# Lurker poll:Why don't you post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 25, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241 "2007-12-25T23:46:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241/121 "2007-12-30T08:38:09Z")

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I’ve mostly lurked because I didn’t have an active paid membership, so posting was not allowed. Still read plenty, though.

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**Author:** ![justafriend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@justafriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justafriend)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241/122 "2007-12-31T06:33:13Z")

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As said many times already, everyone says things sooner and better than I can. I basically joined just so i could use the search function. I’m a loser.

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**Author:** ![Tannim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Tannim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tannim)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurker-poll-why-dont-you-post/431241/123 "2007-12-31T07:01:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Eggerhaus]  
When I die I want to be the charter member with the lowest posts/day ratio.

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I think you are way behind.

I don’t post most of the time because by the time I have read anything i feel I can contribute to my answer would be a me too post and I really would hate to have my few posts be all that type.

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