# Complaint

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 28, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636 "2013-01-28T18:49:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 9

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636/9 "2013-01-28T19:25:14Z")

</div>

Also of note is what the closing post said:

> [@What do you think about “Topfreedom?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-topfreedom/648613/26):
>
> > [@](#):
> >
> > Do not post … messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Straight Dope-related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved.
> 
> ..which this topic seems a prime example of, even down to the name you registered with.
> 
> Asking about what people think of something is one thing (and allowed here). Starting a topic asking what posters think and then arguing against them, calling them names, and demanding apologizes is not.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636)._