# Do you think people would notice if YOU stopped posting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503 "2007-05-17T19:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/1 "2007-05-17T19:49:46Z")
This may be better suited for IMHO. If so, sorry it’s here and I obviously wouldn’t mind it moved, but although it’s a poll of sorts, it’s kind of a pointless/nonimportant poll. Basically, after reading [this thread where people ask where Lissa is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421066) it makes me wonder. Would people notice if I didn’t post for, say, two weeks? I like to think so, but then I think “eh, you’re nobody. You’re not really a regular or prolific poster.” So I don’t really know. But what about you? What if you just up and vanished from the boards for about 12 or 14 days. Do you think you make enough of a difference on the boards that people would realize and notice you weren’t around? And don’t play humble. 😛 If you really think people would notice, say so. I can’t imagine, for instance **Liberal** or **Samperio** replying to this thread and saying “Nah, nobody would notice.” Me, like I said, I doubt anyone would really make a fuss. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/2 "2007-05-17T19:53:44Z")
I don’t really post enough and my posts aren’t all that memorable. Heck, you’ve forgotten this one before you’ve even finished reading it, haven’t you. Nope, no one would miss me. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/3 "2007-05-17T19:57:27Z")
Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/4 "2007-05-17T20:01:44Z")
Nah, I don’t think so – nor would I expect anyone to. 🙂 If anyone _did_ notice, I think it would be after quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/5 "2007-05-17T20:03:47Z")
Welcome, all of you! It’s nice to see some new faces around here! 😃 –FCOD p.s. No, nobody would notice my absence. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/6 "2007-05-17T20:04:23Z")
I don’t think anyone would miss me either. Of course 90% of my posts are in GQ (I _must_ branch out), so I don’t think I’ve devolped a ‘personality’ yet. I haven’t really had any feuds with anyone, never been pitted, don’t have any specific area of expertise so no one is looking for _me_ to answer a question, I don’t hang around in 10 page long threads…etc etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/7 "2007-05-17T20:04:38Z")
I highly doubt it, but then I don’t tend to keep track of other posters either. I can’t think of any posts I’ve made that make me stand out or anything. Frankly I’d be shocked if anyone took notice of me at all. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/8 "2007-05-17T20:05:49Z")
No. I know because I have stopped a few times over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/9 "2007-05-17T20:06:00Z")
I sincerely doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/10 "2007-05-17T20:10:24Z")
Nobody would notice, well, except everyone wondering where the hell I went in the Mafia game. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/11 "2007-05-17T20:16:05Z")
They’d only notice if I started a post and didn’t f ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/12 "2007-05-17T20:16:13Z")
I suspect that after a year or so of no posts from me, somebody might say “Hey – that guy with the weird sig lines. Whatever happened to him?” Or “Hey – that was an optics question. Didn’t we have an optics guy, somewhere?” Or “What was the name of that obscure horror film? Wasn’t there somebody who knew a bunch of those?” But better than even odds they wouldn’t remember my name. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/13 "2007-05-17T20:17:21Z")
[QUOTE=velvetjones] I don’t really post enough and my posts aren’t all that memorable. Heck, you’ve forgotten this one before you’ve even finished reading it, haven’t you. Nope, no one would miss me. [/QUOTE] At least one person would. Likely several. I’d like to think that the same group would notice if I left. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/14 "2007-05-17T20:18:46Z")
Possibly, if a non-pit firearms or Freemason related thread happened in that time frame some of the regulars to those might notice. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/15 "2007-05-17T20:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] But better than even odds they wouldn’t remember my name. [/QUOTE] I’d notice after a while. Of the Durgin Park cohort, I think about all of you occasionally. In fact there are two who I haven’t seen post in quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/16 "2007-05-17T20:20:27Z")
no. Maybe I should make longer posts? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/17 "2007-05-17T20:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] “What was the name of that obscure horror film? Wasn’t there somebody who knew a bunch of those?” [/QUOTE] I’d remember you. Your style and areas of expertise are more distinctive than you realize. I’ve dropped off the board for a few months, and no one said anything. That was before I was in the weekly poker game; that crowd might notice if I disappeared now. Besides Lissa, who else is in the whatever-happened-to category? I sometimes wonder whatever became of SwimmingRiddles. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/18 "2007-05-17T20:23:47Z")
I’ve always assumed that I’m completely forgotten the moment I walk out of a room, wheather physically, or virtually. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/19 "2007-05-17T20:23:54Z")
Someone did notice when I didn’t post for a while, so I guess there’s at least one. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/20 "2007-05-17T20:25:43Z")
Not in the least. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=2)