Lurkers

mikemac

Are you a lurker?
Do you browse boards.ie while unlogged?
Well I do the same over on askaboutmoney.com, read it every day but less then 150 posts in 5 years

I've just been to personal issues forum just now where I hand out great advice :cool: (Be aware that quoting a post from that forum and putting it in AH is not cool)
But 9 posters and 55 lurkers viewing?

Come on, are you a lurker?

fonecrusher1

turn around

peanuthead

I can't lurk. I've tried it before but then something annoys the hell out of me or I find a question I can answer and I have to log in!

Revolution9

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

turn around

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

turn around

Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound
of my tears

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

turn around

...and so on.

Revolution9

Lurked on this site for a couple of weeks, then got bored and signed up.

brummytom

I don't lurk on here, I waffle on on most threads.


I only really lurk on thesession.org and digitalspy

andrew

In the sense that I've a low post count given how long I've been on here, I suppose I count as a lurker. Some people have way too much to say.

starbelgrade

Lurking sounds slightly perverse. I might try it sometime.

peanuthead

Revolution9 wrote: »

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely



Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound
of my tears





...and so on.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

turn around

Every now and then I fall APARRRRRRTTTTTT.....

Tar.Aldarion

I'm a recovering lurker.

Any key?

won't somebody please think of the children

LizT

I was for a while, while I tried to figure out what exactly AH was about... then I realized it was impossible to do that, so I just started posting.

Now I can't lurk because I always see posts that I want to talk / ask questions about.

LaughOrDie

I lurk all the time cos i dont log in in work

[Rasta]

I lurked for 2 years here(something like that.. just popped on once in a while), just recently decided to give it a shot at posting.
I'd say posting is fun, but lurking is just strangely satisfying sometimes haha :pac:

Mrmoe

Stalking is more fun:pac:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11404284

fonecrusher1

Revolution9 wrote: »

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely



Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound
of my tears





...and so on.

How very dare you use my post as a the chorus for the gheyest song ever written.:mad:


I mean't turn around im, lurking behind you. Bah you've ruined a perfectly creepy idea.....:mad:

Micky Dolenz

I see all.

Revolution9

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

How very dare you use my post as a the chorus for the gheyest song ever written.:mad:


I mean't turn around im, lurking behind you. Bah you've ruined a perfectly creepy idea.....:mad:

My pleasure.
Because of my actions, together we have spread the ghey.

Darlughda

feelingstressed wrote: »

I've just been to personal issues forum just now where I hand out great advice :cool: (Be aware that quoting a post from that forum and putting it in AH is not cool)

Ah jayzus, what did you do that for?
That's like sending a 7stone frail individual out onto the gladiator colosseum in Rome a couple of thousand years ago!

mikemac

Completely lost with with that post ^^^^

Darlughda

My post? Its clear. Quoting from PI to AH not going to have happy outcome?

mikemac

Ok, get it now but it certainly wasn't clear

Ave Nocturna

Sort of. I don't think I've much to contribute most of the time. Trying to get into the swing of things around here!

Delicate_Dlite

I lurked from 2006, joined this year. I lurk daily, probably post weekly.:cool:

Layzehfoo

I'm a lurker.

I would have started posting, but I made the mistake of starting posting on a Commuting & Transport railway thread.

It's nasty in there, I won't post again.

Adyx

Ave Nocturna wrote: »

Sort of. I don't think I've much to contribute most of the time. Trying to get into the swing of things around here!

Don't let that stop you, neither do most of the people in AHs.

I probably am a lurker, 840 posts in 3 1/2 years: there's people signed up since yesterday with more posts.

James T Kirk

I tend not to lurk on my regular forum (TCN) except maybe about 30 mins before I log on, just to get up to speed. It feels like spying otherwise - silly I know, it's on the WWW ffs. But sometimes I can't help it and get really nosey. :pac: Elsewhere it's Lurksville all the way, unless I have something to say.

Izzy711

I lurk a lot.

I only put my 2 cents in if it something I can actually contribute to. A lot of times people have already made a comment similar to the one I would have made.

Elenxor

It's only a sin if you take pleasure in it!

sponsoredwalk

I've been lurking to this thread all night...

nibtrix

I'm definitely a lurker - I probably spend about 2-3 hours on boards every day yet I rarely post.

I actually start writing replies sometimes then think "nah, that's exactly the same point someone else made, no point cluttering up the thread with the same info over and over again".

Sea Sharp

I usually lurk in the other sections of boards because for the majority of threads I have nothing to contribute. Except in AH, you don't need to think for AH.

Scuid Mhór

lurking is boring.

DoneDL

I don't think people lurk in the over the shoulder sense, perhaps like me the just enjoy the posts and wait for inspiration.

Revolution9

DoneDL wrote: »

I don't think people lurk in the over the shoulder sense, perhaps like me the just enjoy the posts and wait for inspiration.

Look at all the guests boards.ie has. Most lurk without posting at all

AckwelFoley

lurkers = stalkers


*awaits explosion of new accounts to reply

RoadKillTs

Well I lurk a lot on Askaboutmoney too mainly because I'm afraid of getting a ban.

Post a fair bit here now and again. Depends on me mood.

sickle

been lurking for years, rarely have a need to post.
I'll go log out now.

Scarydoll

Sometimes I like to lurk and sometimes I don't.

ChopShop

feelingstressed wrote: »

Do you browse boards.ie while unlogged?

I'm doing that right at this very moment.

Sugar Free

Kind of a lurker in that my old account had an average post count of over 1 a day, most of which would of been on AH I reckon.

crazyguy01

Been a lurker for a while, especially on AH. As you can see by my low number of posts just signed up recently:cool:

Asphyxia

I usually browse for awhile and when I see a thread I want to post in then I will log in. I do browse a lot though.

ejmaztec

I sometimes hide in the bushes.

Princess Zelda

As others have said, I generally lurk and then post when I have something worth posting. Hope this applies

icywind1980

I only post when I really have something to say, but I am always logged in and reading. Gives me something to talk about to my friends over drinks. "hey did you see that post on boards.."

Revolution9

This is the only forum I'm signed up to. I lurk on 2 or 3 others. Lurked here for a few months prior to signing up just 3 weeks ago.

Nulty

Oh so lurking on the web is ok but lurking in real life makes me a weirdo!? :mad:

Wha!?

Revolution9

Nulty wrote: »

Oh so lurking on the web is ok but lurking in real life makes me a weirdo!? :mad:

Wha!?

That won't stand up in court :rolleyes:

Krusader

ejmaztec wrote: »

I sometimes hide in the bushes, fapping

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Revolution9

Interestingly Wikipedia has this to say

Research indicates that "lurkers make up over 90% of online groups"