# Why can I not find a post I made 20 years ago? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 3, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-not-find-a-post-i-made-20-years-ago/980643 "2023-03-03T09:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-not-find-a-post-i-made-20-years-ago/980643/21 "2023-03-06T22:54:08Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > At this point I guess anything is possible. I blame one of Lex Luthor’s Kryptonite-powered mind beams. If you get hit by one too many times you’re bound to get old details wrong now and then. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-not-find-a-post-i-made-20-years-ago/980643/22 "2023-03-07T00:18:43Z")
That’ll teach you to go drifting about in alternate timelines on your own… ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-not-find-a-post-i-made-20-years-ago/980643/23 "2023-04-26T22:27:31Z")
You could search the wayback machine. It’s not like there was ever a guarantee that the servers would keep everything, even after a shit-load a data was migrated to discourse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-not-find-a-post-i-made-20-years-ago/980643.md?page=1)