# Rate your own popularity on the Dope. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153 "2009-12-06T02:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/1 "2009-12-06T02:23:25Z")
How popular do you think you are here? How many people do you think recognize your name and remember who you are? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/2 "2009-12-06T02:24:59Z")
Bigger then Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/3 "2009-12-06T02:37:21Z")
Bigger than Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/4 "2009-12-06T02:57:00Z")
“Popular” and “name recognition” are not the same thing. You hang around a place for eight years, you expect a few people have seen your name (but if you change it, you’re sort of back to Square One), but that doesn’t mean anything about how much they _like_ you. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/5 "2009-12-06T03:00:02Z")
If people know my name, I am not doing it right. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/6 "2009-12-06T03:01:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Popular” and “name recognition” are not the same thing. You hang around a place for eight years, you expect a few people have seen your name (but if you change it, you’re sort of back to Square One), but that doesn’t mean anything about how much they _like_ you. I don’t mean popular as in “like you” I mean popular as in well known. Sorry for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/7 "2009-12-06T03:03:27Z")
I imagine a couple people recognize my name by now, but I haven’t been here for very long, so I could very well be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/8 "2009-12-06T03:43:48Z")
I picked “a few.” I think hardly anyone knows me on the Dope, but maybe there’s someone. Anyone care to admit “Oh, yeah, kidneyfailure, that name is familiar to me”? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/9 "2009-12-06T03:48:41Z")
Don’t we need an option between 10 and 20? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/10 "2009-12-06T03:49:43Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > I imagine a couple people recognize my name by now, but I haven’t been here for very long, so I could very well be wrong. Oh, we know you from the photo thread. 😃 We won’t forget. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/11 "2009-12-06T03:55:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Don’t we need an option between 10 and 20? I have the piece of paper still on my desk where I tried and tried to come up with the best options. Finally I gave up and just picked some but I see now that yes, there should have been another option. > [@kidneyfailure](#): > > I picked “a few.” I think hardly anyone knows me on the Dope, but maybe there’s someone. Anyone care to admit “Oh, yeah, kidneyfailure, that name is familiar to me”? I definitely know your name. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/12 "2009-12-06T03:59:32Z")
I put 20+. I believe my handle here is one that is innately easy to remember and recognize, so thinking that more than 20 people would remember my name is not hard to imagine. Whether or not these 20+ people actually care or are excited at what I have to say is another matter. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/13 "2009-12-06T03:59:45Z")
I picked a “few”, only because I’ve attended a few local DopeFests. Although, I’m not sure they’d associate my handle with my face. 😉 Doesn’t matter, I’m here for the company, not the popularity. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/14 "2009-12-06T04:00:06Z")
I said some. I honestly don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/15 "2009-12-06T04:01:30Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I picked a “few”, only because I’ve attended a few local DopeFests. Although, I’m not sure they’d associate my handle with my face. 😉 > > Doesn’t matter, I’m here for the company, not the popularity. Actually, most of us know you. You’re one of our more colorful personalities. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/16 "2009-12-06T04:02:12Z")
I put 1-2 but who knows. I think I’m not funny enough to be popular, nor am I volatile or obsessed with one issue or prone to random mental breakdowns so I certainly won’t be remembered as one of the crazy ones. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/17 "2009-12-06T04:16:43Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Actually, most of us know you. You’re one of our more colorful personalities. 😃 I don’t get **it.** 😕 😉 FWIW, I recognize your name, and I think **Antinor01** underestimates his familiarity. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/18 "2009-12-06T04:20:57Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I don’t get **it.** 😕 > > 😉 > > FWIW, I recognize your name, and I think **Antinor01** underestimates his familiarity. Possibly, but I tend to do that. It’s hard for me to really feel part of…well anything. (Heh, I’m not trolling for sympathy, honest) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/19 "2009-12-06T04:22:07Z")
" A Couple, 1-2". I have a distant relative on the boards\*, and I pissed off at least one other person. - we share a mother and father. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/20 "2009-12-06T04:26:10Z")
A hell of a lot, for all the wrong reasons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153.md?page=2)