https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890400
You raise a good question.
Have you alerted a mod by reporting your post? Could just be a fat finger.
I left it to simmer for a few minutes, and came back to it to find it closed. It says there were 10 replies, but I can’t see them, so I don’t know if something went awry in the thread. Any witnesses?
I emailed the mod who seems to have closed it, but it says they’re offline. So I posted it here in case another passing mod knew what was up.
UPDATE:
Apparently it was a duplicate thread. No idea how that happened.
I’m not sure if it’s the case now but there has been some duplicate problems due to recent timeouts. If you get a timeout error it’s logical to assume your post didn’t go through and then refresh and try again. Much of the time the first try did go through and the second try becomes a duplicate.
It was closed as a duplicate. The one with replies is still open.
I’m going to close this one.