# SDMB Lurkers Onymous Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280 "2003-08-10T23:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![samalama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@samalama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samalama)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/41 "2003-08-12T01:26:29Z")
There. Because you shooed me out of lurktown I have just posted in another thread. 3 posts in one day. Phew! ---
**Author:** ![hill\_o\_beans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hill\_o\_beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hill_o_beans)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/42 "2003-08-12T01:41:05Z")
Sounds yummy, **Rhelle**! I’ll be the one with the virgin strawberry margarita and the not sleepy newborn on my shoulder (sigh). **samalama** , get down wit your bad self!! better slow down, you don’t want to wear yourself out your first day… hill (who is still trying to get the hang of this bolding thing) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/43 "2003-08-12T02:20:43Z")
As many others said, any response that comes to my mind has already been posted. In fact, the same applies here but this thread seems to be one of the few where “Me too!” isn’t a waste of bandwidth. I just discovered these boards a few weeks ago and have been devouring them ever since – or at least trying to, when the gods and hamsters are smiling.🙂 Even if I never hit the 100-post mark, I do want you to know how much I’m enjoying this community. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/44 "2003-08-12T02:51:34Z")
Hey guys! I guess I still count as a lurker, but I am less lurky lately. Yay for “me too” posts, and **Rue** threads where anything goes! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/45 "2003-08-12T05:40:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhelle \* > \*\*I was going to lurk, yea even to the point of lurking a lurking thread (how lurky!), then I saw the other lurkers from MN and WI. Hi everyone! Maybe we should have a lurking MNDopefest where we all go to the same bar, but don’t say hello to each other? \*\* Rhelle,Great stuff. I got a great laugh out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Kritter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@Kritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kritter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/46 "2003-08-12T12:47:05Z")
I lurked here for a long time before I joined. Then when I did start posting I got the “you have a low post count so your post is invisable” treatment. After that, I posted all the time, made a few friends a few of them were even in the _elite_ SDMB club and started having a good time untill… the hacker struck and as a result most of my posts were lost. When the boards came back up and I started posting again I got the “you are invisable” treatment again so I said fuckit and went back to lurking, and been doin it ever since ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/47 "2003-08-12T13:15:22Z")
I’m the world’s most profilic lurker! And no, Yer posts aren’t invisible. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/48 "2003-08-12T14:23:24Z")
**Kritter** I’ve posted in threads (like this one!) where no one responds to my comment. But you know what? Sometimes later something I’ve said will be mentioned, surprising me. People pay attention, and remember. Lotsa smart peoples around here! When you say something meaningful, people _will_ take note whether they mention it or not. ---
**Author:** ![doomraisin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@doomraisin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomraisin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/49 "2003-08-12T17:52:23Z")
Been lurking since 1999 (started under a different username). I don’t post mostly because of the work involved if I get into a debatable topic. Now I’ve got to research, and proofread, and … The high standards keep me coming back and keep me from posting more often. Someday I’ll suck it up and quit being so lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Sidewinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sidewinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sidewinder)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/50 "2003-08-12T18:40:03Z")
I lurk, therefore I am. Too thin a skin, too little passion/zealotry. ---
**Author:** ![EMW2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@EMW2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMW2)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/51 "2003-08-12T19:30:28Z")
Big lurker. Occasionally I will post but I actually prefer personal contact. I was shy at one point but I have developed into a fairly social person and do not crave anonymity like I once did. I like to see facial expressions and body language. It helps me to gauge how I should respond. That being said I love this board. Everyone is clearly intelligent and thoughtful. I lurk to get new perspectives, ideas and usually a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/52 "2003-08-12T20:29:53Z")
**Noelq** said it beautifully. I came over here in the midst of /. and the LOTR mega-post (but NOT from /.) I don’t post often because, frankly, everyone’s been around much longer then I have and they have a history (and language) I know nothing about (hackers? WAG? they bold user names?). I also am not good with words. I’ve tried to begin a thread a couple times, with it ending badly because I just don’t know things! (And look! I used the ubiquitous and evasive word “thing!” I’m clearly not SDMB material.) ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/53 "2003-08-12T20:38:08Z")
Yes, my mind has it’s moments of intelligence. Just as I hit the post button, I realized what WAG stood for. Go me! ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/54 "2003-08-12T21:38:23Z")
I only registered in May last year, but I was a very on-again-off-again lurker for about two years before that. It was interesting to read now and then while killing time. Now that I’m registered I spend _waaaaay_ too much time reading the boards. And I still don’t post much. (0.34 posts per day average as of now - kind of pathetic, really). Most of the time I just get to a thread too late, and what I wanted to say has already been said much more eloquently than I could. But I’ve been posting a little more often lately. Also, I now have a job that allows me to be on the internet fairly often. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280/55 "2003-08-12T21:41:27Z")
**Achren** - I think the reason for bolding user names, is that with 30,000+ usernames out there, a lot of them aren’t _obviously_ usernames when you’re reading a block of text. I think bolding usernames is handy, because it makes them stand out more so you can skim a thread and see them right away. Also, you know if someone is referring to a poster, or just saying something that resembles their name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lurkers-onymous-thread/194280.md?page=2)