# Where can I make, put out and tell folks about my thread?

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**Created:** [December 9, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-make-put-out-and-tell-folks-about-my-thread/643468 "2012-12-09T00:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Optic\_Frost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Optic\_Frost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optic_Frost)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-make-put-out-and-tell-folks-about-my-thread/643468/1 "2012-12-09T00:18:41Z")

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A thread that would have to do with a petiton like [this](https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/yahoo-https).

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-make-put-out-and-tell-folks-about-my-thread/643468/2 "2012-12-09T00:22:03Z")

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You mean like spamming?  
Reported.  
Ask a mod or admin for permission.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-make-put-out-and-tell-folks-about-my-thread/643468/3 "2012-12-09T00:34:31Z")

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I couldn’t possibly sign a petition that misused an apostrophe.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-make-put-out-and-tell-folks-about-my-thread/643468/4 "2012-12-09T01:17:57Z")

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We don’t really want people using the board to try to get people to do things like sign petitions.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-make-put-out-and-tell-folks-about-my-thread/643468/5 "2012-12-09T01:26:09Z")

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Ah yes, the mighty Internet petition. I remember the one circulating on the Web in the early days calling on the Taliban to stop being mean to their women. That was their real downfall in Afghanistan, although few realize it.