# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/81 "2007-05-17T23:16:12Z")
Me? Nope. Although, come to think of it, I haven’t heard from FairyChatsMom in a while. Whatever happened to her? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/82 "2007-05-17T23:26:16Z")
Like others have said, I’d be missed in the MMP and I have proof. About three weeks ago I didn’t post in the MMP for _two whole days_, the horror! :eek: I actually got several emails wanting to know what was wrong. I felt those heart cockles warmin’ let me tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/83 "2007-05-17T23:38:43Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/84 "2007-05-17T23:39:39Z")
:looks at Join Date: :looks at Posts: Why would anyone notice?!? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/85 "2007-05-18T00:02:53Z")
Not a bit. I was in Taiwan for a month and a half last fall and for some reason the SDMB was blocked on the computers that I had access. When I returned to the states someone messed up the list of sites for my favorites on my computer and the SDMB was left in purgatory at the bottom of the list, I rarely venture down there unless I am looking for something. While bored one day during Christmas break, I remembered the SDMB and dropped in. Did a vanity search and found zip point zilch. While in Taiwan, I was working on the [Dreamlifter](http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/news/2007/q1/070216c_pr.html) and had hoped to post some stuff about the plane and Taipei. By Christmas it was old news to me and I figured no one would be interested. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/86 "2007-05-18T00:08:25Z")
[QUOTE=quilter] :looks at Join Date: :looks at Posts: Why would anyone notice?!? [/QUOTE] You never know. The throwaway joke you post just might be the thing that picks someone up at the end of a long hard day, and maybe because of that they decide things aren’t so bad after all, and one butterfly effect later you have yourself a changed destiny. And they always remember that username and smile when they see that post from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Chaos theory, and all that. As to the OP: Not a chance. I post sporadically as it is, because RL is a beast sometimes. Cost me a real bad lynching too. It was… inconvenient. As for me, I don’t know anyone on the boards personally but I’d notice if a fair amount of posters stopped posting, too many to name individually. Conversation here is great, once you get through that initiation. I still can’t go near a goat any more without thinking of… that… night… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/87 "2007-05-18T00:29:13Z")
Only if someone starts a thread about the band **VNV Nation**. Otherwise, no one would notice, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/88 "2007-05-18T00:44:38Z")
[QUOTE=Idle Thoughts] Yeah, that’s what helps me believe nobody would notice. I’ve gone months without posting already. [/QUOTE] I noticed when you were gone, it took a while, but I bump an old thread of yours to see where you were and because I was hoping for an update. **Telperien** , I am one of the ones that would miss you, I have you filed away under fellow Tolkien poster. The extra clever one with poems and humorous posts. BTW: It wasn’t a surprise, but I miss **FinnAgain**. I hope he comes out of his self-imposed hiatus soon. **Sunspace** : I would miss in the Green/Global Warming threads, Speaking of which, if I was reading/posting into a Global Warming thread and \*\*Jshore \*\* didn’t show up, I would get worried. That man is a genius and a true expert. **Winston Smith** , I would eventual miss you, it might take a few weeks, but I would notice. **fachverwirrt** , 😃 **Risha** , I would miss you, but honestly it would take a while. I did notice \*\*Caridwen \*\* is missing, hopefully she is doing okay, but I find myself in a lot of threads with her. Anyone know if she is okay? I know I would miss **WhyNot** , again mostly for green threads, but I would miss her presence. There is a large list of posters that I would notice after a while if they went missing. The quickest (that I have not already mentioned) would be QtM, Silenus, LOUNE, BrainGlutton, Elendil’s Heir, Marley23 & Hal Briston. The list is a lot larger after that. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/89 "2007-05-18T00:45:56Z")
Around twice a year I decide to start exercising again and post a question about it on the dope. If I end up starting another one of these threads, then I would notice if \*\*ultrafilter \*\*doesn’t reply. ---
**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 18, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/90 "2007-05-18T01:07:49Z")
[QUOTE=Yag Rannavach] No. [/QUOTE] Actually, I did notice that you subscribed after you said you wouldn’t. I considered bringing up the old threads you left but decided against it. So while I might not notice if you left (since you told us you were going to), I did notice you come back. And I do take note of your posts. As for missing people, I miss **PRR** and **Oakminster**. As for being missed, I doubt it. But is that a bad thing? Sometimes I think that some of the people that are missed are pretty controversial and I try not to be controversial. So not being missed may not be a bad thing unless the controversy surrounding me is so bad that people don’t miss me because they wanted me gone. But if that’s the case, I might stay just to spite them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/91 "2007-05-18T01:20:28Z")
Nah, nobody would notice if I dropped out. Cheers, G ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/92 "2007-05-18T01:45:27Z")
Heck, even _I_ don’t notice when I haven’t posted in awhile. I spend most of my time in Cafe Society. I read many threads but usually have nothing to offer that hasn’t already been posted so I just lurk. I also have no regular scheduled time on the board. I just pop in occasionally. During the blizzard back in February I did go on quite the posting spree while stuck in the house for two days. I’ve never really opened up enough here to give any hint of my personality, so there’s really nothing that people would attach to my username to make them miss me. Sometimes I will have some sort of drama or issues that I think about posting (a huge and heartbreaking one recently involving my son) for opinions or just some support, however I usually talk myself down from it thinking that my drama or crisis will probably not be of much interest to anyone else. Oh, and as this post suggests, I have a bad habit of rambling on in response to what could have been a simple yes or no question, yet another reason I refrain much of the time, so as not to annoy others 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/93 "2007-05-18T01:50:15Z")
Only if I’d been posting a lot on specific topics and then suddenly stopped participating in that kind of thread. It’s not like anyone would go into mourning, though. Someone else would come along shortly to take my place. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/94 "2007-05-18T01:51:58Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/95 "2007-05-18T01:56:17Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/96 "2007-05-18T02:12:44Z")
I let my account lapse for about four months a few years ago. A couple of people noticed, but they were people that I knew offline. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/97 "2007-05-18T02:16:18Z")
I doubt it. Unless I was in the middle of a Mafia game. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/98 "2007-05-18T02:32:00Z")
[QUOTE=Cerowyn] Well, at least this explains why you’re not replying to my emails. :dubious: [/QUOTE] :eek: I’ve just gotten online with a new computer after four months of cadging time on borrowed machines, but I’ve been checking my webmail fairly regularly. I must apologise if I missed you: by the end of last week, I had 2500 messages in one vast glob to wade through. I just rechecked and found your message of April 19th! :smack: I’ll reply by email. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/99 "2007-05-18T02:36:42Z")
Nope. Sometimes I think I am the only one that can read the posts I _do_ make 😉 But, I am not prolific, controversial, or a big contributor, so there’s no reason anyone would notice my absence. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/100 "2007-05-18T02:52:54Z")
No. I don’t believe I’d be missed at all. I don’t post that much, and rarely on anything of controversy or of note. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=6)