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How long do notes stick around in the game world?

Hi Everyone... It's my first forum post :-)

Anyway, I've just been wondering about notes, because I've been leaving a lot of them all over the place for people to find and read, and It suddenly occurred to me that if they never "expire" then that would lead to the game world getting progressively more cluttered up with player-created notes over time. There's no option to "destroy" a note is there?

Just curious. 

P.S. I's really new to this game, but I'm loving it, and wanted to thank everyone for being so welcoming and friendly!

Posted 14 months ago by J.A.Prufrock Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I don't know of any expire date but people tend to get rid of notes by donating them.
    I believe they give one favour point but I don't know that exactly - I haven't donated any yet.!
    Posted 14 months ago by Erine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah. right. I guess you can get rid of anything that way.
    Posted 14 months ago by J.A.Prufrock Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's why some players called shrine as toilet. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Milolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can also vendor them as well.
    Posted 14 months ago by Warrender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I cant imagine they will ever litter up the world, as every 3rd person i see read a note takes it. Wrote about 40 last night (mocking those unfortunate souls that dont live on the same block as i do) cause they kept gettin picked up..
    Posted 14 months ago by Mixtli Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Mixtli, I hear you, and I wish there were an option to make a note unmoveable for a certain period of time--like a day or two. This would be really helpful for announcements and the like.
    Posted 14 months ago by chilirlw Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Very few items automatically disappear when dropped, and notes aren't one of them. :3
    Posted 14 months ago by Catriona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm, I thought at one point notes did have an expiration time...I thought it was a few days up to a week...(and considering you can't pick up those icky paper water cups that people love to throw around, they do eventually disappear...so some items do eventually go away).
    Posted 14 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd really like a way to stick a note in place for maybe a day, or even just one game-day. 

    Possibly as an upgrade to the basic penpersonship skill? I like leaving whimsical notes but am always a little discouraged by how quickly they vanish. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Haiku Subscriber! | Permalink
  • agree with everyone saying there should be a timed option for note permanancy.
    Posted 14 months ago by J.A.Prufrock Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There are bulletin boards in the machine rooms and in the lobbies of the apartment buildings.  Seems notes stay a bit longer there...
    Posted 14 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The bulletin boards are probably a good alternative for announcements or messages targeted at a group, yeah. Would still love some permanency for my notes that are really just kind of silly, but which I'd like to be able to leave in strange places and have people see. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Haiku Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Beach Bum wrote: There are bulletin boards in the machine rooms and in the lobbies of the apartment buildings. Seems notes stay a bit longer there..

    That's probably only because not many people are aware you can take the notes from bulletin boards as well.  :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Warrender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They disappear after a certain number of reads, or at least they used to. I don't know what the magic number is, but its probably prime :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Avery♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Avery, I've never heard of that before.  What definitely does happen is that people pick notes up and sell or donate them.
    Posted 14 months ago by larky lion Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hope that they stick around: I've been carefully leaving "please don't kill me"'s next to the Wood Trees I've been planting!
    Posted 14 months ago by FlickGC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wish we had trash cans for those horrible water cups argghh...would they litter their houses and towns like that tut..lol ...I tried to pick some up to bin ( shrine ) and it wouldn't let me lol I don't touch the notes though...But I do like reading them :D x
    Posted 14 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *hoping for an Eat option with notes*
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nanookie, that would be hilarious!  We could be masterspies and eat our topsecret instructions after reading them!
    Posted 14 months ago by chilirlw Subscriber! | Permalink