# Why was the Nate Silver thread in Elections closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546 "2012-11-01T09:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **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:** [November 1, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/1 "2012-11-01T09:30:08Z")
Thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=670444). ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/2 "2012-11-01T11:16:46Z")
Me curious too as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/3 "2012-11-01T12:00:30Z")
Me three. If it’s about the “queer” comment, it’s explained by the link. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/4 "2012-11-01T12:02:46Z")
I wonder too. There wasn’t much discussion about that post up until that point, and certainly no heated discussion. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/5 "2012-11-01T12:06:30Z")
Hurricane Sandy hits the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/6 "2012-11-01T12:13:57Z")
I’m not sure right now why the thread was closed, but I’ve reopened it. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/7 "2012-11-01T12:21:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not sure right now why the thread was closed, but I’ve reopened it. Last night was Halloween. My guess is a poltergeist did it. The Dope is haunted. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/8 "2012-11-01T14:19:42Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Last night was Halloween. My guess is a poltergeist did it. The Dope is haunted. Oh, sure, blame Marley('s Ghost). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/9 "2012-11-02T01:24:54Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, sure, blame Marley('s Ghost). 😃 Right. It was just undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/10 "2012-11-02T07:04:00Z")
Actually, I screwed up. I was doing three things at the same time while reading the Silver thread and inadvertantly locked it. Thanks to **Marley** for unscrewing it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/11 "2012-11-02T11:00:20Z")
It was [YOU!!!](http://blog.jeanmariebauhaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/get_to_work_JEAN.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/12 "2012-11-02T11:10:41Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > Actually, I screwed up. I was doing three things at the same time while reading the Silver thread and inadvertantly locked it. Thanks to **Marley** for unscrewing it. 😛 Hey, at least \*you \*didn’t close ALL the threads! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-nate-silver-thread-in-elections-closed/639546/13 "2012-11-02T19:25:34Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > Actually, I screwed up. I was doing three things at the same time while reading the Silver thread and inadvertantly locked it. Thanks to **Marley** for unscrewing it. 😛 [The Master speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3078/are-women-better-at-multitasking-than-men). Today, in fact (11/02/2012)! [sub]ETA: Coincidence? I think not.[/sub]