What is the point of a post announcing your departure or arrival from a website? That is like the student who puts his hand in the air and then announces, "I have a question." We know you have a question when you put your hand up. We know you're not posting when there are no posts from you. We know you are posting when you post. It's that easy.

and with that departs

To piss off idiots like you

^^likes to drink piss ^^

Why question it? Not like it's taking up space on YOUR server.

people think that others will think they died or collapsed into a coma if the are suddenly no longer posting. as if anyone really cared.

It's ed 'being an attention whore' You post something (either in green or grey), then look to see how many replies the posts recieve. Then you assume that is a measure of how popular you are.

its the right thing to do better than walking away while someone is talking to you.

This isn't real-time It's like putting up a message on the message board at a grocery store. Everyone assumes everyone else is walking away. It would be creepy to think people are sitting here and hitting reload just to check replies.