# any lurkers in here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721 "2002-07-31T17:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/1 "2002-07-31T17:24:13Z")
not really a lurker myself, i just stopped coming here for some reason šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/2 "2002-07-31T17:31:47Z")
Well, if they post, then theyā€™re no longer lurking - so if they post that theyā€™re a lurker, then theyā€™re lying lurkers? ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/3 "2002-07-31T17:44:44Z")
Ouch, **dantheman** , that was harsh. I always thought a lurker was someone who posted rarely if ever but visited often (like me). Iā€™m here every day but rarely post and have only started a (not very memorable) thread once. Maybe Iā€™m not a lurker but an infrequent poster which isnā€™t nearly as nifty a name. ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/4 "2002-07-31T17:50:02Z")
Iā€™m a pseudo-lurker in that I read a great number of threads but donā€™t post to many of them. ---
**Author:** ![masafer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@masafer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masafer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/5 "2002-07-31T17:53:21Z")
Iā€™m about as close to a lurker as you can get without actually having my fingers broken for the last three yearsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![lionel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@lionel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lionel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/6 "2002-07-31T17:55:39Z")
I may be here, but you canā€™t see me. ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/7 "2002-07-31T18:03:08Z")
Iā€™m a lurker. ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/8 "2002-07-31T18:08:43Z")
I used to post reasonably often, but after losing most of my posts in the Winter of Our Discount Tent, I decided to hold off and work on developing my conversational skills. Iā€™m preparing for my Big Comeback any year now. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/9 "2002-07-31T18:29:47Z")
Seeing as I have been here for months and have a post count of just over 50, I consider myself a lurker. ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/10 "2002-07-31T18:31:41Z")
I am a lurker, in that Iā€™ve been reading posts here since September 2001 and I just registered yesterday. Itā€™s time I stop lurking. Was the sun always this bright?? ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/11 "2002-07-31T19:14:08Z")
[echoooooā€”y voice] Hello Out Thereā€¦Out Thereā€¦Out Thereā€¦[/e.v.] ::runs around handing out big shiny _ **Official Doper-Lurker Medals** _ \*\* masafer \*\*gets an extra-shiny one! And **p@cific@812** , not to besmirch your pseudo-lurker cred or anything, but 222 posts in barely a month hardly qualifies. Youā€™re a chatterbox, admit it! šŸ˜ƒ **velvetjones** , I totally concur with your definition of lurker. FWIW, I remember seeing you somewhere once, just because I think your handle is _tres_ cool. šŸ™‚ bella ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/12 "2002-07-31T20:41:16Z")
Iā€™ve been reading this board almost daily for a few months now, and my post count is still in the single digits. I sometimes think ā€œwouldnt it be cool if I had a thousand postsā€, but I just donā€™t have that much too say. So yes, I am a lurker! ---
**Author:** ![Starlite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Starlite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starlite)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/13 "2002-07-31T20:48:42Z")
Another long time lurker checking in hereā€¦ I have been thinking about coming out of that lurker closet lately thoughā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/14 "2002-07-31T21:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\*And **p@cific@812** , not to besmirch your pseudo-lurker cred or anything, but 222 posts in barely a month hardly qualifies. Youā€™re a chatterbox, admit it! šŸ˜ƒ > \*\* Chatterbox indeed! OK, OKā€¦ my post count is kinda high for me to have lurker-status of any sortā€¦ Its just thatā€¦ that Iā€™m in that awkward in-between phase and I need a niche. Iā€™m not quite a newbie. Iā€™m certainly not a veteran. So, Iā€™m just kinda floating around here in limboā€¦ ā˜¹ (Can I still get one of those medals? Huh, can I? Cā€™mon!! Iā€™ll post less! I can lurk, really I can!!!) šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/15 "2002-07-31T21:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Total Posts: 30 (0.03 posts per day) **masafer** , Iā€™m going to guess that about 20 of those posts have been to ā€œany lurkers out there?ā€ threads, right? Have you considered applying to the CIA\*? [sub]\*Not the cooking school[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Wildcatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@Wildcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildcatz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/16 "2002-07-31T21:30:09Z")
_stepping out of the shadows_ Hi! _going back into the shadows_ ---
**Author:** ![Sagasumono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Sagasumono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sagasumono)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/17 "2002-07-31T21:45:25Z")
Same as some of the other guys (and gals) been here over a year and I read something here everyday. Unless the thread has to do with Japanese,Hawaiian or African-American stuff (or NHB Fighting which Iā€™ve had yet to se a post about) rarely do I post anything,and even then only if I feel I have something to contribute. (Actullay I think I quit posting because I was laughed off the board by my ā€œAsk the blaquneese guy!ā€ and ā€œIf you were your own cultureā€¦ā€ post I created ā˜¹ ) ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/18 "2002-07-31T22:31:21Z")
Do I count as a former lurker? ---
**Author:** ![Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disciple_of_Alf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/19 "2002-08-01T01:08:54Z")
I guess I countā€¦ I read a ton of the threads here, but Iā€™m just reluctant to post anything of my own. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721/20 "2002-08-01T01:44:23Z")
::discreetly sliding p@cific@812 a medal:: ::looking around anxiously:; Shhhhā€¦donā€™t tell anyone. šŸ˜‰ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-lurkers-in-here/121721.md?page=2)