how many here only lurk, rather than posting occasionally?

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how many here only lurk, rather than posting occasionally?

i only lurk, i find this forum to be interesting reading.

27%

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i post now and then.

48%

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i really like icecream!

23%

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jagatai
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject:

I mostly lurk. I guess what I want is to be useful to people and so I try to respond to posts here with (what I think is) helpful advice. Sometimes my comments seem to genuinely help someone. Mostly they seem to go un-noticed. So I go into lurk mode again. Or else I disappear for months at a time. That's pretty much the way I deal with my friends in real life. _________________ Ring the bell that still can ring / Forget your perfect offering / There is a crack, a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in. (Anthem - Leonard Cohen)

mds_02
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject:

matt wrote:

I often click the reply button and start composing a post, but then I either realize the amount of effort that it would take to convey exactly what I want to convey or I realize that the things I would be posting would be too similar to what other people have already posted, so I usually close the page without submitting.

I do this as well. But every so often I'll get drawn into a some really interesting discussion and post 20 times in a day.

I lurked, off and on, for about a year before I joined.

auntblabby
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:06 am Post subject:

jagatai wrote:

I mostly lurk. I guess what I want is to be useful to people and so I try to respond to posts here with (what I think is) helpful advice. Sometimes my comments seem to genuinely help someone. Mostly they seem to go un-noticed. So I go into lurk mode again. Or else I disappear for months at a time. That's pretty much the way I deal with my friends in real life.

i feel where you are coming from.

jagatai
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:14 am Post subject:

auntblabby wrote:

jagatai wrote:

i feel where you are coming from.

Thanks. It helps to know people understand.
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There is a crack, a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in.
(Anthem - Leonard Cohen)

Longshanks
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:58 am Post subject:

auntblabby wrote:

jagatai wrote:

i feel where you are coming from.

One thing I've learned from this website is that being unnoticed can be a blessing.

Longshanks
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