# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/101 "2007-05-18T02:57:06Z")
I’ve occasionally gone a few weeks without posting for various reasons and, as far as I can tell, nobody noticed my absense. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/102 "2007-05-18T03:11:56Z")
Not a chance. I keep below the radar in most cases, having taken some years to rack up the same number of posts that many do in a few months. If anyone would wonder where I was, it might be someone who shares one of my pet topics such as Portuguese, Brazil, or Naval nuclear power. I’m sure everyone is familiar with “the usual suspects” with their own pet topics. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/103 "2007-05-18T03:17:27Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Most folks don’t notice when I _do_ post, so I don’t suppose anyone would notice if I stopped. 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s what I was going to say- see I don’t even need to post at all! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/104 "2007-05-18T03:18:36Z")
I think my absence would be noticed. Just slightly below the level that people would notice if their preferred sub-brand of toothpaste wasn’t at the store (“Hmm…did they sell out, or did they stop making it or something? Eh…I’ll just get the generic stuff. It’s just as good—hey, a sale on floss! _I_ use floss!”). In short, I invite anyone to tell me if they’d miss my posts more than they’d miss budget dental floss. Even a little. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/105 "2007-05-18T03:26:45Z")
I stopped posting for six months recently, intending to be gone for good. I didn’t make a big deal of it because I think that goodbye and hello threads are silly. I got some e-mails about it and found some posts about it when I came back. So, some people noticed. As a side note, posting (and reading) breaks are good for some longtimers. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/106 "2007-05-18T03:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=minor7flat5] I’m sure everyone is familiar with “the usual suspects” with their own pet topics. [/QUOTE] I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/107 "2007-05-18T03:46:27Z")
I’d bet real money that if I stopped posting, not one single doper would _ever_ notice. I’d also bet that **whynot** couldn’t name one personal thing about me (see post #60). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/108 "2007-05-18T03:48:28Z")
People hardly ever notice when I _do_ post, so no. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/109 "2007-05-18T03:49:05Z")
I can name one thing about you, **Roadfood**. You’re named after that Guess Who album, _So Long Bannatyne_, right? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/110 "2007-05-18T03:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=Roadfood] I’d bet real money that if I stopped posting, not one single doper would _ever_ notice. I’d also bet that **whynot** couldn’t name one personal thing about me (see post #60). [/QUOTE] Nope, I can’t. Nor can I about several of the other posters who posted after me. I do, however, like your username. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/111 "2007-05-18T03:56:51Z")
I might eventually be missed in the MMP. Or in the cat threads. Other than that, no one notices me. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/112 "2007-05-18T04:09:13Z")
Much to my surprise, my 2-months absence after only 2 months on the board was noticed. I guess volume does matter. Thanks. You know who you are! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/113 "2007-05-18T04:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=yellowval] By the way, I’ve thought of telling you this before, **tdn** (and haven’t), but your posts are often the highlight of my day. You’ve made me outright giggle before, for crying in the night, and I’m soooo not the giggling type. Thanks for that. 🙂 [/QUOTE] 🙂 I like you too. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/114 "2007-05-18T04:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] 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. [/QUOTE] I think you’re pretty neat, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/115 "2007-05-18T04:29:41Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **Risha** , I would miss you, but honestly it would take a while. [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, I’m neither surprised nor disappointed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/116 "2007-05-18T04:30:12Z")
I’m insignificant. My postings have only recently been expanded to MPSIMS, otherwise I’m a strict GQ Cafe Society type of guy. Probably when I am done with my dissertation I will go back to my lurking ways. I know you, but you don’t know me HAHAHAHAHAHA [/manical laughter] ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/117 "2007-05-18T04:39:05Z")
Some day, we’ll ALL be gone, and eventually no one will have ever heard of us. Any of us. Disappeared into the mists of time. Except for me, of course. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/118 "2007-05-18T05:00:22Z")
[Kansas]All we are is dust in the wind[/Kansas] ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/119 "2007-05-18T07:53:02Z")
Nope. They don’t notice when I do write, why would they notice when I don’t? ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/120 "2007-05-18T08:11:05Z")
I doubt it. I don’t post often enough. Damned work getting in the way of Doping! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=7)