# How long have YOU been ignored on the web? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917 "2012-01-09T12:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![john1939](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@john1939](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john1939)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/21 "2012-01-09T18:18:43Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Where did you get the information that Lincoln had only two people on his White House staff? Haven’t heard that before. Gore Vidal’s “Lincoln” ---
**Author:** ![john1939](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@john1939](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john1939)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/22 "2012-01-09T18:20:33Z")
> [@aerodave](#): > > Well … and call me Shirley… I’ve had this place figured all wrong for 10 years. I’m wrong again. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/23 "2012-01-09T18:23:57Z")
> [@aerodave](#): > > Well fuck my cunt and call me Shirley… I’ve had this place figured all wrong for 10 years. I just snorted fucking Perrier all over my keyboard. 😃 (Usually obscenities and bad behaviour are to be found - encouraged, even - in the Pit.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/24 "2012-01-09T18:27:44Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **john1939**. We are not here to serve as a means of driving traffic to your site, so I have removed the link you provided. Per our [registration agreement](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423183): > [@](#): > > This message board is intended as a medium for public discussion. Do not post spam, including but not limited to advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, solicitations, offers to trade or barter, charitable appeals, or other messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Straight Dope-related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved. Do not post spam in your signature or send it via the SDMB’s “private message” feature. We allow exceptions for worthy causes (in our sole opinion) if you obtain prior permission from a moderator or administrator. We do not require prior approval for non-commercial gift exchanges, e.g., “secret Santa” exchanges. CLM and its agents, including the administrators and moderators of the Straight Dope Message Board, make no representation that they have investigated or vetted charitable appeals, gift exchanges, and similar activities promoted on this board or groups or individuals associated with them. We do not vouch for, monitor, sponsor, endorse, or have any formal association with such activities. Proceed at your own risk. Please review the registration agreement if you haven’t already done so. Again, welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay here. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/25 "2012-01-09T18:29:19Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > He doesn’t look purple but could he be a troll? **brittekland** , it is against the rules to call someone a troll outside the Pit. Please don’t do this again. No warning issued. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![john1939](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@john1939](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john1939)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/26 "2012-01-09T18:37:47Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I just snorted … Perrier all over my keyboard. 😃 > > (Usually obscenities and bad behaviour are to be found - encouraged, even - in the Pit.) Obscenities used in that way are gratuitous Didn’t know I was in the “Pit” ---
**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:** [January 9, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/27 "2012-01-09T18:43:07Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > What’s “OP”? OP means either the original post in a thread or the original poster in the thread. As others have noted, there are numerous places on the internet where people can interact. So you need to figure out a way to make people decide to go to your site. The easiest way is to form a connection with something that already has an audience. This site, for example, was founded around the readers of an existing newspaper column. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/28 "2012-01-09T18:46:27Z")
Oh no! Its John1939! Quick everybody, hide! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/29 "2012-01-09T18:47:50Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > Obscenities used in that way are gratuitous > > Didn’t know I was in the “Pit” Yes, they are. 😃 Intentionally, in that case. You’re not in the Pit. Swearing (aka obscenities) is allowed on these fora, although there are rules about how and when they can be used, mostly related to personal insults. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/30 "2012-01-09T18:51:04Z")
For someone who claims to be on the WWW since [del]1976[/del] 1996, your naivete of basic message board web terms, let along using a message board, speaks more volumes than what you actually post. I visited your blog. I suggest you spend a considerable amount of time reading the posts on the SDMB as a way to learn how to write a convincing argument. Otherwise your blog will end up like the other 99 percent of blogs on the web. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/31 "2012-01-09T19:03:53Z")
> [@aerodave](#): > > Well fuck my cunt and call me Shirley… I’ve had this place figured all wrong for 10 years. Shirley, you can’t be serious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/32 "2012-01-09T19:07:43Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > Thanks to (most) all of you - good advice, I’ll take it. > > Your suspicion credits me with having more savvy than I (clearly) posses. Apology to you and mods for wondering… All the oddities just seemed uncanny to be accident but apparently it could happen. Well, you gave me a great crack up this morning and I thank you for it. Welcome, if you are staying despite the ever present “obscenities” around here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/33 "2012-01-09T20:37:48Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > Or maybe it’s just ME. > > Since I discovered the www in 1976 I’ve purchased domains and hosted forums and blogs, and social applications in an attempt bring folks together for pleasant and civil discourse. > > Dozens of domains - scores of apps and to date not ONE person has registered and joined in with me. SHEESH!!! Talk about being the Invisible Man?? > > Is it me or have others had the same experience? > > Don’t feel bad about not responding - you’ll join BILLIONs who have not. Man, it would have been PERFECT if no one had responded to this thread at all. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/34 "2012-01-10T10:32:28Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Man, it would have been PERFECT if no one had responded to this thread at all. :mad: Damn. I’m sorry again. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/35 "2012-01-10T14:42:18Z")
This thread goes on my SDNTL(Straight Dope Notable Thread List) coz even after rereading for the third time and despite getting ‘warned’, it works better than my anti-depressant. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/36 "2012-01-10T17:19:31Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > Or maybe it’s just ME. > > Since I discovered the www in 1976 I’ve purchased domains and hosted forums and blogs, and social applications in an attempt bring folks together for pleasant and civil discourse. > > Dozens of domains - scores of apps and to date not ONE person has registered and joined in with me. SHEESH!!! Talk about being the Invisible Man?? > > Is it me or have others had the same experience? > > Don’t feel bad about not responding - you’ll join BILLIONs who have not. Were most of your efforts prior to the year 2000? Maybe part of your problem is there weren’t that many people going online in 1976. Also, you may want to post a public listing of your domains somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![john1939](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@john1939](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john1939)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/37 "2012-01-11T15:19:38Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Man, it would have been PERFECT if no one had responded to this thread at all. :mad: I certainly agree and wish I had never started it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![john1939](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@john1939](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john1939)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/38 "2012-01-13T18:08:32Z")
[Sarcasm] Thank you for your warm welcome [sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/39 "2012-01-13T18:20:42Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > Obscenities used in that way are gratuitous Yes, but used in other ways there is a minimal fee. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917/40 "2012-01-13T18:24:37Z")
> [@john1939](#): > > [Sarcasm] Thank you for your warm welcome [sarcasm] If you stick it put, you’ll feel the love… however vicious it may be… I’d say stay out of the pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-ignored-on-the-web/608917.md?page=3)