# How much input does/should the OP have in controlling a thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 28, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-input-does-should-the-op-have-in-controlling-a-thread/941000 "2021-04-28T22:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-input-does-should-the-op-have-in-controlling-a-thread/941000/28 "2021-04-30T16:56:24Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > For instance, I can’t recall a single thread about female circumcision that didn’t have at least one Doper trying to make it into a talk about male circumcision. I don’t see this specifically on this list, but this topic might be a candidate for this [rule in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726). especially given how you just described it. > [@](#): > > **Thrice Told Tales are off limits.** Over the last 20 years, posters in Great Debates and Politics and Elections have debated pretty much everything. As such, there are some contentious issues about which we are tired of hearing. We just don’t want to go around and around about these things any more. In general, we’re just tired of these subjects. It may, however, be that there’s something new under the sun. Posters may start threads on these subjects only with prior approval of a Great Debates or Politics and Elections moderator. If you think you’ve got a new angle on something we’ve discussed a million times and found unpleasant, please feel free to make your case. Getting one approved is a very heavy lift, however. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-input-does-should-the-op-have-in-controlling-a-thread/941000)._