# Killing etiquitte **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536 "2000-11-17T00:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536/1 "2000-11-17T00:33:02Z")
Maybe this has been done before, but… Who do you think is the proper person to kill a thread, the OP or someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536/2 "2000-11-17T01:05:12Z")
Think it really depends on the situation. If the thread deals with a personal, sensitive issue, and it gets out of hand…the OP should be able to ask that it be closed. Or are you talking about something else entirely? ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536/3 "2000-11-17T01:24:09Z")
Well, actually this is just a survey to find people’s opinion of who should be the last poster to a thread, nothing more nothing less. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536/4 "2000-11-17T01:30:54Z")
Honestly, I don’t think anyone is sitting there saying “I’d post, but the OP might consider it rude to do so.” That’s why he or she posted in the first place! Threads get killed when they get killed. You can never tell that it’s happened until it’s happened and then most people forget about it. Now, resurrecting threads. That’s a different matter. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536/5 "2000-11-17T07:19:42Z")
Why, it’s obvious. That incredibly unpopular poster that everyone (except himself) hates. You know, the loser that’s universally detested by the masses. Except he somehow deludes himself into thinking he’s actually popular. Hello? Anyone out there? [sub]shit[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-etiquitte/41536/6 "2000-11-17T09:02:31Z")
Well, for a million dollars, I… oh, wait, wrong thread… hehehehe