# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/141 "2007-05-18T14:13:59Z")
I’ve noticed that **Sauron** and **Aries28** haven’t posted in a long time and hope they’re simply busy with life it’s ownself. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/142 "2007-05-18T14:18:07Z")
I have taken several extended breaks from posting since I joined back in 2003, usually during football season. After the longest one of them **NoClueBoy** mentioned[in this post](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6809973&postcount=85) that he remembered me. That meant a lot, enough so that I thanked him when I came back to posting. As for others, I simply don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/143 "2007-05-18T14:20:36Z")
\*\*What Exit?, \*\* I think you have me confused with someone else. 😃 While my name is from Tolkien and I do write poetry, none of my poems have been where a Doper would have seen them. No harm done, though. ---
**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, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/144 "2007-05-18T14:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] \*\*What Exit?, \*\* I think you have me confused with someone else. 😃 While my name is from Tolkien and I do write poetry, none of my poems have been where a Doper would have seen them. No harm done, though. [/QUOTE] :smack: I am thinking of **Terrifel** , but I would still eventually notice you were gone. Jim ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/145 "2007-05-18T14:24:26Z")
If I stopped posting, there would be much wailing and rending of garments. Mostly by me, but that counts, doesn’t it? ---
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/146 "2007-05-18T14:25:44Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] 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 \* 😉 [/QUOTE] I’ve seen **Dung Beetle** around too. The fact that I couldn’t even remember how to spell **Jayn** shows how long it’s been since I’ve seen her. And I’d definitely notice your absence. We tend to post to a lot of the same threads. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/147 "2007-05-18T14:32:50Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] As for missing people, I miss **PRR** and **Oakminster**. 😃 [/QUOTE] PRR — Like I would miss a large abcess on my posterior . Oakminster – That guy had an awesome sense of humour . Not appreciated by many but funny none the less. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/148 "2007-05-18T14:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] :smack: I am thinking of **Terrifel** , but I would still eventually notice you were gone. Jim [/QUOTE] Hee! I had thought this name, unlike my old one, was confusion-proof, but I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/149 "2007-05-18T14:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] Are you kidding? I’m Mr. Cellophane. If I posted incontrovertible proof of God’s existence including his cell number, e-mail address and photos of him shaking hands with Elvis I’d be ignored. \*\*I could post the definitive solution to global warming that was not only easy to do but cost effective with immediate results and the silence would be deafening. \*\* God, I’m depressed now. Just ignore me. [/QUOTE] Are you [Amory Lovins](http://www.rmi.org/)? See, I noticed. Who am I? Nobody. I don’t think people would notice or ask if I stopped posting. I thought about creating a big kerfuffle over something, then disappearing to leave a lasting impression. Oh, wait, that’s called a flameout and, well, that’s just not my style. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/150 "2007-05-18T15:15:32Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] If I stopped posting, there would be much wailing and rending of garments. Mostly by me, but that counts, doesn’t it? [/QUOTE] Yes, of course it does. :: pats **silenus** on the head:: ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/151 "2007-05-18T15:21:00Z")
Nope. Honestly, I’d be surprised if anyone here even knew who I was, let alone notice if I stopped posting. Perhaps it’s time for another “do you know me” game. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/152 "2007-05-18T15:23:41Z")
I usually avoid posting in a thread unless I’ve read through the posts fairly well. In this case, I’ve only skimmed over the names of the posters. I can’t claim to recognize every one of you, but there are a lot I recognize and most I have a mental miage for. ( **tdn** and **alice\_in\_[del]underwear[/del]\_wonderland** I’ve seen pictures of, so I have psuedoavatars for them. Anyway, I probably wouldn’t notice immediately if any one of you were to stop altogether, but I read what you post and… well… I just love you guys so much. I really mean that. Can someone call me a cab? I think I dropped my car keys in the pool table! ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/153 "2007-05-18T15:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Not unless “heaving a sigh of relief” counts as “noticing”. Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] I suspect that I’d notice, **Shodan** … and there would be no sigh of relief on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/154 "2007-05-18T15:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] I suspect that I’d notice, **Shodan** … and there would be no sigh of relief on my part. [/QUOTE] Ditto on both counts. ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/155 "2007-05-18T15:45:03Z")
Well, thank you, **JThunder**! But you aren’t one of the group of which I was thinking. 😉 And speaking of which, I see that **Left Hand of Dorkness** has posted again after a period during which I didn’t see him. Regards, Shodan ---
**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, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/156 "2007-05-18T15:46:32Z")
Whoops, **Sarahfeena** snuck one in ahead of me. But she already knows I would miss _her_. 😃 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/157 "2007-05-18T15:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] I’ll usually show up in electrical threads since that’s what I do, but I doubt if anyone would notice if I stopped posting. Speaking of missing… The hell’s **Crafterman**? 😃 [/QUOTE] You called? 🙂 ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/158 "2007-05-18T15:47:31Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] I can name one thing about you, **Roadfood**. You’re named after that Guess Who album, _So Long Bannatyne_, right? [/QUOTE] \ \ \ \. And fishbicycle wins the prize! ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/159 "2007-05-18T15:50:08Z")
Probably not. I notice most people’s usernames, but don’t necessarily think of them later. So if I were to remember someone’s name, I might think hey I haven’t seen so and so… ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503/160 "2007-05-18T15:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=SiXSwordS] **alice\_in\_[del]underwear[/del]\_wonderland** I’ve seen pictures of, [/QUOTE] You’ve seen a picture of my in my underwear? Or you’ve seen _ME_ in my underwear? I are confused. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503.md?page=9)