Can a post disappear?

krishnidoux

I posted a reply to a post which is not on the forum anymore. Is that possible?
(I was curious if the original poster had replied).

14 years ago

General

8 replies

Latest reply was from Greg

Patty

Veteran

I've had that happen too.
But I always second guess myself that I clicked the wrong thing to post--but it's happened a couple times for me now--I wonder now.

14 years ago

DressLover

Veteran

Must be the Ghosts of Past Fashion Mistakes playing pranks.

14 years ago

RoseandJoan

Veteran

Krishnidoux, have you tried clicking on your profile and looking through the forum post section. I have had a couple of posts disappear but it was around the time of the recent site updates so I put it down to Greg fixing bugs (sorry if that is a disservice Greg).

14 years ago

Polly (thunalata)

Veteran

(Just checking, are you sure it's not because it's a spam thread that someone has reported so it vanishes, together with any replies?)

14 years ago

Mamapicklejuice

Veteran

Hm, from your post history, it doesn't look like you posted to any spam...unless it gets deleted from histories, too?

14 years ago

Louise

Veteran

I should think it was marked as a spam post by someone, which means it disappears from the forum until checked by Greg then deleted if spam or reinstated if not x

14 years ago

Scarlet

Veteran

Sometimes I get a message that I am "moving too fast" or something and then I have to resubmit my post. If you don't wait to be sure your reply is posted successfully, it could be because of something like that.

14 years ago

Greg

Administrator

krishnidoux, the most likely explanation is that you replied to a post by a spammer. The spammers are getting much more sophisticated and often their initial posts are hard to detect. Then later they reveal themselves with something that is obvious spam, we detect that, and all their posts (and your replies to their posts) are removed from the forum.

14 years ago

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