# It's time for the Unknown Posters thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677 "2003-02-22T00:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/61 "2003-02-23T00:36:41Z")
(0.21 posts per day) Seems as though Amazingrace, leafrog and generica have the records, though ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/62 "2003-02-23T00:47:07Z")
I’d post more often, but I usually make the mistake of visiting the pit first and get scared off. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Pebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Johnny\_Pebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Pebs)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/63 "2003-02-23T01:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by generica \* > \*\*I don’t know that I’ve ever made a “sharp, concise, thoughtful post” on this board, but I _have_ been lurking around for a few years now. > > Y’all are intimidating, and there are so many people on the board that apparently think the way I do - someone has generally already posted what I was going to say before I can get around to it. So mostly I lurk instead. \*\* What s/he said… except for the intimidating part. Pebs ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/64 "2003-02-23T02:38:43Z")
_disrupts the flow of this conversation to greet **SRB** _ 🙂 **Exgineer** , I like reading your opinions and listening to you, and please don’t you think of going back to lurking! **SlightDistrurbance** , your username looks really familiar. Although I don’t yet remember your posts, I’ll try to do so in the future. **Qwisp** , get back out here too! I’ve read entirely too few **Qwisp** posts lately! **generica** , I shall change my location in honor of you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SRB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SRB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SRB)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/65 "2003-02-23T02:44:49Z")
Dang…just what I love…I good disruption!!! LOL HI, lel!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/66 "2003-02-23T03:08:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Before I post I: > -check if someone has already said what I was planning to say > -check if I might actually be making a somewhat useful, relevant, and interesting contribution > -check if I’m going to say something very controversial that might draw me into a massive argument that I can’t be bothered to have > -make sure I’m not going to offend anybody. BAH! That hasn’t stopped 99% of us in\*\* MPSIMS \*\*and **IMHO** where the unoffical motto is _Validating Our Low Self Worth 2.3 posts a day. \* 🙂 But_Those \*people in GD are a bunch o’einsteins and they know their poop. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/67 "2003-02-23T03:29:43Z")
I think my mom, **Sapphyre Rose** , qualifies as an unknown poster. She’s been registered since November 2002, and she has five posts. She rarely posts here because: a) she’s still fairly new to message boards, and b) she thinks everyone will think it’s weird that she only has five posts even though she’s been a member for more than two years. (I tell her that’s not true, but it doesn’t help.) I figure if nothing else, she’ll show up in this thread to yell at me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/68 "2003-02-23T03:33:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladybug \* > **She’s been registered since November 2002.** Make that November 2000. :smack: ::grumble:: And I previewed, too. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/69 "2003-02-23T03:39:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Qwisp, get back out here too! I’ve read entirely too few Qwisp posts lately! I don’t know what’s going on with my posting habits, but at this rate I’ll double my count by the end of the year 😃 After this thread I promise I’ll never complain again about being unnoticed!It’s great to see everyone posting here, and I hope to see a lot more of all of you!!(I do recognize most of your user names though,I spend waaay to much time reading this board) ---
**Author:** ![boomvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@boomvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boomvark)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/70 "2003-02-23T03:43:01Z")
What is the difference, if any, between an unknown poster and a known un-poster? I usually don’t post unless there’s something I can contribute that hasn’t already been said. Like a number of other people, I’ve also avoided sticking my neck out in GD, for reasons that might be GD material in themselves. The previous sentence probably doesn’t even make sense to anyone but me. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/71 "2003-02-23T04:06:11Z")
Hi, **SRB**! Good to see you here again! 😃 **Qwisp** , you can follow in my footsteps – I mainly lurked until about 6 months ago. 😛 Oh yeah, I also noticed your location, as I lived in that area for many years. **boomvark** , your sentence appears to make sense, and welcome to more happy posting! ---
**Author:** ![headchecked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@headchecked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headchecked)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/72 "2003-02-23T06:22:42Z")
Kind of weird in that from the views:replies ratio so far is pretty high. This thread has had 8-900 views to 70 replies giving it a 'lurker ratio" of about 12 viewers to one poster. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/73 "2003-02-23T07:33:38Z")
Had to start in with the math, didn’t you? Welcome back to the bright light of the boards, **headchecked**. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/74 "2003-02-23T07:54:43Z")
I’m an in and out poster. 2 years here though. I don’t realy lurk, so much as listen to my gal **LaurAnge** tell me what’s going on around the boards. If I’m posting, it’s usually in CS. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/75 "2003-02-23T08:36:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sunstone \* > \*\*I read the forums for about 18 months before I registered in July of 2002. Since that time I’ve posted about 150 times. > > I only post if I have something that I think is relevant and unique…and I don’t have anything to add to what the other posters are writing. This doesn’t mean I’m not interested; I spend part of nearly day reading the forums. > > Also, it seems that sometimes I kill threads, especially those with scientific questions. So that is a concern of mine…I don’t like to see the thread die after I post. > > I wouldn’t call myself a lurker. Think of the fairly quiet guy who only speaks on occasion. \*\* Yeah, me too! ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/76 "2003-02-23T08:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vl\_mungo \* > \*\*(0.21 posts per day) > Seems as though Amazingrace, leafrog and generica have the records, though \*\* I could beg to differ!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Toffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/77 "2003-02-23T15:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > **BAH! That hasn’t stopped 99% of us in** MPSIMS \*\*and **IMHO** where the unoffical motto is _Validating Our Low Self Worth 2.3 posts a day. \* 🙂 But_Those \*people in GD are a bunch o’einsteins and they know their poop. \*\* Make it the _official_ motto and I might post more often. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SRB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SRB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SRB)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/78 "2003-02-23T15:59:34Z")
Great idea, Toffe! I think we’re all doing better here, though! Shirley Ujest , thank you! You make me feel a lot more comfortable here! ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/79 "2003-02-23T16:13:48Z")
I read the boards 2 to 3 times a week and will post if I have something meaningful to add. Oh wait, I just blew my MO with this meaningless post. ---
**Author:** ![dahempfaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dahempfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dahempfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677/80 "2003-02-23T17:35:11Z")
okay, i’ve been lurking here for quite a while and just recently registered…like most here have already mentioned, i usually don’t post unless i have something new or meaningful to add to the thread…i just don’t want to be redundant…although i am being just that with this response…uh…yeah…:smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677.md?page=5)