# Why doesn't anyone sign my guestbook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525 "2001-09-19T03:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/1 "2001-09-19T03:37:20Z")
I have a web page that gets a modest amount of hits, not a lot, but some. I haven’t had anyone sign my guestbook since over a year ago. I have checked it, and I know that it still works. Are guest books passe now? Did I totally miss something? Or am I just dork for wanting to see who has seen my page? ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/2 "2001-09-19T03:43:06Z")
I just tried to sign your guestbook and got an error message from Yahoo! Geocities. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/3 "2001-09-19T03:45:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > \*\*I just tried to sign your guestbook and got an error message from Yahoo! Geocities. \*\* Me, too. Oh, and no one signs my guestbook, either. Not even my friends. I feel so unloved. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/4 "2001-09-19T03:54:30Z")
Aack! You’re right! It was working a few days ago. What happened? I guess it is back to good old trouble shooting. Thanks for trying though 🙂 I appreciate the gesture ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/5 "2001-09-19T04:06:15Z")
I don’t sign guestbooks anymore after I traced a bunch of spam back to one I had signed. I suppose I don’t have to leave my email, but it still made me mad. :mad: That’s why I have never put a guestbook up on my site, I figure if people like it or want to comment on it, they can email me…and a lot of people do. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/6 "2001-09-19T04:15:04Z")
Hmmmmf. No one ever comments on my site. I know it is a stupid one, but my friends could at least tell me what it needs or doesn’t need. Hmmf. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/7 "2001-09-19T04:19:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dlgirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > > \*\*I just tried to sign your guestbook and got an error message from Yahoo! Geocities. \*\* > > Me, too. Oh, and no one signs my guestbook, either. Not even my friends. I feel so unloved. ☹ \*\* I just tried to sign your guestbook and I couldn’t even get your page to load. I am sorry ☹ ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/8 "2001-09-19T04:29:08Z")
Hmmm…that’s strange. Could someone else try it? I haven’t had problems before. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/9 "2001-09-19T04:35:51Z")
It might just be my computer. Sometimes it randomly decides not to let me load pages. I will try again tommorrow 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/10 "2001-09-19T04:56:51Z")
Ill go and sign your guestbook, but you have to promise not to forge my signature. I don’t want to end up with a garage full of Amway products. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/11 "2001-09-19T06:18:17Z")
Funny, **Slip**. Don’t worry though. With me it’s only Placebo or Disney merch. 😛 **’gwenda** ,[sub]Is it okay if I call you that?[/sub] I hope that you can load the site. If not then I don’t know what is wrong with it. Just tell me if you can or not. ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/12 "2001-09-19T09:19:27Z")
I’d like an answer to this question: Is it possible to trace the signer of a guestbook? If, say, you want to write something a little disparaging and have no intention of including your e-mail how easy is it for your anonymity to be blown? I have wanted to know that for ages. Thank you to anyone who answers. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/13 "2001-09-19T13:23:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dlgirl \* > \*\*Hmmmmf. No one ever comments on my site. I know it is a stupid one, but my friends could at least tell me what it needs or doesn’t need. Hmmf. \*\* Ahem. _I_ have signed your guestbook. ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/14 "2001-09-19T13:51:52Z")
maybe if you slip me a twenty I’ll sign your guestbook. ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/15 "2001-09-19T13:54:48Z")
I just tried too because I really need twenty bucks. Unfortunately I also received an error message. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/16 "2001-09-19T13:57:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Nome \* > \*\*I’d like an answer to this question: Is it possible to trace the signer of a guestbook? If, say, you want to write something a little disparaging and have no intention of including your e-mail how easy is it for your anonymity to be blown? I have wanted to know that for ages. Thank you to anyone who answers. \*\* If there is, I don’t know it. Of course I am a dummy with these things, so don’t trust my answer. Thank you, **Superdude**. You get a big kiss. :mmmmwah: Okay, so does **Pipeliner**. :mwah: Don’t want to make anyone feel left out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Iwannaknow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@Iwannaknow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iwannaknow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/17 "2001-09-19T14:03:15Z")
It hit a lot of sites on the net and I rarely will sign a guest book because usually I’m just not interested in doing so. Not to sound crass, but it’s often just not worth the trouble, especially if the net is slow or if Aol is acting up, like it often does. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/18 "2001-09-19T14:34:54Z")
**heraldgwena** , I had the same problem with your guest book. **dlgirl** , I signed yours, but can’t get to anything else on your page. Nice picture, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/19 "2001-09-19T14:38:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dire Wolf \* > \*\ ***heraldgwena** , I had the same problem with your guest book. > \*\* Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525/20 "2001-09-19T14:57:07Z")
dlgirl I signed your guestbook too, but it said mine was the only one there. It should have been the second at least. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-anyone-sign-my-guestbook/82525.md?page=2)