# Lurkers Anonymous: Roll Call **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368 "2005-08-02T22:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/101 "2005-08-07T05:54:33Z")
Please note in the update that I have maintained the list in a Notepad file so the post counts for those of you who have posted elsewhere since you first posted here will differ from your “official post count.” If you’re lurking here and see that your Join Date is in one of the missing months and your post count is sufficiently small to label you a Lurker, please post. This has been a revealing exercise and I thank all of you for participating. Hope you find it more comfortable to post some more. The update: Gundhilde Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Posts: 219 Mundo Charter Member Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 103 zeldarae Charter Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 54 Honesty Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 178 BelZarak Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 72 rivulus Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 190 Elret Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 316 SP2263 Charter Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 330 Noelq Charter Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 67 Nausicaa Charter Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 109 arjee Charter Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 65 pachabel Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 7 MoodIndigo1 Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 245 Hirka T’Bawa Charter Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 176 Nordic Pacer Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 60 petalpusher Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14 dcordell1960 Charter Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 45 Fredescu Charter Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 28 Kyyrewyyoae Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 121 Arien Charter Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 98 Crescent Charter Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 113 CowPatty Charter Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 23 Vihaga Charter Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 6 constantpeace Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 15 marup Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2 Vevila Charter Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 97 Av8trix Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Mgcklmoon Charter Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 45 Phantoms Charter Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 17 Sandals Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1 swanky\_glue Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 59 Nymphadora Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1 kushiel Charter Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 165 Ice Machine Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 12 pipperroo Charter Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 41 Arrimus\_2 Charter Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 WVmom Charter Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 238 hopesperson Charter Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 20 Tamryne Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 75 AnatomicallyCorrect Charter Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 92 wenonahbone Charter Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 69 [david8686a@netscape.net](mailto:david8686a@netscape.net) Charter Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1 Magdalena Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6 Of Cabbages and Kings Charter Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 20 PeachNoMore Charter Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 20 Tisha Charter Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2 Notorious Nik Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 51 baileygrrrl Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17 MissDisaster Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 36 Sine Nomine Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2 Little Rachael Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5 yohan go Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15 Promethea Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 16 HillKat Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 19 LucyInDisguise Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 87 CantUseMyRealName Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Yogurt Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 26 WOOKINPANUB Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 48 leandroc76 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 45 Crab Rangoon Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 metj Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1 ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/102 "2005-08-07T06:18:42Z")
Lurking is a lark. I actually just registered to post that! P.S. I’m **so** glad I found y’all! ---
**Author:** ![dmartin29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@dmartin29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmartin29)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/103 "2005-08-07T07:28:58Z")
Do I win a prize; least for the longest? For work and family, friends and all I am the “answer man” and really really tired of hearing my own “voice”. I come here to practice what I heard as a child “You learn more by listening than by talking”. Also on a couple of other boards I seem to be a “thread stopper”; as soon as I post the thread dies and I don’t want that happening here. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/104 "2005-08-07T07:40:38Z")
> [@dmartin29](#): > > Do I win a prize; least for the longest? > For work and family, friends and all I am the “answer man” and really really tired of hearing my own “voice”. I come here to practice what I heard as a child “You learn more by listening than by talking”. Also on a couple of other boards I seem to be a “thread stopper”; as soon as I post the thread dies and I don’t want that happening here. The only prize I can offer is the acknowledgment that what you say is true – at least for the moment you’re longest with least. I believe I have a bit of that brown thumb myself when it comes to killing threads. I can do it by just posting them sometimes! ---
**Author:** ![Barely\_Adequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Barely\_Adequate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barely_Adequate)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/105 "2005-08-07T18:11:06Z")
OK What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Idaho\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba9def/32.png) [@Idaho\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idaho_Red)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/106 "2005-08-08T08:39:56Z")
Since I don’t get to read the boards until after the kids are in bed, I’m usually tired (many typos) and any interesting threads are pages long when I start reading, so anything I might want to add has been said already. Plus there’s all the effort of actually typing up a response. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/107 "2005-08-08T08:45:44Z")
> [@](#): > > **Barely Adequate** : OK. What do I win? An all expenses paid trip to sunny FLORIDA!!! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/108 "2005-08-08T22:27:08Z")
I’d actually consider myself a lurker as well, even though I make a lot of topics. I make them, however, I don’t ever read any (at least while on here, not even my own)(actually, that’s not true, I sometimes read topics and my own, but not very often). What I do is print them out and read them at home. And if that’s not considered lurking in a way, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/109 "2005-08-08T22:32:08Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I’d actually consider myself a lurker as well, even though I make a lot of topics. > > I make them, however, I don’t ever read any (at least while on here, not even my own)(actually, that’s not true, I sometimes read topics and my own, but not very often). What I do is print them out and read them at home. And if that’s not considered lurking in a way, I don’t know what is. Far be it from me to argue with how you view your own habits, but with an average of over a post a day for over a year, I’ll refrain from adding your data to the list I’m keeping (and posting periodically). It’s good that you described your methods of participation, and there may be others who “lurk” the way you do. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/110 "2005-08-08T22:35:49Z")
Not a problem. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/111 "2005-08-08T23:55:53Z")
I’ve been lurking (for free) since 2001, maybe longer. Paid for it about an hour ago. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/112 "2005-08-09T00:05:23Z")
Wow. I thought I was a lurker, but I don’t hold a candle to you all. I post in spurts. Sometimes I’ll go months without posting, though I read almost every day. Then I’ll have 10 or 20 in a week, then back to lurking. I’ve had 2 posts today, I’m all breathless. I think these are my 1st posts since reregistering. ---
**Author:** ![Bike\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Bike\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bike_Rider)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/113 "2005-08-09T01:35:44Z")
My join date doesn’t remotely do justice to my length of lurkerdom… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/114 "2005-08-09T02:22:10Z")
Delurking - Once again, it’s all been said before I got here… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/115 "2005-08-09T06:39:43Z")
Hey! A lurker club! May I join? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/116 "2005-08-09T10:16:49Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > Wow. I thought I was a lurker, but I don’t hold a candle to you all. I post in spurts. Sometimes I’ll go months without posting, though I read almost every day. Then I’ll have 10 or 20 in a week, then back to lurking. > > I’ve had 2 posts today, I’m all breathless. I think these are my 1st posts since reregistering. Please see my comments to **Idle Thoughts** a few posts back. At first the 584 posts looked excessive for “Lurker” status until I checked your post rate to see it’s way less than one per day. I’ve added your data to the list I’m maintaining, not that the list has any significance beyond being what I’ve been posting from time to time as an update of those who have elected to post here. As a modification to the “rules” for deciding if you’re a Lurker – for purposes of this thread – how about a post rate of less than 0.5 per day? Until we get a batch of posts from people who deem themselves Lurkers, with post rates approaching 1-per-day, I’d advocate the .5-per-day as a cutoff. I’ll be keeping the list based on that number anyway. Discussion? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/117 "2005-08-09T10:18:56Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Hey! A lurker club! > > May I join? Wel, sir, (it is sir, right?), as you’re a Moderator I guess you can call yourself whatever you choose, but as noted above, the list I repost off and on is for Lurkers as defined in the post just above. Thanks for your support, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/118 "2006-01-26T15:16:09Z")
At the risk of having this thread killed off as a zombie, I’m giving it a bump for the benefit of other **Lurkers** who may wish to be acknowledged as such, or who may have missed it when it was “a hot topic” last summer. Any new takers? ---
**Author:** ![Ivan-Osokin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@Ivan-Osokin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivan-Osokin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/119 "2006-02-10T21:52:58Z")
Only posting as there wasn’t one on the list. Now I feel like pitting dmartin29 over the whole “longest with the least” thing. If I claimed that I was never going to post again over this would it count as a meltdown or just lurker strategy? ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368/120 "2006-02-10T21:57:23Z")
I guess I’ll jump on this, if it’s being revived. I’m pretty sure that I qualify. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call/315368.md?page=7)