# What causes new SDMB threads to get lost in the ether? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623 "2003-09-30T03:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Dickerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Scott\_Dickerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Dickerson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/1 "2003-09-30T03:11:41Z")
I KNOW I submitted a new thread yesterday. It’s just plain nowhere. I pressed the SUBMIT button, the whole schmeer. Threads do get moved, but I’ve searched far and wide. God forbid, but do the mods ever just (accidentally) delete a whole OP? Do they ever do it non-accidentally, for some undisclosed reason? Assuming the prob’s at my end, what could it be? When I left, it looked like my OP had been submitted, but the thing that “takes me back to the message board” was timed-out. In the past, that hasn’t prevented something from posting. Hey, I wanna learn. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/2 "2003-09-30T04:43:50Z")
If you get a time-out, your post may or may not have made it to the server. I usually go back and check via navigating through the message board. If my post, or new thread isn’t there, then it didn’t make it to the server. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/3 "2003-09-30T04:46:46Z")
Simple. Hungry hamsters. Sheesh, newbies! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/4 "2003-09-30T04:46:48Z")
Also, that’s why I use my handy-dandy text editor to create new posts or threads. I can cut and paste them into the SDMB text area. If they get lost, I still have a copy. I can spell check too. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/5 "2003-09-30T11:11:15Z")
Yep. Hamsters probably ate it. And this should be in ATMB 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/6 "2003-09-30T12:27:23Z")
It wasn’t [the one about contacting a celebrity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214118), was it? Because that one got moved to Cafe Society, just as this one got moved to ATMB. If it’s not that one, then it probably just didn’t get submitted. We do occasionally remove threads from public view, but I don’t think any of yours have been. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/7 "2003-09-30T12:44:32Z")
Moved to ATMB. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/8 "2003-09-30T12:53:52Z")
Although we do have the option of deleting entire threads, we don’t usually exercise it. Most times when you click on “Submit” your post goes through, even if it hangs shortly after that. Copy your post to the clipboard before clicking on submit to avoid frustration. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/9 "2003-09-30T14:05:56Z")
Is bibliophage a mindreader? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-new-sdmb-threads-to-get-lost-in-the-ether/204623/10 "2003-09-30T14:40:57Z")
Is **Bruce\_Daddy** just using this thread to test his signature instead of starting a new one? Yes.