# "Worst chain restaurant" thread deleted - why? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034 "2005-04-06T14:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/1 "2005-04-06T14:28:27Z")
A recent thread soliciting Doper opinions on the [worst chain restaurant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6022610&posted=1#post6022610) was either deleted or moved to a mod/admin forum. Why? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/2 "2005-04-06T14:34:15Z")
Really? Hmmm … surely that subject matter is not taboo? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/3 "2005-04-06T14:44:28Z")
Tre weird, indeed. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/4 "2005-04-06T14:45:10Z")
It wasn’t the subject, it was the poster who initiated the thread. When we ban a sock puppet, or a multiple-guest, or a banned person trying to sneak back in, we usually destroy all the threads they have started. We try to kill all their posts, too, but that’s often too difficult. We realize that this is sometimes an inconvenience for the general members, but if we leave the posts up, that’s a “reward” for these jerks. So, the deal is, if you try to return when you oughtn’t, anything you do will be trashed. So don’t bother. In this case, the poster who initiated the thread was a returning banee (or female banshee). The thread was therefore “disappeared.” I will discuss with the other Moderators whether we can make an exception, since the thread was three pages long. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/5 "2005-04-06T14:55:15Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > When we ban a sock puppet, or a multiple-guest, or a banned person trying to sneak back in, we usually destroy all the threads they have started. Makes sense. I know you can’t delete an OP post without deleting the entire thread. It’s possible to split a thread, though; the sock OP deleted while a new thread with legitimate member posts remains. The SDMB has been having a hell of a time lately with socks, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/6 "2005-04-06T17:31:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Makes sense. I know you can’t delete an OP post without deleting the entire thread. It’s possible to split a thread, though; the sock OP deleted while a new thread with legitimate member posts remains. While I don’t doubt that this is possible, I have a hunch that it would be an awful lot of work, both for the moderators and the Board itself. Just moving a thread used to thrash the entire board for five minutes at a time; that’s since improved, but then, this is more involved than moving a thread, too. So I’ll understand entirely if the Mods opt not to go this route. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/7 "2005-04-06T19:56:48Z")
**Chronos** , if you want to start a new thread, I will try to go through the next couple of days and prune and bring some of the posts from the earlier thread into the new thread. It’ll be a screwed up order, of course, since the posts from the old thread will have their old dates. And I probably won’t get around to this before the weekend. Alternately, just start a new thread altogether. And people can repeat themselves, like history. We’re sorry about this, but the Mods really do not want this small-potatoes jerk to get any more attention. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/8 "2005-04-06T23:15:09Z")
Oh so is that what’s happening when I try to follow email links back to thread I posted in but get “you don’t have permission at access…”? I just spent 15 minutes running the search engine trying to find out where the ‘Why not “stick it” to the Republicans with civil unions?’ thread was moved to. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/9 "2005-04-07T00:25:45Z")
Hooters. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/10 "2005-04-07T00:51:46Z")
All of them, except In-n-Out–because In-n-Out is the only major burger chain I can think of that treats its employees like people. Also, their shakes and burgers and fries rock. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-chain-restaurant-thread-deleted-why/298034/11 "2005-04-07T03:23:03Z")
That’s OK, Dex, I’d rather not start a precedent which would create more work for you guys. But thanks for the offer.