'Feel Free' Considered Harmful Sometimes people will solicit input or questions or reviews using the words "feel free". For example, a podcaster might say, "feel free to leave us a review and a five star rating."[1] This is a terrible phrase. Whenever you say "feel free" I hear "don't bother". The phrase is so passive. I don't know exactly why the phrase grates on me so much but it does. Here's a…