Lurking and you
- Thread starter The .50 Caliber Cow
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A fair bit, either because of Captcha, or because I feel like my post is stupid, or there's nothing to add, or I'm lazy.
But not too much. Because I WILL get that Neo badge damnit!
But not too much. Because I WILL get that Neo badge damnit!
I would rather others lurk than post with comments like "I totally don't give a fuck about this."
Lurking to posting ratio is something like 85:1
Most of the time I prefer to see others responses rather than present my own. Other times I feel my post will go ignored.
Most of the time I prefer to see others responses rather than present my own. Other times I feel my post will go ignored.
My view on life as a learning experience has lead me to lurk most of the time. I only post when the subject at hand is really really important to me and someone said something dangerously wrong; or when I come up with a good joke about it. That's why you'll find that there's mainly two kinds of Venereus's posts: the joking posts (usually made of funny pics), and the overly passionate, well written ones.
Truth is, arguing on the internet rarely ends up well (or anywhere else for that matter, subjective relativity is king you know), and the people who are actually open-minded and willing to learn something, are mostly the ones lurking.
Truth is, arguing on the internet rarely ends up well (or anywhere else for that matter, subjective relativity is king you know), and the people who are actually open-minded and willing to learn something, are mostly the ones lurking.
I've been on the escapist for quite a while, and I rarely post unless I have something to add that hasn't been said by the 10th friggin' page. I was quite tempted to lurk on this thread, but that kind of defeats he purpose of talking about how much I lurk.
At least I know that sometime around 2025 I'll finally get the Morpheus badge.
At least I know that sometime around 2025 I'll finally get the Morpheus badge.
I was a total lurker for a long time, I was around here for almost two years before I actually joined up and even then it was just because I had something I wanted to add. I still tend to only post when I have something to actually add to the conversation, though when the puzzle thing happened a few months ago that got me a lot more chatty for a while working with people to help solve the riddles.
I quite often just lurk around. Hell, it took me a year of lurking to actually make an account, and even then i didn't post often.
Nowadays i post more, though i quite often open a thread, read a bit, look at the "Reply to Thread" box where I'm supposed to write something, and stop. Sometimes i write a sentence or two, and then hold backspace, and leave. Don't know why.
Sometimes i do think "what's the point" as i don't really see anyone reading my posts often, especially in bigger threads. If a thread has over 5 pages and the topic isn't something close to me, the chances are I'll be leaving without a comment.
Still, my posts-per-day ratio is going up. Nowadays i post about 3 or 4 post per day. At least i think so...
Nowadays i post more, though i quite often open a thread, read a bit, look at the "Reply to Thread" box where I'm supposed to write something, and stop. Sometimes i write a sentence or two, and then hold backspace, and leave. Don't know why.
Sometimes i do think "what's the point" as i don't really see anyone reading my posts often, especially in bigger threads. If a thread has over 5 pages and the topic isn't something close to me, the chances are I'll be leaving without a comment.
Still, my posts-per-day ratio is going up. Nowadays i post about 3 or 4 post per day. At least i think so...
I lurk a lot, mostly because I'm too lazy to bother replying, or because someone else has already contributed what I wanted to.
Also, I'm really bad at converting my thoughts to text, so sometimes I'll just get frustrated trying to type up a response and just quit entirely.
Also, I'm really bad at converting my thoughts to text, so sometimes I'll just get frustrated trying to type up a response and just quit entirely.
Ill only really post if it will be read on the first page or so and not buried under many similar-subject posts....This one is an exception because it's ironic!
Haha oh please, you know that I mean most people aren't really worth the time of day anymore.Redlin5 said:My post count disagrees. I rarely lurk and I usually refrain from posting if it is clearly a troll thread.
Mr.Pandah said:
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*runs away*
Just checking! XDMr.Pandah said:Haha oh please, you know that I mean most people aren't really worth the time of day anymore.Redlin5 said:My post count disagrees. I rarely lurk and I usually refrain from posting if it is clearly a troll thread.
Mr.Pandah said:
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