Yesterday morning I answered a question (two times) about how to get the ‘Push/Pull’ to work properly by also using [Ctrl]. The OP was creating a fuselage of an airplane and the use of the tool was obstructed by adjacent connected (to the face) geometry.
In the afternoon the whole thread was gone. I would assume that at least my answers would still be there in case the OP deleted his original post.
What’s up?
TIA
I have vague recollections that the thread you refer to seemed to me to be a near duplicate of another thread started by the same OP. Might the thread you replied to have been moved//merged into the other thread?
I remember your post @g.h.hubers, the thread were similar to another one by the OP just as @sjdorst recalls.
This is the original “similar” thread below, your answer is not there so it doesn’t seem the thread you were involved in were merged into that one. Maybe the thread you were involved in were flagged and removed, I doubt the OP deleted the thread themselves though…
Thank you, that could very well be. But what is the other thread’s header?
And still, there isn’t any notification to me (or other posters for that matter) in cases like these? Strange.
Thank you also, @IanT. I see my answeres just do not matter and vanished. 
Interesting. I just checked out @ned.reif’s profile, and it only lists the one post previously linked in this thread. So either the two posts @IanT and I recall were actually by different OP’s, or the OTHER post has disappeared without a trace!
PS: I just moved this thread over to the Meta category - seems a more appropriate place to me - and might get more views by people who can come up with other theories!
Maybe your answers weren’t right😃
Even so, they should be there. But they were right.
No, that is a previous thread that were started by the same OP (I think). The thread you were involved in has not been merged with that one but has vanished.
They were fairly textbook, if I recall correctly 
@g.h.hubers You can see YOUR accessible activity by going to your profile and it’s Activity listing, which is a listing of all your recent posts in reverse order.
was this it?
No that is a previous thread by the same OP (I think), a few days earlier that happened to be on the same subject as the “one that disappeared”. The thread that G.H Hubers were involved in were a continuation of that question but in the form of a new thread. Its just gone.
The posts from G.H Hubers are not present in that actitvity, they involved instructions for the Push/Pull tool if I remember rightly.
Guys, this is all my fault, and I apologize, I am the one who asked the moderators to delete a stupid question I asked (and then figured out the answer to about five minutes after posting it). I didn’t want to waste anyone’s time, but not I see that by asking moderators to delete it, I tragically created more consternation. Sorry!
Thanks @DanRathbun, but that’s just what I did yesterday and what triggered me when I couldn’t find the thread where I answered. To find out that even my answers were gone “by the wind”.
Thank you @ned.reif. At least we now know what happened. Your question wasn’t stupid, nor my answers.
But whatever, letting answers just disappear without any notice to the poster isn’t a good thing. I missed your earlier (sort of similar) thread and couldn’t figure out what went wrong with how this forum can ditch relevant answers.
Thank you.
when you solve your own problem, post it and tick as solved…
people may have the same ‘stupid question’ in the future and will find your solution…
john
I remember that I have liked your answer @g.h.hubers, but it’s gone from my given likes list too…
I’m really sorry! I will never ask anyone to delete a forum post ever again. I thought that only my most recent question (which I didn’t think anyone had answered yet) would get removed, but apparently older responses got deleted, too, for which I apologize. That was a real learning experience! Please excuse my misdeed as a beginner’s mistake. It won’t happen again Thanks again for your continuing help, by the way.
@ned.reif, forget about it, you’re only to blame 1%. And me myself another 1% for missing your original thread. The rest (98%) is to blame on how the forum seems to work.
My answers are most likely covered by other posters in your other thread.
Thanks for bringing this up. Now see what @sjdorst gets as response in: What happens to replies when the thread originating post is deleted by the OP/Moderator/Administrator?
As @john_drivenupthewall mentioned, you can sort of end a current thread by ticking “Solved”. Or just add a post saying "end of thread > see: “other thread…” "or something similar if given answer isn’t the desired solution.
Some with super powers (level 4) can delete whole threads ( Follow the Leaders )
Meaning: leaving no signs at all (not in activity of anyone contributing the thread
Sometimes, it is in the interest of the Company (Trimble)
Sometimes on request, like this example
All though it is a public forum, it is still owned by Trimble
maybe some with super powers can shed some light around here?
@jody @TheOnlyAaron @psaal ?