# 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:** 3
**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, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/41 "2009-12-06T07:59:37Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > I recognize you **kidneyfailure**. You’ll always be the guy whose kidneys failed several of his past girlfriends. 😃 That was only once, dammit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/42 "2009-12-06T08:47:27Z")
I’m pretty sure plenty of Dopers know who I am. Ain’t voting, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/43 "2009-12-06T10:19:20Z")
1. Which probably isn’t true, I imagine a few people from the WoW guild here recognize me, but meh, I voted 0 and I’m sticking with it. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/44 "2009-12-06T10:59:54Z")
Little 'ole thread killer me! Judging from some of the previous posts there are people here who don’t realise that they are popular with me! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/45 "2009-12-06T12:28:42Z")
> [@manila](#): > > Little 'ole thread killer me! > > Judging from some of the previous posts there are people here who don’t realise that they are popular with me! And you are, unfortunately, the only one in this thread I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of. Sorry. Since it seems everyone else underestimates, and the community itself is much larger than the numbers in the OP, I figure 40+ would recognize my name, even if they have no idea what I’ve posted, since I always fall under the radar. I just post a lot. I figure maybe 5 people remember anything about me. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/46 "2009-12-06T12:32:24Z")
Having a long name means it sticks out more easily, but I have no idea about a number. Don’t care, neither 🙂 ---
**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, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/47 "2009-12-06T13:10:04Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > 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. In that case, 20+, because I’m probably closer to that than to 10. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/48 "2009-12-06T13:14:44Z")
I recognize about 50% of the folks who have posted in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/49 "2009-12-06T13:48:09Z")
Frankly, I’d be embarrassed if there is anyone whose been steadily posted from before 2001 or so that I don’t recognize: it’d be like working with someone for a decade and then asking whose spouse they are at the company Christmas party. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/50 "2009-12-06T13:55:11Z")
I fly under most people’s radar, which is fine by me. Never been pitted, at least. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/51 "2009-12-06T14:08:08Z")
0.0 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/52 "2009-12-06T14:28:04Z")
How the hell am I supposed to know who recognizes me or not? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/53 "2009-12-06T14:29:03Z")
Ooh… I do, I do!!! 😃 More seriously, there are only three or four usernames in here that I _don’t_ recognize, so I’m starting to suspect that most of us are underestimating. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/54 "2009-12-06T14:44:12Z")
1 or 2 people probably know my name. No - take that back. Maybe 9 or 10 because of last year’s Card exchanges. I’m not popular here, but it doesn’t bother me. My part time job is closing threads.😉 ---
**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/55 "2009-12-06T15:14:37Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > 0 People know my name. And last time it was [thread=530717]“I don’t have any friends”[/thread] . Geez, we like you already, just accept it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/56 "2009-12-06T15:24:20Z")
One person I know of knows my name. I’d be surprised if anyone else would recognize me or immediately connects my name with any other post that I’ve made. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/57 "2009-12-06T15:33:05Z")
I voted “a couple.” I’ve been here for a long time but I hardly post at all anymore (not that I was ever really prolific anyway) so there are probably only a couple people from way back when who would remember me. And if their memories are anything like mine, that’s stretching it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/58 "2009-12-06T15:38:19Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Frankly, I’d be embarrassed if there is anyone whose been steadily posted from before 2001 or so that I don’t recognize: it’d be like working with someone for a decade and then asking whose spouse they are at the company Christmas party. That’s sort of where I am…I have a feeling that a lot of people know my name … fewer, but quite a few, might even be able to pull a few facts together about me. But its length of service not memorable posting or an episode with a sheep that makes me recognizable. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/59 "2009-12-06T16:13:26Z")
I don’t know if popularity is the right word for me. Popularity in and of itself has never really been a life goal of mine and I have the Pit threads and personalized hate mail to prove it. I have also gotten lots of really nice board replies and e-mails from lots of different people as well. I put down 50+ but it is probably more. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/60 "2009-12-06T16:20:40Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > How the hell am I supposed to know who recognizes me or not? Not for the first time on these forums, you have got straight to the heart of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153.md?page=4)