Zeldar posted a thread calling for lurkers to announce themselves back in August of 2005, almost two a half years ago. I still consider myself a lurker, since I come here every day and read the thread here, yet I hardly post. Since I joined in July of 2001 I have a total of 416 posts (this is my 417th), so a total of 0.17 a day.
I’m posting this to see what other lurkers might still be around, for this thread, I’m counting lurkers to be people with less then 0.50 posts a day. So, if your a lurker, announce your attendance here.
Now, since we just went through a Charter Member renewal, and since a lot of people didn’t renew waiting for the free posting. I will bump this thread once free posting starts (if I remember) to see how many people come back who where lurking then.
So, if you consider yourself a lurker, announce your presences here.
I’ll read an entire thread and nine times out of ten I’ll find the opinion/question/point of view that I would have posted. I don’t post to say ‘Me too!’ [not that there’s anything wrong with that]
Too often I fall into the trap of writing up a post and then editing it to death for clarity, tone, spelling, etc. I usually give up before actually posting it.
Yep, pretty low post count here. It’s not that I plan it that way. It’s just that by the time I read all the posts in a thread someone else has already posted what I was going to write…
Coming out of hiding to say hi.
I can’t really explain why I tend to be more of a lurker. Mostly what others have said above, I just don’t often feel I have anything to contribute that hasn’t already been said more eloquently before.
Still, this place has an amazing group of people and it’s always interesting to read what everyone has to say.
Former lurker here. I’ve been lurking for about a year not, just re-up’d my sub today though. Was getting hella tired of the ads. I have a little higher post count, but in my defense, a lot of that came from the last game of doper-ball we had. Hella fun that was, good 'ol Swampbear.
I almost didn’t post this for fear of ruining my lurking credentials. Besides, everyone in this thread has already said what I would have said regarding reasons for lurking. I might add that I just don’t find myself at the computer outside of work and the quick looks I take at SDMB while at work are hardly time enough to read through a thread much less compose an insightful post.
I lurk way more than I post, I’m here everyday. Most of the time either someone has already posted a point I have thought of, or I might think about posting and I procrastinate to the point it’s not worth it. Eventually I will get to one thousand posts, unlike the low averages of some of the other lurkers.
I’m Pantheon, and I’m a recovering long-term lurker, just recently began posting more frequently, with the help of my sponsor (my employer who pays me to surf the Dope), my higher power (avis satanis!), and my support group (all of you here).
