# What has happened here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 25, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504 "2008-10-25T13:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/1 "2008-10-25T13:02:00Z")
Can someone tell me what this is about? [http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489443](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489443) If the OP has been removed, why has my relationship to the thread not also been deleted? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/2 "2008-10-25T13:23:45Z")
Link doesn’t work? What thread was it? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/3 "2008-10-25T13:31:21Z")
You probably caught the thread in mid-deletion. Best to PM a mod. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/4 "2008-10-25T13:52:36Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Link doesn’t work? What thread was it? It was an anti-Obama rant, albeit an unimaginative one, and as it was a first post, I advised that placing it in Comments On Staff Reports might see it moved. Should I have just reported it? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/5 "2008-10-25T14:21:56Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > It was an anti-Obama rant, albeit an unimaginative one, and as it was a first post, I advised that placing it in Comments On Staff Reports might see it moved. Should I have just reported it? Probably- the mods seem to prefer giving those types of advice (interpretation of board policies) out themselves. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/6 "2008-10-25T14:41:44Z")
It wasn’t just an anti-Obama rant, the initial posts were spam (copied from a site and broadcast all about.) I’m not sure exactly what happened, **ivan** , it looks like the spammer got banned and his posts got disappeared, but for some reason your responses were left behind for a bit. They have now also been moved out of sight, out of mind since they’re irrelevant with the OP gone. Apparently moving it was done leaving a “redirect” in place, which (I hope) you can’t access. Alas, once it’s done that way, I don’t think it can be undone. The “redirect” will just float to the bottom after a few months. Sorry for the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/7 "2008-10-25T16:27:40Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Apparently moving it was done leaving a “redirect” in place, which (I hope) you can’t access. Alas, once it’s done that way, I don’t think it can be undone. It can and has. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/8 "2008-10-25T16:36:54Z")
The OP was a spammer, and posted the same rant to two forums. I banned him but didn’t realize anyone had responded to one of his thread, so they stayed when his posts were vanished. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/9 "2008-10-25T22:10:23Z")
**ivan**. You are “collateral damage.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/10 "2008-10-25T22:18:18Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > **ivan**. You are “collateral damage.” 🙂 Damn, that’s the nicest thing anyone has said about me yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/11 "2008-10-25T23:02:30Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Damn, that’s the nicest thing anyone has said about me yet. 🙂 I take it back, then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504/12 "2008-10-26T02:11:56Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > It can and has. 😃 Cool! Live and learn, that’s a new feature of the new boards. Thanks, **G**