# Anyone else seriously considering leaving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483 "2020-06-22T13:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/401 "2020-07-03T16:45:22Z")
I have an email that I only use for here and the Giraffe Boards. I haven’t gotten any spam to that address in weeks. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/402 "2020-07-03T19:49:38Z")
Doug\_K Chiming in-I also have not gotten a single additional spam piece since the conversion. I certainly understand your irritation at being clogged up with spam but, I implore you, separate correlation from causation. That the glut of spam started at the same time as the Discourse conversion is coincidental, not that the conversion caused it. Please stick around for awhile. You contribute to the conversation. I floundered a bit the first few times after the conversion, each visit since has been better by huge leaps and bounds. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/403 "2020-07-03T22:02:31Z")
Same here, zero spam. Perhaps it’s something else causing it? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/404 "2020-07-03T22:13:49Z")
I’m 100 % sure that the spam doesn’t come from the SDMB. It would be suicidal to flood the users’ email with spam from this source, and I can’t imagine that any of TPTB would be so dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/405 "2020-07-03T23:28:28Z")
I’ve never had spam that I could attribute to the SDMB, either on the old site or this one. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/406 "2020-07-04T00:26:21Z")
Well, I won’t give up on the joint. Not after Jenny put all that work and love and effort into it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/407 "2020-07-04T00:53:40Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Well, I won’t give up on the joint. Not after Jenny put all that work and love and effort into it This would make her happy. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/408 "2020-07-04T03:11:56Z")
Can I upvote this? 👍 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/409 "2020-07-04T03:15:46Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Chiming in-I also have not gotten a single additional spam piece since the conversion. I actually have gotten more spam than usual. Not a ton, but a distinct uptick. It’s all been to an email address that this board doesn’t know about, though, not a single spam to this address. So maybe there’s just some new spam-ring out there, and they happen to have gotten hold of that address. I agree that I’m certain it’s not related to the straight dope, though. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/410 "2020-07-04T03:16:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Well, I won’t give up on the joint. Not after Jenny put all that work and love and effort into it. That WOULD make Jenny happy. And I’m really glad to hear it. I hope you find more pleasant ways to interact with the board. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/411 "2020-07-04T04:06:11Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > But the tone of the board has changed, and not in a good way. Jesus, it’s been, what? A week? Chill the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/412 "2020-07-04T04:14:20Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/413 "2020-07-04T04:44:41Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > > [@Doug\_K](#): > > > > But the tone of the board has changed, and not in a good way. > > Jesus, it’s been, what? A week? Chill the fuck out. I don’t think the way people post has changed much, but I do think the board feels different. Not better, not worse, just… different. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/414 "2020-07-04T04:57:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Never mind. I don’t. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/415 "2020-07-04T18:03:01Z")
Before y’all go, just fyi, you can download your entire posting history to a csv file. > [@I just downloaded my entire posting history. Thanks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-downloaded-my-entire-posting-history-thanks/914296): > > Click on my name, click on ‘Activity’, click on ‘Download All’: [[Google Photos] ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kdx4hGufvzsW7mGC9) You get a message saying the package will be prepared… took a minute or so… then you download a .zip file containing 2 csv’s. I had an easier time opening them in Google Sheets than my phone’s Excel app, fyi. The bigger csv file contains your posts. My first post was a new thread: My first reply: This is a great resource and, frankly, a relief as I assumed all these were re… ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/416 "2020-07-04T20:57:09Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Before y’all go, just fyi, you can download your entire posting history to a csv file. Not that I’m going anywhere, but that’s pretty cool! Can I ask about how much memory (space) it took for those files? You’ve got a lot more posts than I do so whatever space it took for you, my posts would be well within it. I don’t have that much storage to spare. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/417 "2020-07-04T20:58:56Z")
15mb for my posts ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/418 "2020-07-04T21:30:37Z")
Y’all don’t all leave. Each individual makes this place. It’s not the site or the past. It’s peeps who are posting that make the Dope. Give it awhile to settle. We have to grieve for Tuba and make our farewells. I love you guys. I want you all to hang around. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/419 "2020-07-04T22:22:31Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 15mb for my posts Thank you for the info. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483/420 "2020-07-05T01:41:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Y’all don’t all leave. > Each individual makes this place. > It’s not the site or the past. It’s peeps who are posting that make the Dope. > > Give it awhile to settle. > We have to grieve for Tuba and make our farewells. > > I love you guys. I want you all to hang around. ^ What she said. ^ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483.md?page=22)