# What happened to the Snowden/privacy thread from a few days ago? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817 "2014-03-04T10:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817/1 "2014-03-04T10:38:38Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717031) is the link (I get a “do not have permission to access” message). It shows up in google searches (I searched “sdmb snowden privacy”), and the thread is called “Does the general public really care about NSA/Snowden datamining”. What happened to this thread? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817/2 "2014-03-04T13:53:32Z")
Generally speaking when you get that message that means the user that made that post has been banned. Contact a moderator off the board for more information. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817/3 "2014-03-04T16:23:26Z")
The NSA got to them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817/4 "2014-03-05T00:01:44Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > The NSA got to them! 😃 That’s what they _want_ us to think! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817/5 "2014-03-05T00:10:33Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Generally speaking when you get that message that means the user that made that post has been banned. Contact a moderator off the board for more information. Nitpick, since this is the 'Dope…I believe this means the message/thread was either deleted, or moved to a location that we don’t have access to. The user being banned doesn’t cause this behavior. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-snowden-privacy-thread-from-a-few-days-ago/682817/6 "2014-03-05T03:48:08Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Nitpick, since this is the 'Dope…I believe this means the message/thread was either deleted, or moved to a location that we don’t have access to. The user being banned doesn’t cause this behavior. It was moved to a location that you have no access to. Correct. The user is almost always banned, which causes the thread to be moved from sight.