Post by Black Lavender on Dec 5, 2014 13:06:37 GMT -5
I'm not sure who said it up thread, but if I compare the time I've been here/nest I should have straight up OG post status, but I don't mostly bc I'm a bit of a punk when it comes to posting. Well that and open enrollment! Turn in your mutha-effing forms before I lose it!
I occasionally post here, but mostly on ML or MM. I would say I'm pretty middle-of-the-road politics-wise, and while I like to read here so that I'm informed, I rarely feel like I have much to contribute. I also don't really enjoy arguing, at all. So the only time I'm tempted to post is when I agree with the majority, but then I don't feel like I'm actually contributing anything new, so I just stay quiet.
Post by phdprocrastinator on Dec 5, 2014 13:15:05 GMT -5
I have an extension on my computer that limit my time on proboards. But now that I have a two week old and spend my days sitting and nursing, I'm on my phone a lot and have been posting typo-filled responses more often.
I've been around since the days of the RE board on that other board. I mostly am not able to post a lot/keep up during the day. Also, because I've been around so long, I feel like a creeper since I know lots of inside jokes/stories, but most of you don't know me.
I am Facebook friends/on other boards with a few regulars, so I could be vouched for,, although I'm somewhat of a conservative so maybe they would deny me here.
I definitely qualify as a lurker. I usually read this board as a dose of sanity after coming into contact with crazy opinions that inevitably come up after some current event occurs. Also, the board tends to be well informed so it helps me to keep up on newsworthy items and informative articles. To be completely honest, I don't post more because 1) I'm a people pleaser, even online 2) potentially engaging in debate over controversial topics may mean that (gasp) THE INTERNET PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE ME. So...there's that. Also, I tend to agree with the political bent of the board anyway, so there isn't typically much I feel that I would contribute by jumping in.
Even if I'm not around much at night, we need to keep this place lively at night for the benefit of people like origami, summer (maybe, depending on what time it is over there), sushi, stealthmom, West Coasters in general, etc.
Yeah, I get not wanting to repeat what others have said but bumping up conversations that may have run their course earlier that day is fine if you have anything new to add, to ask questions, etc.
WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE NON-MAINLANDERS??
what I do is post late at night when I'm exhausted and feeling punchy. Then I wake up to a bazillion notifications from posts that I don't even remember making and freak out that I crossed some line in what I said. But it's usually just a bunch of likes. Good times!
I mostly lurk because I'm on sporadically on during the day and by the time I'm finished reading, I'm either out of time or the thread is over. And I'm kind of lazy (posting on an ipad is tedious). I'll try to chime in more!
I feel like I lurk because I read so much more than post, but like others have said, what I am thinking has usually been said already. And even though I've been around the knot/nest/here for many years, I've never really had a home board since the Houston board in like 2008, lol. That makes me feel like I am creeping even though I am not.
I was a creepy lurker for some time before posting (maybe, I still am). This board moves FAST and usually someone posts what I'm thinking. So, I feel it's a little redundant to post my opinion. But, I jumped in and post every so often now. Plus, you guys are fun. I guess I'm no longer a lurker....maybe just creepy (*nervous creepster laugh*)
I lurk and have for years. I don't participate because the board moves too fast and I'm usually playing catch up on my commute or lunch break. Plus anything I have to say has almost always been said by someone else.
I lurk because I am shy, both online and in real-life. Since I started reading messages boards I have been a creepy lurker so posting just feels weird. Plus it is hard enough to read all the interesting posts while working without adding posting on top of that. Plus at this point, I have been lurking so long that I feel like I know who most of you are pretty well and it feels totally awkward to jump in acting like I belong and shit when I know none of you know who I am. And I never feel like I can articulate myself well online and I get misunderstood a lot.
Dude, I just jumped right and they haven't run me off yet.
I feel dorky doing an intro post but don't want to just chime in and everyone be like, "Who the fuck are you?"
Me too.
I've been lurking here for a bit, because I feel like this gives me better news to chat about than the 5 o'clock show and something to do over lunch break.
I lurk mostly because I don't feel like I have anything to contribute. By the time I get into a thread, everything I would have said has usually been said and I don't want to be redundant. I also lack the experience and education that the posters here have and don't feel like I have anything meaningful to contribute. So mostly I lurk to try to improve myself, and post every once in a blue moon.
Post by EllenGriswold on Dec 5, 2014 14:04:33 GMT -5
I'm 100% a total lurker. I got on the old site right after the migration and found this place but never jumped in. I do post on the Getting Pregnant forum here, but I don't really have a home board. For the most part I feel pretty intimidated since nearly everyone seems intelligent, well-read, and otherwise impressive, also I feel late to the party since so many of you know each other so well. I always read here though because it's one of the best places I've seen for real discussion and I like that.
I am a lurker/occasional poster. I don't contribute more because I don't usually have anything new to add. I also have social anxiety so I tend to be hesitant to post to start with. I try to chime in on posts I have experience with (usually academia/science or anxiety) but I know absolutely nothing about make-up or pop culture.
I'm a long time lurker which I think makes it extra creepy which is why I don't post much. I have been following along since the mass Knot exodus and was over there for about 3 years before that. I actually have this site up all day and toggle between CEP, MM and ML. I rarely comment because 1) I feel redundant that my point was already made by someone 2) I have a really strong opinion about something but everyone would be all "who the heck are you and STFU" or 3) I just like to learn something new and have nothing to contribute.
:-)
I did get one person over on SO all worked up over a comment so I try to take the lurker position.
Post by alexithymia on Dec 5, 2014 14:18:43 GMT -5
I'm mostly a lurker. I usually don't post, because I'm pretty middle-of-the-field politically, and I'm afraid I would say something that would be misconstrued as offensive/racist/ignorant/etc.
Also, I feel like I'm late to the party with a lot of threads, and by the time I read them and have an opinion about them, everyone else has already moved on, or the post is on page 18 and has nothing to do with the original topic anymore.
I am a long time lurker, but only an occasional poster on this board. (I post on other boards more).
I really enjoy reading about politics and like reading the debates over issues, but I don't really enjoy participating in a debate. (This may also explain why I hated being an attorney and switched careers.)
Also, I feel like by the time I form my thoughts, write them out, read them to make sure they make sense, the discussion has already moved on to something else. I'm too slow.
Post by oliverboliverbutt on Dec 5, 2014 14:33:11 GMT -5
I'm shy and take way to long to write even the stupidest three sentence shit and then I get anxious about having written anything at all. And then if it requires more responses it's more time and anxiety.
I very much enjoy my pce time, but I do feel a little creepy, so I occasionally make the effort to post more (like in every lurker call-out thread :-P) but always fade back.
Post by froggyfarts2point0 on Dec 5, 2014 14:33:36 GMT -5
I lurk here practically daily. I haven't been an active poster since probably a year or two before the mass exodus. I was a regular on S&R when it actually had a community probably 7ish years ago. And then I moved over to TIP for a few years, but slowly tapered off as TIP went through the whole gatekeeper/hood spiel. I've lurked around P&CE on the place that shan't be mentioned since around 2010. I suppose it's safe to say I know a bit about the board members by default of reading posts, but I can honestly say I have no idea where anyone works as it relates to heyjude's definition of lurkerhood.
I haven't spoke up or introduced myself because I'm not a regular poster (as I suppose is evidenced by what is sure to be a non-existent post count). I haven't hopped into posts because I guess I thought that would be weird. But I keep coming back because I've learned a lot from reading here over the years (about politics, weirdly rapey animals, corporations, climate change, and a handful of other things). Worse yet, I've linked your posts to my cousin when we chat about politics more than once and she's now a weekly lurker or so. We often discuss issues and reference some of your posts on them.
This board is the reason I got a twitter account so that I could follow Ferguson more closely. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to run to get my youngest from preschool and then resume my hiding in the bushes where I've been promised the hope of beer.