# What do you think...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think/34259>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 23, 2000, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think/34259 "2000-09-23T07:59:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think/34259/21 "2000-09-24T07:19:40Z")

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I second the comment that it’s Lynn’s forum and what she wants, goes.

I also second that _maybe_ it might have had a teeny bit of something to do with who originally posted it.

However, I guess that it is okay to start a Pit thread asking people to flame _you_ personally. We have had that happen a couple of times and no one has said anything\*\*. I guess it is the invite to flame others that caused the problem.

Now, according to the new information, you _can_ start a thread asking everyone to flame you!!

\*\*See [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38018) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38101)

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think/34259/22 "2000-09-24T12:35:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dropzone \*  
> **I had seen the potential for problems in MPSIMS when Coldfire started a thread where people could be good-naturedly flamed without asking for it, but that was there and this is here, and people would be asking for it as part of the ground rules.**

I deny all charges. That thread was meant for _constructive criticism_. Like telling a fellow poster to stop hitting the enter key after every sentence, for example. I did my very best to avoid flame fests on my or anyone elses behalf. I succeeded. I got called a pompous ass for starting the thread, but that’s another thing.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think/34259/23 "2000-09-24T14:08:41Z")

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> _Originally posted by Coldfire \*  
> [BThat thread was meant for constructive criticism. Like telling a fellow poster to stop hitting the enter key after every sentence, for example._\*

Yes, but it would not have worked if it were not handled in a light-hearted way, with both flamer and flamee understanding the ground rules.

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