Most TV soap operas, come back after six months, and all the same things are happening, but the people doing them are strangers you've never seen before.

Anyway, if you can dip in from time to time, do. (Except that it's a bit hard to stop after the first little dip...)

Maybe you could share some work in progress, and head off without reading enough posts to get hooked.

And you might find yourself getting a few Personal Messages.