# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/121 "2007-05-18T08:20:57Z")
I’d like to think I’d be missed eventually, but probably not…and probably only by the admin folks when my subscription was due for payment. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/122 "2007-05-18T08:21:21Z")
If someone noticed I stopped posting,. that means I have been posting way too much, which would mean I need to get a life,. which would mean I need to stop posting,. which I would have stopped long enough for someone to notice,. which means the intervention already took place. ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/123 "2007-05-18T08:47:53Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Eh. I did stop posting, for about two months. Even let my subscription lapse. Nobody noticed except for someone who’s my friend outside of the SDMB. ☹ [/QUOTE] It was noticed. At least, _I_ noticed. Does it count, coming as it does from one of the least visible posters? I tend to wonder about Dopers with memorable names if I haven’t seen them around for a while, and may fret vaguely and hope that everything’s OK. I guess the fretting just isn’t strong enough to cause me to start a thread, and there’s always the feeling that the absent Doper is probably having a high old time in a thread that I just never opened. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/124 "2007-05-18T11:54:25Z")
A couple of people noticed when I took an unannounced break, so maybe that would happen again. I’d kind of wish for the opposite though - to be able to slip away unheeded. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/125 "2007-05-18T12:18:21Z")
People would suspect I was up to something evil. The menfolk would quietly cock their guns. The womenfolk would nervously check that no one was stealing their knickers. ---
**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, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/126 "2007-05-18T12:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] People would suspect I was up to something evil. The menfolk would quietly cock their guns. The womenfolk would nervously check that no one was stealing their knickers. [/QUOTE] I would be watching the skies for evil flying monkeys. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/127 "2007-05-18T12:34:08Z")
They hardly notice when I do post. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/128 "2007-05-18T12:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] A couple of people noticed when I took an unannounced break, so maybe that would happen again. [/QUOTE] Like who? Prove it! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/129 "2007-05-18T12:46:31Z")
I just wanted to mention that I’ve noticed many persons of the _henching_ persuasion in this thread. I’d like each and every one of you to know that I would (indeed) “notice” if you stopped posting. And of course, by “notice” I mean I’d have you drug back to the Volcano and tortured. You know who you are. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/130 "2007-05-18T12:53:41Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Like who? Prove it! [/QUOTE] Nobody important. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/131 "2007-05-18T12:54:25Z")
Say, has anyone heard of **HokkaidoBrit** lately? With all great support I had last year with everything that happened, I suspect that people would wonder for a while how we’re doing. Normally, I don’t contribute that much, other than a particular religion and whenever my adopted country comes up. Of course, someone has to say it, but while there may be debates if _people_ notice if you stop, but there is no question who would be missed by the sheep. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/132 "2007-05-18T12:57:21Z")
I already know they wouldn’t. I didn’t re-up my charter membership either last year or the year before, and was lurking occasionally for six months. All sort of threads I usually participated in actively occurred, a couple NASA threads, most of a season of The Amazing Race. I don’t think anyone even mentioned me, during my absence or upon my return. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/133 "2007-05-18T12:58:25Z")
I honestly don’t know. I supposed that my absence might be noted in the pro-life/pro-choice threads. P.S. Who are you people? ---
**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, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/134 "2007-05-18T13:06:27Z")
I have noticed that neither **Dung Beetle** nor **Jayne\_Newell** have posted to this thread yet. In fact, has anyone seen Jayne at all lately? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/135 "2007-05-18T13:10:46Z")
Nah. Little of what I say is of enough interest to stick with anyone, and my relatively narrow areas of expertise doesn’t make me much of a GQ player, so my disappearance likely wouldn’t ripple the genepool any. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/136 "2007-05-18T13:41:32Z")
Not unless “heaving a sigh of relief” counts as “noticing”. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/137 "2007-05-18T13:45:07Z")
Only Badchad would notice… ---
**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, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/138 "2007-05-18T13:57:07Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I have noticed that neither **Dung Beetle** nor **Jayne\_Newell** have posted to this thread yet. In fact, has anyone seen Jayne at all lately? [/QUOTE] Well I have see \*\*Dung Beetle \*\* in several threads recently, I don’t know about Jayne\_Newell, but **[Jayn\_Newell](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/member.php?u=43298)** \*Last Activity: 05-03-2007 07:24 PM \* 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/139 "2007-05-18T14:11:32Z")
**bobbio and boofae** , c’mon how could we miss the regular fire-eatin and fire-beatin stories. As all the other MMPers have said, I think I’d be noticed come up missin sooner or later. Anybody seen that fella **rue**??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/140 "2007-05-18T14:11:55Z")
I’m POSITIVE that if I stopped posting there would be much gnashing of teeth in the outer darkness. No. Really. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=8)