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Poll: Are you a forum lurker? (86 member(s) have cast votes)

Are you a forum lurker?

  1. Yes I am (47 votes [54.65%])

    Percentage of vote: 54.65%

  2. No I am not (39 votes [45.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 45.35%

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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2010-July-02, 07:13

This is a scientific experiment. Please take it seriously.

(lurker=someone who only mostly reads stuff, posts very rarely if at all)

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Posted 2010-July-02, 07:58

does the quality of the content of the posts matter?
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#3 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2010-July-02, 07:58

I voted that I'm not a lurker. Draw your own conclusions.

Then again, the quality of my reading is hardly better than my posting.
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#4 User is offline   Phil 

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Posted 2010-July-02, 08:04

"I am a strange lurker"
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Posted 2010-July-02, 08:11

I voted that I am a lurker. I mostly visit the forums when I'm at work and I will typically just do a quick scan of what's being talked about. I generally do not take the time to post. For further proof consider my number of posts and the fact that I've been visiting the forums for a few years now.
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Posted 2010-July-02, 17:09

gwnn, on Jul 2 2010, 08:13 AM, said:

This is a scientific experiment. Please take it seriously.

(lurker=someone who only mostly reads stuff, posts very rarely if at all)

This is your chance to make your voice heard!!

Stop right there.

My mail box has been inundated by pleas from the lurkers who are distressed because they have been outed.

i recommended that they report you ti the abuse hotline.

View PostFree, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:

Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2010-July-02, 19:13

But your genuine, fully committed lurker will read the forums as a guest and won't be able to vote.
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2010-July-02, 19:24

Lurker.
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Posted 2010-July-02, 20:45

655321, on Jul 3 2010, 01:13 AM, said:

But your genuine, fully committed lurker will read the forums as a guest and won't be able to vote.

If anyone as a really serious use for the numer of guest lurkers , uday might be able to provide some sort of insight.

As I write this there have been 16 persons looking at the forums in the last 15 mins. 8 of which were members and 1 of which was an annonymous member - the other 7 were guests.
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Posted 2010-July-03, 10:28

I'm a lurker. I feel I have learned a huge amount from reading posts, but I don't have a lot to contribute. I do admire people like Jillybean who ask the kind of questions I'm afraid to ask.
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Posted 2010-July-03, 11:14

Ya JB rocks imo.
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Posted 2010-July-03, 12:48

I read a lot more than I write, both because it take a lot more time to say intelligible things and because I frequently find my opinion has already been more than adequately represented by the time I get to a thread.
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Posted 2010-July-03, 12:54

Hey, thanks! Being the small fry in this pool of sharks and ferocious tuna fish isn't always easy but I have learned such a lot from many helpful, wonderful forum members.

Now that I have regular, live, partners I think I am becoming more of a lurker here
but I still can't resist posting the occasional hand.
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Posted 2010-July-03, 14:31

I am not here. :)
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Posted 2010-July-03, 16:26

I used to post a lot more, basically everything that came in my mind, but that changed when the atmosphere on the forums became hostile. I still post too much to be called a lurker though. :)
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Posted 2010-July-03, 18:32

fyrish, on Jul 3 2010, 04:28 PM, said:

I'm a lurker. I feel I have learned a huge amount from reading posts, but I don't have a lot to contribute. I do admire people like Jillybean who ask the kind of questions I'm afraid to ask.

Post more! If uncertain about the reception your question will get, post in the B/I forum - most of the sharks are relatively well mannered when posting there - we all had to start somewhere.
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Posted 2010-July-03, 21:23

Big time lurker
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Posted 2010-July-04, 04:46

These days I post mostly to start fights with people like Free.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-July-04, 07:55

Lurker

Edit: Inane comment deleted.
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Posted 2010-July-04, 08:15

the lurkers are in majority!
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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