If you stopped posting would people notice?

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If you were to stop posting, then ...

it would go unnoticed
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some people would notice but not a lot.
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a lot of people notice.
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threads are started asking where i am!
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it is assumed you must have died and the board goes into mourning!
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there will be a celebration.
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If you stopped posting would people notice?

Post by 2000AD »

If you went for a week or two without posting (without prior warning) how much do you think people would respond?
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I voted for celebrating :mrgreen:
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Threads are started asking where I am, hell that happened with warning. The people love there Great Leader.
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No one would notice.
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Post by Exonerate »

I'd notice you Korr, it's hard to miss your avatar and sig :P

Err, I'd hope some people would notice... I don't start too many topics, but I do post from time to time...

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Post by Spanky The Dolphin »

I say that a lot of people would notice.

Particularly since I know that they have noticed my absence when I haven't been on the board for a while.
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Post by Crazy_Vasey »

No. I don't post here enough nor have I posted anything particularly memorable to get peoples attention.
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I doubt it would register on the grand scale of things.
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You'd be noticed, AV.


I like to think people would notice my disappearance.
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"looks at his post count..."

Nope, without a trace....
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Post by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi »

Well, I don't start many threads, and don't contribute much relative to my post count, so I'd say the only reason I wouldn't go unnoticed is because I'm usually on almost every day, and an absence of several weeks would get people wondering why I haven't posted anything.
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Post by Admiral Valdemar »

Howedar wrote:You'd be noticed, AV.


I like to think people would notice my disappearance.
I dunno, you may be noticed, you certainly strike me as a "first one" for posting, but I have spent a week or two off SB.com in the past due to holidays or work and not noticed any threads asking about me. Probably won't be the same here, mind.

Heh, it doesn't really matter, but I guess everyone likes to feel wanted.
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Post by Einhander Sn0m4n »

I cannot be the judge of whether I'll be noticed as gone missing...
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Post by Thirdfain »

I have a few friends I know personally who post here who would notice, and the STGOD would notice, but besides that?

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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I cannot be the judge of whether I'll be noticed as gone missing...
With your personality, I think it'd take a fucking idiot not to notice Ein had gone. ;)
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Post by Einhander Sn0m4n »

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I cannot be the judge of whether I'll be noticed as gone missing...
With your personality, I think it'd take a fucking idiot not to notice Ein had gone. ;)
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Post by Soontir C'boath »

I never posted much so I have gone unnoticed.

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I'm guessing that I could escape for a week or two without anyone noticing, but after a month people would begin to wonder and probably start a couple threads.
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Crayz9000 wrote:I'm guessing that I could escape for a week or two without anyone noticing, but after a month people would begin to wonder and probably start a couple threads.
Talk about blowing your own trumpet. :D
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Talk about blowing your own trumpet. :D
Says you, O ye of the big post count.

Hey, at least (most) people wouldn't be celebrating my disappearance :lol:
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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I cannot be the judge of whether I'll be noticed as gone missing...
I would notice if big red was missing :cry:
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I would not discount the possibility of somebody noticing. Even though when I disappeared for over a week nobody seemed to notice. No doubt somebody did, but they just didn't talk about it. And the STGOD people knew what had happened a few days after I was gone, so there's no way of knowing about them.
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Re: If you stopped posting would people notice?

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2000AD wrote:If you went for a week or two without posting (without prior warning) how much do you think people would respond?
If I were to be hit by a bus tomorrow, I'm pretty certain it would go unnoticed.
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Probably not, I don't post much at all and what I do post isn't exactly memorable.
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Post by Howedar »

Actually, I think you'd probably be noticed.
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