# Wha' happened? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482 "2011-12-27T02:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/1 "2011-12-27T02:20:01Z")
I clicked on a thread in the Pit that had been moved to some other forum and got a message that I didn’t have permission to access that page. I saved a copy of the message if a mod wants to see it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/2 "2011-12-27T02:21:26Z")
Generally that means the thread has been moved to the moderation area, probably because the OP was a troll or a sock. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/3 "2011-12-27T02:22:00Z")
I suspect a spammer’s thread was disappeared, and you just happened by during that brief window after that’s been done but before the move notification was deleted. Just my guess, though. ETA: What **twickster** said. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/4 "2011-12-27T02:22:11Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I clicked on a thread in the Pit that had been moved to some other forum and got a message that I didn’t have permission to access that page. I saved a copy of the message if a mod wants to see it. I’m betting it got moved to a forum us regular folk don’t have access to. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/5 "2011-12-27T02:23:32Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I clicked on a thread in the Pit that had been moved to some other forum and got a message that I didn’t have permission to access that page. I saved a copy of the message if a mod wants to see it. Most likely a thread by a spammer or sock. Those get wished into the cornfield. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/6 "2011-12-27T02:28:15Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Generally that means the thread has been moved to the moderation area, probably because the OP was a troll or a sock. Ah. So if you all decide troll or sock, will the thread go poof? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/7 "2011-12-27T02:36:07Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Ah. So if you all decide troll or sock, will the thread go poof? 99% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wha-happened/607482/8 "2011-12-27T02:37:37Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I suspect a spammer’s thread was disappeared, and you just happened by during that brief window after that’s been done but before the move notification was deleted. When a thread is moved, there are options to move it while leaving a redirect, or not leaving a redirect. Sometimes the wrong option gets picked and then the mod has to go back and fix it whenever he or she notices it. (I did it a bunch.)