What would be a better Swan Song. A great question, or a great answer?

You can’t quit. You tried that and came back with a different name, remember?

Question.

I’m sure you aren’t looking for this, but I’ll say it anyway. I’d really hate to see you leave.

A “swan song” announcement can be quite a mistake. If you wanted to come back later, you’d feel like you had to crawl.
Why not just play MacArthur and fade away?

@anartist
Good advice

@josie You’re not really going to bug out and break this old man’s heart, are you?

@josie just curious, should you choose to go out with a bang [great question or great answer] would you be tempted to sneak back in just to see your lurve score? If it was too low in your opinion, would you be tempted to try again?

“The term “Swan Song” implies a final great performance, which is the role of the question. It’s the solo; the answers are the chorus. The questioner is also permitted an encore.

If you do decide, make it an elegant question with proper use of language and singular pronouns and “its”.

Is this intended to be your final question?
0 lurve so far btw.

@anartist
No
I already did that once. It was not the right thing to do.

@gailcalled

You are right of course. As many of you have figured out, I am just a bumpkin.

“Its” is the proper usage.

Now that we have settled that, is it the question, or the answer that defines the legacy?

Oh, well then I’ll give you a Great Question. I have my list of people who should post their own Swan Song question. :-)

And that answers the question. A right proper Swan Song needs to be in the form of a question, because when it is time to go, it’s time to go, not hang around waiting for a question where the answer you have in mind will make sense.

@josie; As I said, It is the question that gets the standing ovation.

Without a doubt, a question would be the greater means to that end.

I happen to have attended the Graduate Institute of St. John’s College where all classes were conducted in the style of Socratic Seminar. The students assembled, and the tutor began each class with a question about the assigned reading.

A truly elegant question would be met with admiration for its own merit. Formulating graceful queries is artful and praise worthy.

I think it would depend entirely on the individual’s personality and history. For those who do not ask many questions, it would be out of character for my final content submission to the site to be in the form of a Question.

As for people announcing or speculating about their departures and returns, I addressed my opinion about that on this question

I’ve never understood the quitting part, especially the need to announce it. If I ever left I would simply quit coming to the site. It’s not like there is credit card information or my social security number associated with this account.

I think the best way to go would be to leave your account intact and make your statement on your bio page. You could also leave a relevant avatar. I can’t remember who it was that left but that’s what they did and the avatar was an enormous fist flying the bird. Good times.

[as a mod] Moved to Meta

@Blondesjon I remember. It was this guy

thanks babe :)

I think your “legacy” is what you’ve contributed while you’re here and there is no need for a swan song. Unless you really feel the need to make a statement, fading away or being less active seems to give you more room to return.

I like what @janbb says. But if you feel you want to let your fellow jellies know you’re taking a hiatus, you could ask the question in the meta or maybe social section, “Will you miss me for a while?” It would be a nice first question to check when/if you return.

@Blondesjon and @jonsblond GET A ROOM! And a webcam…

Question, yeah, definitely a question.

If I get to that point, I’ll message my buddies and move on. So no Swan Song.