# What has happened here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273 "2008-09-06T02:06:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/1 "2008-09-06T02:06:45Z")
I’m looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/2 "2008-09-06T02:07:43Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Am I alone? Nope, I see it too. \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/3 "2008-09-06T02:07:44Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone? No, you’re not. They disappeared one by one. Maybe they’re trying to tell us something! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/4 "2008-09-06T02:07:45Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What is going on here? Am I alone? At least you have your books. ---
**Author:** ![G1llyB4tes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@G1llyB4tes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G1llyB4tes)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/5 "2008-09-06T02:07:58Z")
See what you get when it’s free… ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/6 "2008-09-06T02:08:00Z")
Um, whiskey tango foxtrot? You’re not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/7 "2008-09-06T02:08:15Z")
That’s all I’m seeing, too. I’m thinking (hoping) glitch? Either that or it really IS all about Ed Zotti! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/8 "2008-09-06T02:08:19Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone? Nope. Somebody broke the Dope! Get the torches! _hefts pitchfork_ ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/9 "2008-09-06T02:08:20Z")
No, you’re not alone–I was wondering the same thing. I got the BBQ Pit and Barn House, then suddenly the Pit was gone, too. Spooky! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/10 "2008-09-06T02:08:34Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone? No, same here. I just posted about it in a Pit thread I already had open. First it was down to three forums, then down the Barn House only. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/11 "2008-09-06T02:08:44Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m looking at the SDMB main forums page and the only forum available is the Barn House forum. All the other ones have vanished into the ether. What is going on here? Am I alone? I tried man, I tried to help quell the Barn House BS. I tried to tell them to stop the insanity. I tried man. I tried. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/12 "2008-09-06T02:08:48Z")
Same here, but I found that manually changing the URL so I go to forum 17 (I think it was 17) brings me to the game room, and 15 seems to bring to an index labeled “Main” that has all the forums. Link: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=15) (And BTW, “Main” has all forums _except_ this one. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/13 "2008-09-06T02:08:54Z")
It WORKED! The FOOLS! I’ll show them ALL! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/14 "2008-09-06T02:09:18Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > No, you’re not. They disappeared one by one. Maybe they’re trying to tell us something! 😛 “And quietly, one by one, the stars go out.” ---
**Author:** ![Naturally\_Oblivious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Naturally\_Oblivious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naturally_Oblivious)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/15 "2008-09-06T02:09:26Z")
They’re [still there.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=15) I do think it’s pretty damn shitty to make the main link only display the forum set up to advertise a book though. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/16 "2008-09-06T02:09:46Z")
Wait, now everything is back. We all must have seen them moving the Barn House to the Side Conversations area. (Very cool, by the way!) I feel like an extreme loser for being on the Internet and refreshing this site frequently enough at 10pm on a Friday night to have 1) noticed this happening in progress and 2) commented on it in time. I need to reevaluate some stuff about my personal life… ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/17 "2008-09-06T02:09:52Z")
Logging out fixed it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/18 "2008-09-06T02:09:54Z")
It’s like that episode of Star Trek, where people keep disappearing from the ship, and no one but Doctor Crusher remembers them ever existing. And then the ship starts getting smaller… ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/19 "2008-09-06T02:10:09Z")
Now they’re back and the Barn House forum is missing. What fun these days, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273/20 "2008-09-06T02:10:17Z")
Oh. It looks like they were trying to get Barn House into it’s own, um, sub-forum thingy. _drops pitchfork_ I guess there’s no need for the mob after all. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/462273.md?page=2)