# Post your goodbyes to the SDMB here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440 "2004-03-20T19:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/61 "2004-03-23T02:30:09Z")
Enough with the personal insults, **Moody Bastard**. Let me remind you that subscribers can still be banned. Keep it civil, folks . . . remember what forum you’re in. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/62 "2004-03-23T02:45:16Z")
> [@Skeezix](#): > > And in no particular order, I’d like to say, “So long, and thanks for all the fun,” to \… **Dooku** … :eek: !! I didn’t think anyone even knew who I was - quite an honor to be placed in that company. 🙂 Always enjoyed your posts too, **Skeezix**. You’ll be missed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/63 "2004-03-23T02:56:52Z")
Wow, there are some names on this list that I’m really going to miss, especially **MrVisible** , RexDart, and Peyote Coyote\*\*. I’m not going to pass any judgement on anyone’s reasons for leaving but the fabric of this board won’t be the same. Goodbye and take care. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/64 "2004-03-23T03:18:53Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I am certain I won’t really be missed in any substantial way. I hope in the past roughly seven years I’ve contributed something of value to someone (I do recall being cited in a law review article!!). And if you never manage to solve why it is “nine yards,” well, at least we all tried. 🙂 Well, this is quite wrong and false modesy - you will be missed, you’ve definitiely contributed a great deal of value (although rather waspishly from time to time;) ) and I’m sorry you’re not hanging around. By the way, was that my article on evenly divided courts you mean? Couldn’t remember if I’d sent you a copy. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/65 "2004-03-23T04:06:23Z")
Man, what an utterly depressing thread. I’ll be missing all you guys. (The people leaving that is) Be well. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/66 "2004-03-23T09:26:40Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > Enough with the personal insults, **Moody Bastard**. Let me remind you that subscribers can still be banned. > > Keep it civil, folks . . . remember what forum you’re in. > > **Cajun Man** > for the SDMB Thank you Cajun Man. That may have just swung me around to stay here. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/67 "2004-03-23T11:51:47Z")
I’m going to miss a lot of names on this list as well. I can understand those who have trouble with the idea of “paying to provide content”, though I don’t share that issue. I can understand those who just don’t participate enough anymore to make it worth $5. What I _really_ don’t get is the “it’s just a message board” response. To hear some people talk about it, there are dozens of message boards out there–and, for some, even local pubs full of real live people–where the collective depth and breadth of knowledge and the general depth and quality of discussion, not to mention the sense of community, are just as good as this one. All I can say is that those people are very lucky, because I haven’t found it myself, on or off the internet. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/68 "2004-03-23T11:52:50Z")
DSYoungEsq, you’ve never been to the Pit? Never ever? Did you mean never posted, or never even opened the forum? Either way, that’s pretty amazing. (Not sure why, just is…) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/69 "2004-03-23T17:20:58Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > To hear some people talk about it, there are dozens of message boards out there–and, for some, even local pubs full of real live people–where the collective depth and breadth of knowledge and the general depth and quality of discussion, not to mention the sense of community, are just as good as this one. All I can say is that those people are very lucky, because I haven’t found it myself, on or off the internet. > > Dr. J See, you’re getting way WAY more out of the board than I am. I see it as a repetitive list of people arguing about movies, trying to outgross each other, bickering about politics and asking the same dozen or so questions over and over and over. I can not only find that at any messageboard, I can find it at a pub, a restaurant, the grocery store, etc. People sorta bug me, and I don’t place as high a value on interacting with them I guess. For the record, I have been with the board since the AOL days, and have supported it heavily in the past. I own all the Straight Dope books and have re-purchased several of them to give as gifts. I’ve just sort of outgrown it, I suppose, and it never really came to mean as much to me as it did to many, many of the other people here. I’m really pleased to see so many people still placing a high value on it, but am sort of hurt and confused by the controversy, suspicion and name-calling (from both camps) that seems to have erupted. Here’s to hoping everyone is happy with their choices and makes the most of them! ::raises glass::\* \*Note: it is 9:30 in the morning here, so spirit-filled glass is imaginary. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/70 "2004-03-24T03:38:34Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > DSYoungEsq, you’ve never been to the Pit? Never ever? Did you mean never posted, or never even opened the forum? Either way, that’s pretty amazing. (Not sure why, just is…) **Lib** , it’s not that unusual. I don’t like the Pit much at all, myself - it’s where all the festering poisons drain to, and I rarely visit it. Don’t like seeing people I respect displaying that type of vitriol. In fact, I just ran a search on my name - in my nearly 5 years and 3,900+ posts, I have a total of 5 posts in the Pit - and of those, I think 3 were to threads that got moved there after the conversation degenerated. I’m just a Mundane-Questioning-Debating kinda guy, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/71 "2004-03-24T13:54:00Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > I’ll try and give you an answer **Weirddave** , one that I’ve seen expressed a few times and I feel somewhat myself. It’s the fact that we’re essentially paying to provide content. All the dope columns are free. The staff reports are free. Reading the boards is free. Some people leaving if asked to pay for that content, and what valuable content it is, would do so and do so happily and understandingly. Especially for the columns and reports which really are actually products. > > But what they want us to pay for, from one viewpoint, is the ability to provide them with their own copyrighted content. Not that I’ve seen them use the text from this site in any real manner. A rare quote here and there for Cecil’s column and nothing more but it still rubs some people the wrong way. Anyway paying to provide others with content just feels wrong. It feels backwards. And that’s why some people would have problems with it even if it were just a penny. See, and this attitude is what I DON’T understand. We’re not **paying to provide content** …we’re **paying to exchange ideas with other intelligent people**. If all the people who have this particular issue want to do is write essays for other people to read, they should have them on their own web space anyhow. I find it depressing that people really HAVE been using this board just to basically hear the sound of their own voices. It kind of confirms Pittings that have accused folks of not being willing to listen to others’ points-of-view. And THAT, my friends, is _sad_. The people who are leaving, not out of some grand philosophical statement, but just because they wanna? You’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/72 "2004-04-12T06:47:30Z")
For various reasons I’ve discussed in several other (mostly Pit) threads, I will not be subscribing either. I don’t think I’m all that known here, but if anyone is looking for me, they can find me at my site [here](http://www.slackercentral.com). Later on! Chris ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440/73 "2004-04-12T12:29:26Z")
To any Dopers who aren’t staying because they _can’t_ pay, please note my Promotional Offer. To the rest of youse, well, have fun out there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-goodbyes-to-the-sdmb-here/235440.md?page=3)