S/O That's Creepy -- Why did/do you lurk?

[TC]

There are a LOT of low post count posters lately, more so than I have seen before. I was definitely not the only one who decided to come out of the woodwork recently. So lurkers, here is a post to say why you've been creepy, I guess?

I started viewing when Tamb got pregnant with #1 (I don't remember when this was, it's my time landmark for the nest or something now in my brain). I posted briefly has LyraFrederick here for all of like two days but then Proboards did some major change and logged me out and I couldn't remember my log in info and then I left for awhile. I haven't lurked continuously... probably about 6 months collectively. I spent most of my time on MM trying to learn how to handle money more appropriately. Thanks to this, retirements are maxed, we managed to survive some major financial set backs earlier this year, and we have been able to save enough for my H to quit his job and go back to school very comfortably after spending almost a decade in military/government mechanical work. I still don't have my grocery budget under control though and I draw the line at ziplock bagging loose cilantro leaves at the grocery store to make that happen! 

I stayed quiet because I was a bebe bride and I am super ridiculously shy/private IRL and have a hard time getting over that even online. I've learned a lot here and I didn't want to lose a great resource by making an ass of myself. 

Anyone else?

[pockets]

I lurked cause I was too lazy to post. Actually, I was just too lazy to sign up. Lurking became weird so I decided to get off my ass and introduce myself. I'm still a lazy poster but I'm working in it.

[mrsericnorthman]

I used to post on TK/TN a looooooong time ago.

Work has been really slow so I went back to check TK so I can kill some time. I am guessing TK/TN imploded or whatever crazy shit and I found GBCN so I signed up. Work picked up again and fianlly slowed down this week so I'm back and started posting this week.

[bittybomb]

Total laziness on my part. I like to break up my work by peeking around the internet - out local patch site, my local newspaper site, here, teenmomtalk.com (guilty guilty guilty pleasure), a handful of blogs, online shopping, my kids' school page, etc. I like to mix it up. After a couple of minutes, I go back to work. Rinse and repeat.

[ax2]

I didn't post because I didn't come on very often and usually I had missed the good stuff while it happened. It felt weird to hop into page 5 of a post to chime in with what everyone else had already said. I'm over it now.

[Deleted]

I'm just here to remind lurkers they should pick an avatar because I hate those bald aliens and I don't know screen names.

[brighton]

I guess I just don't have much to say. I'm also very shy.

[BaliHai]

I lurked/didn't post much when I first joined because I was trying to get a feel for the boards before I jumped in. ALL I did was lurk occasionally on the other site because I found it intimidating. That's pretty much what I do/have done with any forum, though... I like to just read along for a while until I feel ready to start participating.

[partyhat]

I used to post on TN/TB, not a whole lot, but more regularly than I post here. Then, when the whole hippy/BB thing went down I got freaked out about interacting with crazies, so I stopped posting as much. Now, I'm just super busy and not around all that much anyway, but sometimes I throw my 2 cents in for the hell of it.

[lauralala]

I lurked for a long time on the other site (though not on ML) because I worked mostly at night and everyone else was always gone when I showed up. It didn't make sense to add to posts that had been dead for hours.

Now, in a new job, I can actually participate during the day, though I am still on at night sometimes.

[CrazyLucky]

I don't post a lot because by the time I get to a thread, five or 30 people have already said the same thing I would say. Also, there is such a huge chance that people interpret what you are saying in some other way and then go crazy on you. I don't always have a chance to get back and explain myself more/better.

[shadynasty]

I lurked on the old site and came over here during the exodus. I guess I just don't have much to say most of the time, or what I would say has already been said better by someone else. I'm super quiet IRL too.

[ClaireOtoms]

I started posting about a year and a half ago, but then gave birth and was a little distracted. I started posting again about 7 or 8 months ago, but then moved, didn't have internet for 4 months, and now I feel way too random to just jump into threads anymore. So this is me, jumping back in I guess.

[oliveyou]

I try to post but don't have a lot of time when I'm at work. And I'm lazy. I've been lurking/rarely posting for a long time. I'm creepy. Sorry!

[Deleted]

Sept 10, 2013 13:06:03 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

People who lurk = actual randoms, and the rest are jaded ex-nesties/family/exes/ex's new spouse/friends/'friends'/in-laws of posters.

Everybody wave!

A former friend did stalk me here, she could still be around.

[TC]

Sept 10, 2013 12:58:53 GMT -5 @amoosed said:

I'm just here to remind lurkers they should pick an avatar because I hate those bald aliens and I don't know screen names.

Better?

[papie]

I used to lurk on the knot because I had a job where my boss would walk in my office without warning and I found that just lurking allowed me to close the window faster than if I was participating, lol.  I was planning my wedding back then, so it was 2004-2005.  Then I started posting on the nest the summer of 2005.  

[roo54]

I have anxiety, and I guess it comes through to the internet as well.

[Deleted]

I was lurking slightly before the exodus on and off. I really started lurking after the SS/JLM thing went down. I mostly lurked because I was a bebe and just did not have a lot of experience to contribute to the board. Eventually, I had enough of being a creepy lurker and decided I'd just jump right in.

So here I am.

[Deleted]

I used to post back on TN, but not on ML. I was there when everyone left, so I made a new screen name over here. I got a new job and was pretty busy, but now I have some free time to post.

[meggers]

I used to post on TN. I've tried to give up the lurking but I swear I'm more knowledgable having stuck around. Vagina numbers aside, I learn very life-applicable items here. I only post if I actually have something to say.

[childofhiphop]

I posted on TN more frequently (mostly MM and some ML) as far back as 2003.

Then screen names changed (including mine). Then eventually the move here.

Mostly I don't post much because I just don't have time. I had a great job that I had time and could just jump in between tasks.

Since then, there has been an infertility roller coaster, a failed adoption, a cross country move, a great job, survival of the lay-offs this year and re-org'd into a crappy department with a lame manager. My team was reduced from 12 to 3 and no reduction of the workload.

I'm exhausted.

[Deleted]

I used to only read the forum in the evenings, after most of the conversations of the day had ended. Now that I'm on during the day, I feel like I can take part in the discussions.

[picaflora]

I was pretty active on my local board on TK, and started s-l-o-w-l-y migrating to TN national boards. I landed on MM when I lost my job shortly after I got married. I was too scared to post on the national boards - too many mean people!
=0p I only ventured on ML to catch up on the "board wars"

I followed the exodus here with some minor posting - but I was in a job where it wasn't easy to post at work. MM got boring/repetitive, and this was the other active board.

I can post easier at work now but... I don't like to "ditto" everyone else. And I'm horrible at starting new posts since I rarely have anything super interesting going on. I'm also wordy and it takes forever for me to respond.

[wambam]

I lurked for a week maybe to get the feel of things. I lurk on CE&P and MM sometimes when I'm bored, but only post if something is very very relevant to me.

[reider19]

Welp, I admit it. I am lurk-tastic. Reasons for lurking 1) as a perfectionist (i.e. crazy person) I never feel like I have the perfect thing to say in response to posts and 2) I tend to be insecure, likely a contributor to #1. I used to post on TK, but didn't get around to ML until around exodus time. After that, well, refer to #1 and #2. So, this is me, getting over myself and coming out of the woodwork. Hi.

[TC]

Sept 10, 2013 13:47:31 GMT -5 reider19 said:

Welp, I admit it. I am lurk-tastic. Reasons for lurking 1) as a perfectionist (i.e. crazy person) I never feel like I have the perfect thing to say in response to posts and 2) I tend to be insecure, likely a contributor to #1. I used to post on TK, but didn't get around to ML until around exodus time. After that, well, refer to #1 and #2. So, this is me, getting over myself and coming out of the woodwork. Hi.

1. Start viewing all posts in which someone is being flamed to bits
2. Collect all the gifs
3. ? ? ?
4. Profit (also known as never having to use your words again)

GIFs were created as medicine for tumblr and perfectionists, I am sure of this.

[katb]

Most of the time when I could get on, posts already had responses that would be similar to mine. Now, as the kids are in school and I can get on in the morning and throughout the day, I can be in the action.

[mandabean]

I've wanted to jump in for awhile but I never really know what to say. I am also very shy which makes me anxious in pretty much all social settings.

[dottyblue]

I have started posting more in the last 6 months or so, but I honestly just can't keep up with the pace of this board. You guys are FAST with your posts, LOL.