The group chat that goes “you good?” when you go silent for two days is rarer than you think.

Silence is easy to miss and easy to explain away. People assume you are busy, and assuming that requires nothing from anybody, so a person can drop out of contact for a fortnight without a single question being asked. A group that notices two quiet days is paying a kind of attention most groups do not.

If you have one, say so at some point rather than assuming they know. And do the noticing yourself: when somebody has gone quiet, ask directly. The worst outcome is that they were busy and slightly pleased you asked.