretend to have a really good sandwich, right? 😃 In this job I’ve done some things I’m not proud of, but pretending to eat a spamwich is not one of them. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/6 "2009-04-08T02:33:39Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Then you fry them up, with a few onions, get out some rye bread, and some tasty mustard, and pretend to have a really good sandwich, right? 😃 No, we’d just throw out the sandwich anyway, so we dispose of the spam and then just try not to think of it again. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/7 "2009-04-08T11:32:41Z")
It’s a minor point, but just to be clear, are these things deleted altogether? ISTR that you’ve said in the past that they are moved to a hidden forum that only the mods and admins can access. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271/8 "2009-04-08T11:37:48Z")
They’re moved to another forum. I believe in the past they were deleted entirely, but that’s not the case these days.