# Anyone else feel compelled to post more (membership) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105 "2004-03-24T07:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/22 "2004-03-26T21:53:23Z")
Yup. I’ve been cured of lurking (at least temporarily). I’ve been lurking for a few months (I didn’t even come out of hiding for the [lurking](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243397&highlight=lurking) thread a few weeks back.) Now, however I feel these strange urges to post after I paid my 38.66 SEK. I just hope that this doesn’t mean that I start to spend even more time following the message board. I already spend waaay too much time here. Anyway, HI EVERYONE! I already said this once, but that was in a thread that not too many people follow, so I’ll just say it again. 🙂 Peter ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/23 "2004-03-26T21:55:25Z")
That would be me, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/24 "2004-03-26T21:57:16Z")
Since I didn’t notice that the last thread I replied to had an identical thread _right under it_, and therefore got closed…and I am far too lazy to think up a new post…shall cut and paste… Oh, yes. Usedtabe I would only reply when I felt compelled to. Obviously that rarely happens. Now, having parted with my precious 5 dollars, I can feel free to comment on pretty much every thread I read. I still probably won’t…but I can feel free to. I suppose I should come up with a signature, since I have paid for the privilege to do so. ☹😕 ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/25 "2004-03-26T22:39:18Z")
I subscribed a mere few hours ago, and already I’m posting when I haven’t posted in months. I guess that answers the question 😉 (Oh, and I get to see if the subscription actually took, too) Then again, I had to read about this thread in Live Journal 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/26 "2004-03-26T22:51:14Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ll post a bit more. I may get my posting ratio up to .31 posts a day! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/27 "2004-03-26T23:29:17Z")
I don’t really need to post more than I do. 😛 But I think this is worth mentioning: It’s my sincere hope that the risk of this board withering and dying from lack of new blood will be partially or mostly offset by all the longtime lurkers stepping up to the plate. _–waves happily at all the lurkers–_ ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/28 "2004-03-26T23:43:05Z")
_~waves back to Cervaise~_ I barely posted at all before, and now I’m a posting fool. I hope to break twenty before the weekend’s out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Uncle\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/29 "2004-03-27T00:43:05Z")
I haven’t posted that many times, due to a combination of a lack of experience in using the board and a general lack of time. I don’t feel any need to post any more often now that I’ve ponied up the five bucks, but as I get a better idea of how things work around here, the numbers will probably increase. A question of etiqutte: Is lurking something polite posters don’t do? Is it a social no-no, or is it just the mark of a newbie or what? I mean no offense, I’m just trying to learn the ropes here. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/30 "2004-03-27T00:46:49Z")
Not really. My posting schedule is dependent on how busy i happen to be, and whether i have time to check out the Boards. And, for $5 a year, the incentive to “get my money’s worth” isn’t particularly great. ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/31 "2004-03-27T01:07:59Z")
No, has made no difference to me. I post on average about once a day depending on the topics. Often because I come to the board late in the American day, threads I may have contributed to have already been adequately answered by many other posters so don’t bother putting in my $0.02 worth. Unfortunately, I am unable to access the board at the time which most suits me. ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/32 "2004-03-27T02:59:22Z")
Absolutely. It took me a year to rack up 80ish posts. This’ll make it somewhere between 15 and 20 in the last week. I still stick to Cafe Society and the Pit though. This’ll be my first post in IMHO, I just don’t find it or MPSIMS particularly attention-grabbing and GD just scares me. ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/33 "2004-03-27T03:13:50Z")
> [@Legolamb](#): > > I still stick to Cafe Society and the Pit though…and GD just scares me. **Lego** you might be my identical hand twin…about forums, anyway. Even GQ scares me a little. ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/34 "2004-03-27T03:32:24Z")
> [@tgkk](#): > > A question of etiqutte: Is lurking something polite posters don’t do? Is it a social no-no, or is it just the mark of a newbie or what? I mean no offense, I’m just trying to learn the ropes here. I don’t think it’s a no-no, nor the mark of a newbie. It’s just a preference. I’ve preferred to read and laugh, or roll my eyes, or whatever, without actively participating. Doesn’t mean I haven’t been here for awhile, or that I’m inept. (I hope.) I lurked because generally I’m irritated by the posters who comment constantly on everything. Not that anyone has to accomodate my preferences in the way they post, I just didn’t want to be one of those people. And I’m not so good at moderation…more of an “all or nothing” kind of person. ---
**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/35 "2004-03-27T03:59:04Z")
I’ve been lurking for YEARS. I even registered, but posted so sporadically I forgot my username! Then, when I moved to a new job, this site was blocked because it was “filled with potentially dangerous information.” My recent spate of posts has more to do with having f\*\*\*all to do at work than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/36 "2004-03-27T05:56:26Z")
I’m going through another phase of spending way too much time online. I found SDMB during a similar phase last year, lurked quite a lot, then became busier with other things. Now that I’m spending way too much time online again, I probably will end up posting a bit more. I think it may have something to do with having had to consider whether to pay to use the site, and in that moment realizing how much I really do like the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/37 "2004-03-27T14:00:17Z")
I feel compelled to post more, but I haven’t really been all that good at it. Mainly because I don’t have all that much to contribute to the big debates. Or the small debates. Or debates in general… ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/38 "2004-03-27T14:29:40Z")
I am another long time lurker. When I first read that the SDMB was going to subscriptions, I thought the board was sure to die within a year. I gave it more thought and decided I was part of the problem and not part of the solution. So I’ve vowed to speak up and have a voice. I lack the confidence needed to post. So, as of today, I’m diving in head first. I’m hoping that regular posting will help me regain my writing skills that I feel I’ve lost over the past 10 years. First post ! Go me ! ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/39 "2004-03-27T14:42:36Z")
Yep. I’ve been registered since the summer, lurked a few months before then, but don’t post much. I’m trying to post more now that I’m paying for the privilege to do so. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/40 "2004-03-27T15:55:07Z")
Yes there definitely is an element of that. There is one other element to it though – after “the switch” I have come back a few more times than I might ordinarily to see how folks feel, to see if it is working, who is around, who is a “charter member”. When I am around more I post more, & when I post more I tend to come back to see if anyone had anything to say e.g. “Jimmmy you are a genius” or (the unfortunately more common) “…an a$s”. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105/41 "2004-03-27T16:14:19Z")
I’ve been mostly lurking for a couple years. Several months ago I actually had something to say so I registered. I think I had about 12 posts in six months. Just a copule of weeks ago I was thinking that I ought to contribute more to the boards, then came the notice about subscriptions. So I don’t think it’s that I feel compelled to post because I had to pay, it’s more that I felt compelled to pay because I want to post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-feel-compelled-to-post-more-membership/236105.md?page=3)