Of course I could see myself retiring from Fluther. Like many before me have left for any number of reasons….the site changed, the people changed, banned, branded, bored, and the list goes on. My own personal reasons for leaving won’t be known until I leave, if that ever happens.

I haven’t got the foggiest, whatever happens…happens.

I don’t see why people delete their accounts when they leave.
I don’t see why people leave without letting fellow flutherers know in advance.
I don’t see why people reinvent themselves as someone new when they come back, but that is their right.
I have left for a period of time and come back. I left, because Fluther was taking up too much time and I wanted to try life without it for a while. i came back because I missed it.

I will probably be a lot less present, or not here at all when I go back to school. But it won’t be permanent, I won’t delete my account, and I’ll show up during breaks.

The only reason I would retire from Fluther is if the quality of the questions got so bad that I no longer enjoyed coming here. I can’t be bothered to reincarnate myself I’m never quite sure why people do that anyway.

There are a few scenarios that could cause me to leave, most being fundamental changes to the site.

If I ever do leave, it will probably be because one day, I simply forget to come back. Something new in life catches my eye, Fluther gets pushed to the back of the mind, and I’m gone. E.g. I become a father, I move to another country and start a new high pressure job, etc.

I cant see my self leaving any time too soon.

I have deleted my account here before, hoping to take a break from the site. I have found it easier for me to not visit and try to answer questions if I don’t have an account to log into. Those breaks did not last long. I would see my husband spending time here and want to log in. This place can be very hard to forget at times, especially if you have another user in the household.

I have a few other family members who know my username, one being my mother. More than likely she has never visited the site, but I’m not too sure of that. When I’ve become disenchanted with the site, I want to erase as much of my existence here as possible. I know it would be much more difficult for any family member of mine to search through the questions I’ve asked if they can’t find my account here and the list of questions under my profile. This is another reason why I have deleted my account. I’m just trying to make it harder for someone (who doesn’t know much about computers) to find what I write here.

If I ever decide to leave this site for good, I will retire and not reincarnate myself. Fluther is my one and only Q & A. I don’t need to move on to another site.

I have taken breaks (couple weeks; three months once), but I will never leave. I am the cookie. They’ll have to ban me first.

Unless the quality of the site took an unexpected nose dive. Even then, I’d take a break and wait and see.

I retired with no fanfare after quite a while because I decided that quite honestly, I just wasn’t getting a whole lot out of the site and the people on it anymore, yet I found I was spending too much free time here anyway. After a few months I had one question that I came back to ask and have been glancing around every few days ever since.

I would retire if I found a community that I liked better.

@marinelife said it all for me. I am way too forgetful, also. I forget WTH my password is as it stands now. I don’t know how or why people keep changing themselves after “leaving”.

I just came back after a year and a half, and it is as interesting as ever. Time flew by, and the same very smart people are on that make this a great site. I hope to stay for quite a while this time as my first foray was brief. I

I don’t plan on, no, but I suppose it might happen. Maybe I’ll be here until the site closes, or maybe I’ll die, and retire by default. Or maybe something will happen, or I’ll find something that takes my attention away from here. But even if I left Fluther, I don’t know why I would actually delete my account. I’d just leave it as is.
I wouldn’t reincarnate myself. It would be hard to make up a personality and not talk about the things I like talking about now. If I ever closed my account for whatever reason might require this action, and made another one again later, I’d let people know that it was me.

Of course I would. How am I supposed to know when I reach the breaking point?

I can’t see me reinventing myself as someone else. I could see myself saying “enough” for some reason though. No idea what that reason would be though?

Boredom. The reason why I still lingering around fluther is because it’s another place for break when I took too much pressure from other sites (mostly about competition). I don’t think I’m a regular to any other sites as my experience can change overtime in those places but I’ll still participate once in awhile when my real life is getting bored. There’s, of course, some cases why I prefer to stay longer in certain sites, other that competitive reasons. Not everyone will feel at home at one sites as some sites are better for some people than another sites.

@dannyc Welcome back, and thanks.

I can think of two reasons for leaving: 1. because I’m spending too much time on the site in order to avoid doing jobs I ought to be doing or 2. because the questions are such that I’m not inspired to answer them. I can imagine either happening, but I think I’d leave my account open if I want to pop in and see what’s going on. I don’t like the feeling that I’m “hooked” on anything.

I can’t seem to stop myself from logging into Fluther almost every day. If I’m not here, it’s either a busy weekend or I’ve got some major family shit going down.

Should something ever happen and I decide to leave permanently, I would let people know, in case anyone wanted contact info and I don’t think I’d choose to reincarnate myself. If I did leave and come back later, I’d probably ask if I could get my old account back.

I left the site once and I’m not sure about the reason why I did so, but now I’m here again!!
But when I left I deleted my account, and now I’m here with a new one.
I was mYcHeMiCaLrOmAnCe does anybody rememember me?

Anyway, I’m happy to be here again!!

Well, I don’t think I knew you before, but welcome back and I hope you stay this time :-)

@Bellatrix thanks :) Yeah I’ll stay