# How many lurkers are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091 "2002-05-14T21:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigBob1216](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@BigBob1216](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBob1216)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/21 "2002-05-15T05:02:29Z")
Now I feel like I must break my posting cherry… there done… hmmmm… that didn’t hurt too bad ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/22 "2002-05-15T05:09:31Z")
Another day, another mention in a thread. Now, I most decidely do **not** lurk, but instead post like a madwoman! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/23 "2002-05-15T06:41:00Z")
My prediction is that if every poster were as proficient as **Flaming Hamster Z** (aka **Flamsterette\_X** ), the hamsters would lead a revolt. Welcome to the boards, **BigBob1216**! May you enjoy posting and lurking! ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/24 "2002-05-15T06:46:27Z")
You might want to pop in and say G’Day to us over at [G’Dope](http://pub31.ezboard.com/bgdope) **Blue Curls**. I’m sure the other Brisvegans would appreciate their numbers being reinforced. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/25 "2002-05-15T06:51:00Z")
I just want to point out that this thread has 10 times as many views as posts 😃 Also, I lurk. I probably only to post to about 1 in 50 threads I read. Usually it’s because I don’t care or what I want to say has already been said. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/26 "2002-05-15T07:19:21Z")
This thread _rocks_. ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/27 "2002-05-15T10:17:24Z")
Uh, I’m usually either too shy to post, or someone’s already said what I was going to. They prolly said it better and more efficiently than I would anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/28 "2002-05-15T11:55:23Z")
I’m posting now. Just so I don’t add to the lurking value of this thread. I don’t consider myself a lurker, like NothingMan does…heck, I have over 1 ppd! (_everyone looks at Jman as if to say “oooh…big deal”_) Congrats to all you lurkers stepping out to be recognized! ---
**Author:** ![odd-socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/29 "2002-05-15T12:00:43Z")
'ello, I read the SD everyday since a friend told me about it last year. Had a lean time due to RL popping up, but hopefully, things seem like they are getting back to normal now. Normal? uh, ok then… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/30 "2002-05-15T16:46:43Z")
I lurk. Sometimes I post. Mostly I watch. Wouldn’t it be cool if we had a “lurker get together” I wonder who would show up. ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/31 "2002-05-15T16:54:56Z")
I’m a lurker, sometimes I post but mostly I watch. If we had a “lurker-dope” do you thing anyone would show? ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/32 "2002-05-15T16:57:42Z")
Damn computer… sorry for the double post. ---
**Author:** ![UWmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UWmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UWmite)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/33 "2002-05-15T17:21:49Z")
Yeah, I’ve been lurking for years. I keep resolving to actually start posting, but by the time little ol’ me moseys on over to a thread, anything I have to say has already been said. Just like in this thread! Dagnabbit! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/34 "2002-05-15T17:24:46Z")
**MONTY2** suddenly went from Lurker to Post-Padder there!1 🙂 What is with all these 1999 people i have never heard of?!?! Are there more 1999ers lying in wait, looking for their chance to strike? ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/35 "2002-05-15T18:36:29Z")
_wiggles lurker wings_ One would think that I’d have gotten over feeling intimidated after my first BADopefest. It didn’t happen. _cringes, hoping she has made no mistakes in this post_ ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/36 "2002-05-15T19:08:46Z")
\< stands up \> My name is Mighty\_Girl and I am lurker. I don’t post much because if we lurkers post at the same time we could cause the earth (being flat as it is) to tilt dangerously. :rolleyes: \< sits down after being booed\> ---
**Author:** ![IMightBeGiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc348/32.png) [@IMightBeGiant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMightBeGiant)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/37 "2002-05-15T19:17:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MONTY2 \* > \*\*I lurk. Sometimes I post. Mostly I watch. > > Wouldn’t it be cool if we had a “lurker get together” I wonder who would show up. \*\* I probably wouldn’t come, but I’d watch to see who did. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NajaSong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@NajaSong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaSong)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/38 "2002-05-15T19:34:27Z")
I’m also popping my posting cherry. I feel looser already! Although I read the SD every day & try to stifle my laughs in this small office, I am still too intimidated to post. ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/39 "2002-05-15T20:57:45Z")
I am a lurker who has actually been to several NY DOPEFESTS. In spite of lurking in the shadows of the sdmb I do live and in person but just sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Tabeitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@Tabeitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabeitha)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091/40 "2002-05-15T21:20:38Z")
Hello there. Oh, and Hi Tabitha!! (just in case she comes in after me) I post sometimes, but usually I can’t get back to a thread for a while. And then when I do get back here, there have been 3 pages of responses and to much stuff for me to answer and not enough time. I try to only post now when I can be on the SDMB for an entire evening. But I still lurk everyday. I think if we had a lurker dope fest a lot of people would show up, only you’d never know who they were, too busy lurking and all. ;):rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lurkers-are-there/109091.md?page=3)