Do you think anyone would miss you if you just stopped posting one day?

[WillParkinson]

I've often wondered if anyone would even realize I wasn't still here. Have you ever thought about it?

[taterguy]

1. No

[Rosie1223]

46. I would miss you

You have the only threads worth reading in H&M.

[Bucky]

66. But... you're my favorite misanthrope!

[graywarrior]

2. I disappear for days on end.

No one notices.

[taterguy]

3. You must be ignoring all the people who start 'Where the hell is graywarrior" threads

[graywarrior]

7. No, I ain't but I do have 4 unfortunates who put me on ignore and I'm not even posting

that much. I must be very powerful.

[Tobin S.]

4. A few might, but not very many.

The few probably being people who I've befriended in person. I wasn't all that prolific a poster to begin with and I'm not posting as much as I used to now days. Nobody seems to have noticed.

But that's okay. I seem to post in cycles. I might post 200 times a month for a while and then fall off to a post a day on average for a while. I wouldn't expect too many people to remember me. I've always done a lot more reading than posting on DU. I'm just a quiet guy I guess...until you get a dew drinks in me. That's probably when most people notice me on here- PUI.

[Curmudgeoness]

9. Don't bet on it Tobin S.

There are many people here who have missed you and still miss your posts. We feel as if we know you from your great stories.

[Tobin S.]

13. Thank you. That's very nice of you to say.

[rurallib]

23. many people

but this last 3 or 4 years have been some kind of hectic for you. So i for one just figure life is getting in the way.

[quakerboy]

82. One day?

no. But I have noticed you on less of late. A post from you is worth a read anytime it pops up, in my book.

[lunatica]

5. I don't think anyone would miss me

And it doesn't matter because this is a huge crowd with thousands of regular posters. I'll be missed by my family and my friends which is as it should be.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. is it better to burn out or fade away?

[Ptah]

8. And once you're gone, you can't come back

When you're out of the blue and into the black.

[davsand]

10. If they did miss my posts would anyone even care?

I doubt too many would outside of a select few. Had you asked me this question a few years ago I might have answered differently, but DU has changed radically in the last four years and that strong sense of community that once existed really has gone by the wayside. I'm not planning any dramatic exit, but I have to admit that other than the LBN section and a couple select forums I really just don't feel terribly warm and fuzzy about it any more.

Like all things, DU's time is passing.




Laura

[Curmudgeoness]

11. I have no doubt that no one would miss me.

I guess I don't post OPs enough to get my name out there much. But then again, there are so many people here that I don't think I would miss many if they stopped either. This is not something I will worry about.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Nobody would miss me if I didn't post for one day...

If it were for longer periods, maybe then they would.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. Peggy...

I think you're wrong about that. Very wrong. You are the staple that holds this place together.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Staple, huh? lol

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...

I'll take it!

You are too kind!

[rurallib]

24. Often on a bad day, a cheery comment from Cal Paeggy

can change my outlook.
Yeah, I'd miss you

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Thank you...that means a lot to me...

[ret5hd]

14. no

[tabbycat31]

15. I doubt it

I'm not usually missed on forums or anywhere for that matter.

[zbdent]

16. please ... even I know that I'm not that important ...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

17. I disappeared for more than a year...

..I don't think anyone really cared or noticed. Didn't seem to notice when I was here, actually...

[femmocrat]

33. Someone did notice.

Saw your name in one of those "Whatever happened to.....?" a while back. I was wondering too.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

60. How nice.

I thought I never got mentioned in those.
I'm on twitter and Facebook. You guys should add me. I post A LOT of stuff because I have fundy friends in Oklahoma, and I have to teach them SOMETHING. lol

[bigwillq]

43. I noticed. And cared.

I liked your posts.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

59. That's sweet! I had you on MySpace for a while....

Then I left that and never found you on Facebook.

[bigwillq]

68. I don't really use MySpace anymore.

My account is still active, but don't really go there anymore.

check your DU inbox soon. i will let you know about Facebook.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

70. I haven't been to Myspace in like two years.

Has anyone? LOL

[RFKHumphreyObama]

48. I did

And wondered where you'd gone

[YellowRubberDuckie]

61. You are so sweet!

Thank you!

[one_voice]

20. No. I wouldn't be missed. n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

21. Since I barely ever post, I know for a certainty that no one would

I sleep OK at night nevertheless.

[HeiressofBickworth]

22. As a point of fact

nobody missed me -- my computer was in the shop for a week, I just got it back Thursday. It's understandable, really. I haven't formed any particular friendships here and I'm not a member of any particular group. I guess you could call me a "sniper poster". I post when the subject matter moves me. Since I get so few replies, I'm really posting for myself -- a way to put my thoughts in order and express them in public. The people I live with don't share the same political positions (one's a Paulbot) so there is little to no discussion of issues at home.

[hauweg]

25. No

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Nope.

[TuxedoKat]

27. Probably not

[Sky Masterson]

29. hasn't happened yet

.

[femmocrat]

32. You are wrong.

[siligut]

57. Gimme a break

You are having too much fun over on FB to even care

[Flaxbee]

30. Nope. Wouldn't be missed.

I'm OK with it.

[femmocrat]

31. No one would notice.

DU hardly revolves around me! LOL

[UTUSN]

34. Certainly not me, despite how incredibly lovable I am. n/t

[Kali]

35. are you kidding? if I disappeared there would be wailing, gnashin of teeth, rending of garments...

[font color="red" size="40"]NOT![/font]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. I would notice, and I would miss you quite a lot!

[Iggo]

36. Nope.

[Bladian]

37. Good god, no.

Nobody even knows who I am!

[murielm99]

38. Maybe one or two.

But it would take them awhile to realize I was gone, and then they would move on. I am not sure it would even rate a thread.

[chknltl]

39. hell, i wouldn't even miss me!

(somewhere a 'scratches his head smiley' says; "Pick me, pick me!&quot

[fadedrose]

41. I think we all wonder..

But to answer your question, "Hell, no."

[PufPuf23]

42. No. I even wonder why I post most of the time. lol

[DFW]

44. No, but I can handle it

I still have a day job I like, a gorgeous wife I love, and a life outside the internet. Amazing, isn't it?

[unapatriciated]

45. nope.

I'm more of a reader and when I do post I get just a few responses. But if it is my jury vote, than their are plenty of replies in H&M either for or against me depending on what side of the feud they are on.

[panader0]

47. No

[av8rdave]

49. Not a chance

[HappyMe]

50. No, probably not.

That's okay.

[polly7]

51. Lol, no.

I could stop for a year or never post again and no-one would notice, but I like it that way.

[Broderick]

52. I can stop posting six months

and I would nary get a pm. LOL. I subscribe to the loner's group. I don't mind.

[Brickbat]

53. Nope, and that's fine with me.

[geardaddy]

54. No, no one would miss me.

[mackattack]

55. But you wont stop posting because

...........Welshmen never yield

[geardaddy]

56. Yn wir!

Indeed!

[zanana1]

58. Hell no. nt

[WhoIsNumberNone]

62. Pft. I sometimes stop posting for weeks at a time.

Most DUers could do a day without me standing on their head.

[CreekDog]

63. Miss me? They'd thank me.

[trof]

64. no

[JitterbugPerfume]

65. I would miss you

[trof]

67. You are very kind.

I've been away from DU before and wasn't deluged with PMs or saw posts that asked "Where is trof?"
I need to start a clique.

[JitterbugPerfume]

73. I have been off DU for months at a time

crickets!

[trof]

75. Remember the good ol' days of matcom?

[JitterbugPerfume]

77. Yes!

That was when everybody knew everybody!

[LWolf]

69. No, and No.

I know the answer to that question, since I've gone most of this last winter without checking in.

These days, I'm here to avoid chores, which I urgently need to do NOW, or to check in with a few old cyber friends and see what they are up to. DU as a place to discuss politics left me behind years ago. As a nominal Democrat, more an independently minded well-to-the-left-of whatever the center is, I just don't relate to the partisan stuff; I don't often find anything I have anything to say something about, or if I do, want to share, on the main pages.

[Xipe Totec]

71. By empirical test, I'd say no. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

78. You're wrong! n/t

[Xipe Totec]

79. Hi, Miss Peggy!

And thanks!

[lost-in-nj]

72. no one would miss me

but then again I'm not an attention
"whore" and really don't give a crap, I post what I feel....not what other posters want to read





lost

[Myrina]

74. nope

n/t

[applegrove]

76. Nope.

[MiddleFingerMom]

80. hush.

[quakerboy]

81. But who would ask us question?

In fairness, if you were out a day, I would not notice. I doubt I would even notice myself gone if I missed one day. I think the only one I might notice on a one day absence is MFM. But you are one of a few I would notice missing in fairly short order.

[applegrove]

84. That is sweet.

[quakerboy]

83. No

I wouldn't even notice if I stopped posting for one day.
I wouldn't even expect people would notice after a week. Ive done that before, with no apparent note taken.
After longer, into the months, not sure. I doubt I'm in anyone's top 40, but some of the people here seem to have memory like a elephant shaped supercomputer.

[Tom_Foolery]

85. Sometimes this place is like passing cars on a busy highway...

So no.

[Chan790]

86. Unfortunately I know they won't.

I know this because last month my computer suddenly died in the middle of a sub-thread conversation and it took three weeks to repair...and when I came back and posted why I hadn't been around, like 6 people said "I never noticed you were missing."

Geez, thanks peeps!