# Post here if you have been lurking for the duration of the paid memberships **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753 "2008-09-02T21:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/21 "2008-09-03T02:46:11Z")
I wasn’t a very active poster when I could post before, but I’ve been a constant lurker through the years. It’ll be nice to chime in occasionally when the urge strikes. So many "Yeah, me too!"s got held in throughout the years. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/22 "2008-09-03T02:51:20Z")
Lurked for about four years, then I posted until my guest membership expired and lurked some more. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/23 "2008-09-03T02:55:46Z")
I have posted a lot in the past, but last year unreasonable and unconscionable limitations were placed on my ability to post by certain Dope administrators. I had determined that I would quit the board when my membership ran out this spring, and did so. I did so because if I had paid money to post on a board whose rulings I found so unreasonable and frankly, stupid, my opinion of my own intelligence would be even lower than my opinion of the intelligence of the people who limited my ability to post. Now that the board is free to post, I am willing to share my wisdom and make enquiries as I see fit, even though there are many on this board who do not deserve such largesse. But there are other who do. I await the grateful thanks of Dopers everywhere. Or you could just send money. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/24 "2008-09-03T02:56:35Z")
Been a lurker since…2002? There were a handful of threads I thought I could be helpful on, but the moment passed. I do believe we’ll have to re-post all this next week (if I read the sticky correctly), given that we’re going from “guest” to “members”. I’m excited to be able to contribute for the first time ever - instead of just sponge off of everyone like in the past! Hello, teeming millions, from lindsaybluth 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Goblin\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Goblin\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goblin_Queen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/25 "2008-09-03T03:08:55Z")
Hello everyone! I have been reading the boards since about 2000, when [bored.com](http://bored.com) led me here. This is the finest place of insanity on the internet and I am really excited about finally being able to speak (in a manner of speaking) instead of just listening. I really really want to mention a certain kind of ray that could cause mortal injury right now, but I will restrain myself. \ ---
**Author:** ![Hozer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@Hozer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hozer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/26 "2008-09-03T03:09:03Z")
Lurker for about 8 years… wow… just joined today 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/27 "2008-09-03T03:45:15Z")
Also back. I lurked the entire time during pay-to-post. I was never prolific to begin with, was unemployed when it went to the pay model, and afterward it didn’t seem worth it when I’d already been just reading for several months, and was more or less used to it. On the rare occasion I feel an impulse to join in, I may actually act on it now. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/28 "2008-09-03T03:49:12Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I did so because if I had paid money to post on a board whose rulings I found so unreasonable and frankly, stupid, my opinion of my own intelligence would be even lower than my opinion of the intelligence of the people who limited my ability to post. Welcome back. Insults are still not allowed in any forum other than the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Neutral\_Density](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Neutral\_Density](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neutral_Density)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/29 "2008-09-03T03:53:53Z")
Been lurking my ass off. Glad to stop that and start contributing. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/30 "2008-09-03T03:59:04Z")
Hello, again! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/31 "2008-09-03T04:04:28Z")
Hi, long time lurker, first time poster. I got hooked on the Dope when it appeared in The NY Press (alternative weekly) last millennium. ---
**Author:** ![Renton\_lvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Renton\_lvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renton_lvr)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/32 "2008-09-03T04:11:46Z")
Wow. It _has_ been a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/33 "2008-09-03T04:13:46Z")
I haven’t lurked the whole time…just most of it. :smack: Hi a bunch of people I’ve seen before and some I have no clue who ya are! Cheers and here’s to you. ---
**Author:** ![MemoryDump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MemoryDump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryDump)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/34 "2008-09-03T04:16:51Z")
Yeah, I’ve been lurking since the last millennium, too. I think it is a benign addiction. Signed up and posted a little bit, apparently in 2004, since I last “visited” 8/17/2004. Doesn’t seem it has been that long. Won’t post much, but will be glad to be able to say it when I have something to say. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/35 "2008-09-03T04:17:09Z")
I too have been lurking for many a year. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/36 "2008-09-03T04:22:05Z")
Apparently this is the first time I’ve logged in since August 2004, though I’ve kept reading. It’s good to be back, though I doubt I’ll post all that often. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/37 "2008-09-03T04:36:44Z")
I posted for a few years (free and p2p) but it’s been a while since logged in. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/38 "2008-09-03T04:38:53Z")
Long time lurker, first time poster! Hey guys, oh it is good to be able to post. So many years of only reading… Anyway, I’m a 20 year old Aussie male, a student, and… well, that sums me up pretty well. See you all in the threads! ---
**Author:** ![toadbriar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@toadbriar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadbriar)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/39 "2008-09-03T04:44:10Z")
Marvelous! I couldn’t justify re-subscribing this year - we bought a house and it’s eating all our dollars. I’ve been lurking all along, though. ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/40 "2008-09-03T04:45:42Z")
I have lurked since around 2002; had the free thirty-day pass earlier this year, but completely forgot my password and no longer have the email for it, so couldn’t log in under that name. I like this one better anyway; will I be considered a sock? I don’t want to start off screwing up already. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=3)