# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/201 "2007-05-19T16:05:30Z")
Nope. But I wouldn’t expect anyone to. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/202 "2007-05-19T16:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Hi Opal! You are that Opal right? [/QUOTE] Yeah that’s me. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/203 "2007-05-19T16:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] I do recognize your username. [/QUOTE] You’re kidding! Usually my comments are pretty innocuous - I’m not generally controversial enough to be memorable. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/204 "2007-05-19T17:29:00Z")
The MMP crew might miss me, and I think **Bosda** would heave a small sign of relief. 🙂 ---
**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 19, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/205 "2007-05-19T17:38:47Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] I didn’t post for about a year and I don’t think anyone noticed. (Although I didn’t check so I really don’t know.) [/QUOTE] **missbunny**! Long time, no see, literally. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/206 "2007-05-19T19:12:39Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] …? Do you know her? Because she just started posting again, like today. She had gone off to lick her wounds for a while after the big pit thread, I think. **olivesmarch4th**. [/QUOTE] Ohh, I see. I missed most of that pit thread. I just remember seeing her name all the time for a while and then not. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/207 "2007-05-19T19:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > And **OpalCat** , for a long time I assumed you were a permanently departed great. I saw “Hi, Opal!” everywhere but never anything from you. Yes, that was my impression as well till I bumped into her at the SDMB wine club. Now that I’m writing my dissertation (which generally means staying home surfing the net and watching Animal Planet.) I seem to run into her all the time. I wouldn’t have noticed before, but I would notice now. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/208 "2007-05-19T19:30:24Z")
I think I would be noticed in various kinds of threads I tend to frequent, but I doubt anyone just be out walking one day and suddenly go “Hmmm I wonder where Improv Geek is? He hasn’t posted in a while.” – IG ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/209 "2007-05-19T21:01:47Z")
[QUOTE=Improv Geek] I think I would be noticed in various kinds of threads I tend to frequent, but I doubt anyone just be out walking one day and suddenly go “Hmmm I wonder where Improv Geek is? He hasn’t posted in a while.” – IG [/QUOTE] We missed you today at the DopeFest ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/210 "2007-05-19T21:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] We missed you today at the DopeFest ☹ [/QUOTE] :smack: Aw crap, I knew I forgot something. I had issues at work and I didn’t even check my calendar. I got a call while I was at home that my cashier for tonight called in, so I had to find coverage and shuffle some employees around. Well doesn’t that just suck. But it’s good to know I was missed at least. – IG ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/211 "2007-05-20T00:52:50Z")
I don’t think anyone would notice if I died, much less stopped posting. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/212 "2007-05-20T01:25:41Z")
No, not me. I post mostly in cat threads and sympathy/celebration threads and Florida threads. Most of the friends I’ve made here are members of satellite boards and would probably notice if I stopped posting on those boards much more than here. I stopped posting here for almost a year and no one ever posted “Whatever happened to…” for me. **LouisB** , I think I’d notice if you were gone, because I kind of keep mental tabs on the other Floridopers. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/213 "2007-05-20T03:08:52Z")
I’d like to think somebody would notice something missing from the patio. > [@](#): > > And OpalCat, for a long time I assumed you were a permanently departed great. I saw “Hi, Opal!” everywhere but never anything from you. If she ever leaves for good, we’ll have to change obligatory list item #3 to “Bye, Opal!”. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/214 "2007-05-20T03:11:31Z")
Nup. I’m a bigger reader than poster. But there are a plethora of posters I would miss if they stopped posting. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/215 "2007-05-20T04:30:02Z")
I regularly start threads for a number of TV shows, so somebody might say, “hey, where is she? She should have put that thing up by now…” I think. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/216 "2007-05-20T05:16:37Z")
Well people would get a lot of chemistry stuff wrong if I weren’t here but I don’t think they’d know it 'cause no one would tell them. OK I’m not that integral, and real chemistry problems rarely come up but sometimes I feel like they need a little push in the right direction to get it right. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/217 "2007-05-20T06:01:57Z")
I just want to let you know that I love you all! Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but damnit-all I want to spread the love! ---
**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:** [May 20, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/218 "2007-05-20T06:15:09Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I just want to let you know that I love you all! Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but damnit-all I want to spread the love! [/QUOTE] Is this a drunken post? Cause you’re supposed to be working on the update to the Floridope, not getting more drunk! ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/219 "2007-05-20T07:01:36Z")
I highly doubt anyone would notice if I were gone. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/220 "2007-05-20T21:58:46Z")
Notice? A few might. Care? Virtually none. Or maybe I’m just projecting, since I don’t take a great deal of notice of people’s posting habits myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=12)