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I've always been curious... how many people are lurking on NS at any given time? And why don't you post? Don't you think you've got something to say?
Or rather, what kind of thread would you post in? What topics interest you?

Own up - post here!

Look out neo k!:eek:

*whistles while walking idly by*

*owns up*

*Places chocolate as bait in strategic locations*
*Locks 'n' loads hunting rifle*

Eeek! *Scurries off into shadows*

But yeah, I guess I am a lurker. I enjoy reading the posts on the forum, though I often don't have anything to say that someone else hasn't said already. I often vote in polls, though.

Nah, I know you all. But I'm pretty sure there's people out there stalking NS General that nobody here has even heard of yet

good thinking CW! get em out in the open so we can..... uh... fluffle. them. yeah...


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I lurked for the first bit of my sad NS life. :D
Nearly 8000 posts .... no longer a lurker.

I end up lurking when something's interesting but I don't have anything to contribute. If the thread is really long I sometimes read some of it, but usually don't say anything in fear of being moaned at for repeating something.

I usually find that by the time I get to a thread, 2 or 3 people have already posted what I was going to say. I think that the time difference plays a big part in that.

*flashes the forum*

That wasn't what you meant? :D

I'd post something serious, but it's already been said by someone above. ;)

I always lurk, i never can think of anything interesting to say. My post count says it all really. :( :gundge: :mp5: :sniper:

Boo!

[/flee]

I usually only pop out when someone says something which I know to be wrong or that I really, really disagree with. Sometimes I just randomly feel like posting or arguing so I post sometimes.

I always lurk, i never can think of anything interesting to say. My post count says it all really. :( :gundge: :mp5: :sniper:

Now, if you read most posts on here, you'll find hardly anybody has anything interesting to say most of the time. We just say it anyway, to keep the Forum alive. ;)

me? can't be arsed to post once a forum has got going.
it'd be like interupting someone's conversation.

Only the proper lurkers don't post, even in this thread, so I win!!!!

No...wait:eek: :headbang:

I rarely post on NS General, although I read the threads quite often. I prefer to watch this flamming spam orgy from a distance.

me? can't be arsed to post once a forum has got going.
it'd be like interupting someone's conversation.

But I remember you, so you don't count.

Actually, your name reminds me of another poster from a while ago.... (TIN :()

But I remember you, so you don't count.

Actually, your name reminds me of another poster from a while ago.... (TIN :()
we all miss TIN :(

I post fairly regularly, but I've been on the forums for two years and my post count is much lower than that of many people who've only been here for a few months or so. As a general rule of thumb, I only respond to threads if I'm interested in them in the first place and if the point I wished to make hasn't already been made. I enjoy reading the discussions, though.

My boyfriend, who's also been here two years, visits General most nights, but he only has about 4 posts. His reasoning for not posting is that things move so quickly and he can't be arsed to try and keep track of them.

*is a lurker*

I lurk. Maybe just a little.

Wow, a thread especially for me :D

Ive almost regressed back to lurking the last few months

I lurk. Maybe just a little.

Now THIS is a lurker. I recognise everyone else in this thread, but not this dude (well duh, considering it was his first post).

Question for you, lurker: Have you ever burned your pubes while dancing naked around a fire?

I lurk a lot more than I post.

I read most of the threads... but my lack of knolwedge on some subjects/ general laziness means I don't post very often

The forums here are fun to read but by the time I get to them what I was going to say has already been said :rolleyes:

Wow, a thread especially for me :D

Behold, the King of the Lurkers!

I was a lurker for a good while, myself. My first six months or so. Now look what I've turned into.

Behold, the King of the Lurkers!That's too much honour for Blaat:p

Why post when someone has already said what you want to say and often in a better thoughtout way than I would. I only post when I think someone has missed an incredibly obvious and pertanent (sp?) and as you can see from my post count that isn't very often.

Either that or I kinda enjoy the power of knowing more about you guys than you know about me. :eek:

That's too much honour for Blaat:p

Well he's a 2002 nation with only 900 something posts. That's some pretty hardcore lurkage.

Im a lurker i admit it, i just come on read everything vote in every poll i can find and wonder away again.

But lurking is soooo much fun!

Actually, I just don't have the time to post anything. Which is strange, because I do have the time to read through everything, but whatever. :p

Oh, and don't worry, no gun smilies from me here.

*discreetly hides away again*

But lurking is soooo much fun!

Actually, I just don't have the time to post anything. Which is strange, because I do have the time to read through everything, but whatever. :p

Oh, and don't worry, no gun smilies from me here.

*discreetly hides away again*
That is 1/3 of your contribution to the NationStates forum... weird, eh?

Zooks! I've been exposed.
I've been a member of a different board for 4 years yet I have less than 450 posts there.
I could have continued lurking here if it weren't for you meddling kids.

That is 1/3 of your contribution to the NationStates forum... weird, eh?

The other 2/3 weren't even in General... they were from some retarded RP war that a member of my region dragged me into. Thankfully, that died quickly, and I was able to go back to browsing the forums in peaceful seclusion.

... Oh, wait, I wasn't supposed to say anything. Drat! I'll shut up now.

That's too much honour for Blaat:p

There is no such thing as too much honour for me :D

i just like to lurk

I've always been curious... how many people are lurking on NS at any given time? And why don't you post? Don't you think you've got something to say?
Or rather, what kind of thread would you post in? What topics interest you?

Own up - post here!

I think I qualify as a lurker. The reason I don't post much is I don't have time to keep up with the threads after I've posted. Yeah, the email updates are one option, but I just have too much "real life" to deal with. I don't mean that as a slight to anyone who spends most of their time here. I just don't have the time to choose to dedicate here. I work full time, I'm a full time student, a full time daddy and I'm in a play this weekend. I really just do not have the time. I do, however, like to peruse the forum and some of the threads... especially when my wife (who is strongly addicted to the forums) gets into it with someone.

I think I qualify as a lurker. The reason I don't post much is I don't have time to keep up with the threads after I've posted. Yeah, the email updates are one option, but I just have too much "real life" to deal with. I don't mean that as a slight to anyone who spends most of their time here. I just don't have the time to choose to dedicate here. I work full time, I'm a full time student, a full time daddy and I'm in a play this weekend. I really just do not have the time. I do, however, like to peruse the forum and some of the threads... especially when my wife (who is strongly addicted to the forums) gets into it with someone.

The key for me is to not keep up with the threads after I've posted unless I really care about them. I post in tons of threads that I don't care about, and that I just stop caring about after I've posted in them. Only a select few threads do I follow consistently and post multiple times in. I can see how trying to follow all your threads can be overwhelming. That's why you just don't. :D

Piggy Piggy.

I think I qualify as a lurker. The reason I don't post much is I don't have time to keep up with the threads after I've posted. Yeah, the email updates are one option, but I just have too much "real life" to deal with. I don't mean that as a slight to anyone who spends most of their time here. I just don't have the time to choose to dedicate here. I work full time, I'm a full time student, a full time daddy and I'm in a play this weekend. I really just do not have the time. I do, however, like to peruse the forum and some of the threads... especially when my wife (who is strongly addicted to the forums) gets into it with someone.
I am not strongly addicted.

you are in trouble when you get home........

;)

I rarely post on NS General, although I read the threads quite often. I prefer to watch this flamming spam orgy from a distance.
Mmmm... A flaming orgy of spam would be nice right about now :fluffle:

Quiet in reality, quiet here (mostly).

Now I have a question, I have been about since 2003, and I don't have a very high post count. I didn't used to post, just read, but recently I have started to post. I find that there is a bit of a 'club' of regular posters, who are prolific, there are also some who post less often but are well known. At what point does one stop being a nOOb and become a member of the elite? Is it a post volume thing? or is there some point at which you post so often that people can no longer ignore you or what? I was just wondering, because I have noticed that some people (it has not happened to me) have made a point of mentioning the post count as if a low count is a bad thing and precludes you from having a valid opinion. I was just wondering if that is why there are so many lurkers....because they find it intimidating to join in? I know that I did at first, also I don't tend to join in the 'who on NS...' threads as it is always the same people and I feel that I am not one of them...

Does that make sense to anybody? or shall I go back into my paranoia bunker with the evil head voices? :p

I find that there is a bit of a 'club' of regular posters, who are prolific, there are also some who post less often but are well known. At what point does one stop being a nOOb and become a member of the elite?

It's when you get mentioned in those "Who on NS is/would you...?" threads. I'll let you know when I make it.

Now I have a question, I have been about since 2003, and I don't have a very high post count. I didn't used to post, just read, but recently I have started to post. I find that there is a bit of a 'club' of regular posters, who are prolific, there are also some who post less often but are well known. At what point does one stop being a nOOb and become a member of the elite? Is it a post volume thing? or is there some point at which you post so often that people can no longer ignore you or what? I was just wondering, because I have noticed that some people (it has not happened to me) have made a point of mentioning the post count as if a low count is a bad thing and precludes you from having a valid opinion. I was just wondering if that is why there are so many lurkers....because they find it intimidating to join in? I know that I did at first, also I don't tend to join in the 'who on NS...' threads as it is always the same people and I feel that I am not one of them...

Does that make sense to anybody? or shall I go back into my paranoia bunker with the evil head voices? :p


It makes sense to me, I lurked for a while before I joined in on a debate. There are def. "the cool kids" and it's scary to post at first because there is that fear of rejection. I say stick around until they have to notice you.

Yes, I am a lurker. I posted a few on some of the topics awhile back...but most of the time I can't find a thread that I want to post in...or someone's already said what I want to say.

Also, my friend is always distracting me by singing crazy Hot Hot Heat songs across the table...in the wrong key, no less. Just an afterthought.

All us lurkers should pick a topic and write about it! Yes, random enthusiasm ensues.

*takes a drag*

I lurk quite frequently.

I'm a professional lurker...

Anytime I try to post, I find myself re-reading it then deleting it in disgust..

I find it rather impossible to lurk on General. :p

I've been lurking around here in various nations for a while. Most of them get deleted for inactivity, then I start to miss the debates and start again (I call it Nationcrack). My contributions to debates are on the rise, but I'll probably just stay in the background for the most part.

*lurk* *lurk* *lurk*

Now I have a question, I have been about since 2003, and I don't have a very high post count. I didn't used to post, just read, but recently I have started to post. I find that there is a bit of a 'club' of regular posters, who are prolific, there are also some who post less often but are well known. At what point does one stop being a nOOb and become a member of the elite? Is it a post volume thing? or is there some point at which you post so often that people can no longer ignore you or what? I was just wondering, because I have noticed that some people (it has not happened to me) have made a point of mentioning the post count as if a low count is a bad thing and precludes you from having a valid opinion. I was just wondering if that is why there are so many lurkers....because they find it intimidating to join in? I know that I did at first, also I don't tend to join in the 'who on NS...' threads as it is always the same people and I feel that I am not one of them...

Does that make sense to anybody? or shall I go back into my paranoia bunker with the evil head voices? :p
makes sense to me, and i suppose the only point you're talking about is the point at which people start to remember your name and recognise your posts, or begin to see a personality (or at least politics) behind the name. extreme posters can post just once or twice and still be remembered (UN Ambassidorship, Gilliam Returns (not a noob but still counts to illustrate my point), anyone?)... others can post for weeks or months and not get a look-in. if you have a recognisable or memorable name, that helps, but for the most part its just sticking around long enough to be seen to be part of the place, recognised, known and eventually accepted, as with any 'club' (anyone who says NS, or any forum, isn't cliquey is deluding themselves).
postcount is a bit of an indicator there in that it takes both time and posts to get recognised - the longer you stick around or the more you post, the higher your postcount will be; hence its something of an indicator of... something.
its not really validity of opinion - i'll respect the opinion of most noobs as much as a regular poster, but i'll most likely respond to a regular poster because i know who they are, where they're coming from, i know i can have a laugh with most of them and not get too serious, and know that if i bother to consider and type out a reply to an arguement, the regular will be more likely to reply and engage in intelligent debate than some noob i don't know who either may not be on here very often, or who might not come back at all.

but don't worry Carisbrooke, i've marked you down as a regular now ;)
mostly cos i recognise you and know something about you... i feel like i'm not just talking to a faceless name but an actual person... i don't know if any of that makes sense :p


edit: oh and myself, i never lurked: just jumped straight in :D (with a really presumptuous non-nooby post IIRC :p)
though it took me about 6 months to come on to the forums before that...

I guess I'm a lurker... kinda... sorta... I think. I originally had no intention of ever even getting into the forums. But then, something caught my eye, I remembered a quote from a book which I thought would be a cool sig, and I got sucked into this evil internet version of Hotel California(as someone else here calls NS in their sig). What really sucks is that my 3 posts(now 4)are evil long-assed things that should be killed-killed until they're dead. And then killed some more. Then blown up, put into a bus filled with manure that's being pushed over a cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse, tortured via being tied to a chair and forced to watch the horror that is Barney, shot, burned, and thrown it a black hole. It just seems like, whenever I post, I'm tired and feeling more random than normal-I don't even talk 3/4's this much in RL. The aforementioned methods of destruction also includes this post.

Edit:
According to the thing underneath my name and date of joining, I have six posts.... but I don't remember the other 2. Do they count almost posted, but didn't post, posts?

This is excellent....there are people on here with less posts than me! I think we should start a new and exclusive club for people who dont have huge post counts!

Now THIS is a lurker. I recognise everyone else in this thread, but not this dude (well duh, considering it was his first post).

Question for you, lurker: Have you ever burned your pubes while dancing naked around a fire?

Strangely, no. The ASBO keeps me away from naked flame, now. Oh, how I long for heady nude-dancing days of yesteryear, and the fragrent smell of a smouldering undercarriage...

I lurk therefore I am

Okay I am going to take the dreaded "what about me" plunge...does anybody remember me? Do I have a recognizable personality and ideologies? Is there a single thing I've said or done on here that has made a difference?

Juuuuuust checking.

I've always been curious... how many people are lurking on NS at any given time? And why don't you post? Don't you think you've got something to say?
Or rather, what kind of thread would you post in? What topics interest you?

Own up - post here!
I don't post because I love to lurk. :p

Okay I am going to take the dreaded "what about me" plunge...does anybody remember me? Do I have a recognizable personality and ideologies? Is there a single thing I've said or done on here that has made a difference?

Juuuuuust checking.

Yes I do!

I have seen you post on several threads that I have looked at, in fact you just posted on the flag burning one!

*waves*

I lurk therefore I am a lurker.

*takes a drag*

Corrected for accuracy.

I don't post because I love to lurk. :p
Very amusing, looking at your post count.:p

Okay I am going to take the dreaded "what about me" plunge...does anybody remember me? Do I have a recognizable personality and ideologies? Is there a single thing I've said or done on here that has made a difference?

Juuuuuust checking.
I remember your name........sometimes. I hardly ever read your posts.

tell me about yourself and I will memorize that stuff then when you ask again I will have a good answer.

Very amusing, looking at your post count.:p

And look at mine! 10,000+ posts down the drain... But it was worth it. It was so fucking worth it!

Yes I do!

I have seen you post on several threads that I have looked at, in fact you just posted on the flag burning one!

*waves*

Yes! *arm pumping*

Strangely, no. The ASBO keeps me away from naked flame, now. Oh, how I long for heady nude-dancing days of yesteryear, and the fragrent smell of a smouldering undercarriage...


This made me laugh out loud! I love the idea of your ASBO preventing you from going near naked flame, it must ruin your birthday party though.

fragrent smell of a smouldering undercarriage....lmao

Yes! *arm pumping*

Are you pleased that someone knows who you are....or is it because its me? ;)

Okay I am going to take the dreaded "what about me" plunge...does anybody remember me? Do I have a recognizable personality and ideologies? Is there a single thing I've said or done on here that has made a difference?

Juuuuuust checking.
i recognise you...

I don't post because I love to lurk. :p
[ trout slaps ] ;)

I remember your name........sometimes. I hardly ever read your posts.

tell me about yourself and I will memorize that stuff then when you ask again I will have a good answer.

Okay let me see. I am a liberal, I think Scandanavian and Canadian politics are great. I am pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, and I am pro-animal rights. I think very strongly that people should have to qualify to become parents and sterilize the rest. Coincidentally (;)) I work with what would be considered "at-risk" parents (single, teen, poor, handicapped, mentally ill, anger problems, risk for child abuse) and it is pretty rough. I'm in grad school for school counseling. I have a dachshund and I regularly donate to the local animal shelters. I live near Baltimore but I used to live in Yorkshire, UK. I can't tell jokes very well because I never remember how they're supposed to go.

How's that?

but don't worry Carisbrooke, i've marked you down as a regular now ;)
mostly cos i recognise you and know something about you... i feel like i'm not just talking to a faceless name but an actual person... i don't know if any of that makes sense :p


:fluffle: Sends some cake and other nice stuff across the solent in a nice little boat.......

[ trout slaps ] ;)

At least you didn't give him a Turkish slap.

Are you pleased that someone knows who you are....or is it because its me? ;)

I thought we were going to keep "us" a secret, baby.

I am a lady, I have three children who are wonderful, I live on the Isle of Wight in lustful sin with a Canadian I met on NS. I like chocolate and thai food, roast turkey dinners and chocolate. I have strong opinions on some things, but I don't know if I am liberal or right or left or wobbling about on the fence really, I just AM. I like talking..and laughing. I giggle, I cry easily and I am emotional and sentimental. I am sensual and smell great (the Canadian told me!) and I like loads of different stuff.

*spines shoot out of the ground*

I'm in ur base, killing ur dudes.

This made me laugh out loud! I love the idea of your ASBO preventing you from going near naked flame, it must ruin your birthday party though.

fragrent smell of a smouldering undercarriage....lmao

Actually, the ASBO keeps me away from birthday cakes, now. Oh, how I long for heady nude-dancing days of yesteryear, and the fragrant smell of a cakey undercarriage...

Very amusing, looking at your post count.:p
Bitchy! :fluffle:

[ trout slaps ] ;)
Ouch! Well, I suppose I asked for that. :p

Hello.

Goodbye.

Actually, the ASBO keeps me away from birthday cakes, now. Oh, how I long for heady nude-dancing days of yesteryear, and the fragrant smell of a cakey undercarriage...

thats just wrong....cakey undercarriage is just SO wrong....

LMAO

CAKE! let them eat cake......

Smudgeland was here

Smudgeland was here

Now THIS guy's a lurker.

*belch*

Smudgeland was here

Hello Smudgeland!

thats just wrong....cakey undercarriage is just SO wrong....

LMAO

CAKE! let them eat cake......
Actually, the ASBO...

Actually, the ASBO...


Prevents you from that too? ;) NOW that is a crime...

Lurker... so THAT's what they call me? actually I like NationStates as a concept rather than a social network. The idea of my own little internet-nation... Anyway I'm mainly into political literature, and reading the forums fills me with enough of it for days!

Okay let me see. I am a liberal, I think Scandanavian and Canadian politics are great. I am pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, and I am pro-animal rights. I think very strongly that people should have to qualify to become parents and sterilize the rest. Coincidentally (;)) I work with what would be considered "at-risk" parents (single, teen, poor, handicapped, mentally ill, anger problems, risk for child abuse) and it is pretty rough. I'm in grad school for school counseling. I have a dachshund and I regularly donate to the local animal shelters. I live near Baltimore but I used to live in Yorkshire, UK. I can't tell jokes very well because I never remember how they're supposed to go.

How's that?

okay, I do remember you, but I wasn't matching your name with you....if that makes any sense. I remember talking to you about child development and stuff. yeah.

I remember you.

At least you didn't give him a Turkish slap.
not that i know what that is, but god forbid i actually touch him... you never know where these filthy NSers put their hands! :eek: (with one exception: glitziness. i know exactly where she puts her hands :D)


:fluffle: Sends some cake and other nice stuff across the solent in a nice little boat.......
ooh yay! *dances*

I am a lady, I have three children who are wonderful, I live on the Isle of Wight in lustful sin with a Canadian I met on NS. I like chocolate and thai food, roast turkey dinners and chocolate. I have strong opinions on some things, but I don't know if I am liberal or right or left or wobbling about on the fence really, I just AM. I like talking..and laughing. I giggle, I cry easily and I am emotional and sentimental. I am sensual and smell great (the Canadian told me!) and I like loads of different stuff.

Aren't Canadians great? Mine is a Romanian (similar, but not really).

okay, I do remember you, but I wasn't matching your name with you....if that makes any sense. I remember talking to you about child development and stuff. yeah.

I remember you.

Oh! Good! Yes, I know about child development. That is what I will be known by. Child development!

Aren't Canadians great? Mine is a Romanian (similar, but not really).

Romanians and Canadians are like twins....they even have that cute 'ians' bit at the end...

*takes a drag*

I wonder if anyone has considered that some lurkers may actually just be puppets of Mods and older players.

*takes a drag*

I wonder if anyone has considered that some lurkers may actually just be puppets of Mods and older players.

I'm an original :D

Aren't Canadians great? Mine is a Romanian (similar, but not really).
you have a Romanian Canadian? :confused: :confused:


I am a lady, I have three children who are wonderful, I live on the Isle of Wight in lustful sin with a Canadian I met on NS.
about 20 miles south of me! :fluffle:

I like chocolate
yay!

thai food
boo!

roast turkey dinners
woot!!


I like talking..and laughing. I giggle, I cry easily and I am emotional and sentimental. I am sensual and smell great (the Canadian told me!) and I like loads of different stuff.
and now you're just reminding me of glitzi :( *misses her*

*takes a drag*

I wonder if anyone has considered that some lurkers may actually just be puppets of Mods and older players.

My first thought was that people would go and create puppets just to have a 1 post acct for this thread.

Now I have a question, I have been about since 2003, and I don't have a very high post count. I didn't used to post, just read, but recently I have started to post. I find that there is a bit of a 'club' of regular posters, who are prolific, there are also some who post less often but are well known. At what point does one stop being a nOOb and become a member of the elite? Is it a post volume thing? or is there some point at which you post so often that people can no longer ignore you or what? I was just wondering, because I have noticed that some people (it has not happened to me) have made a point of mentioning the post count as if a low count is a bad thing and precludes you from having a valid opinion. I was just wondering if that is why there are so many lurkers....because they find it intimidating to join in? I know that I did at first, also I don't tend to join in the 'who on NS...' threads as it is always the same people and I feel that I am not one of them...

Does that make sense to anybody? or shall I go back into my paranoia bunker with the evil head voices? :p

People who equate post count with validity here are idiots.

Prevents you from that too? ;) NOW that is a crime...

Well, it doesn't so much prevent me from doing it as other people doing it off me...

about 20 miles south of me! :fluffle:

BIG WAVE! :D


yay!

Isn't chocolate great?


boo!
Don't you like Thai? I hadn't tried it as I am a big fusspot, but the big Canuck took me for Valentines day and it was delish! If you are ever on the Island, go to Mai Thai in Holyrood Street. Honestly its wonderful!


and now you're just reminding me of glitzi :( *misses her*

I am sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad. :fluffle:

Well, it doesn't so much prevent me from doing it as other people doing it off me...


Oh I AM so sorry, that must be terrible for you. One of lifes great pleasures denied you....do you have a tag fitted that prevents it? :rolleyes:

i never can think of anything to add to threads, i just enjoy reading them...
back to lurking i go :p

Smudgeland was here


oy...(looking at his start date/post count)

you have a Romanian Canadian? :confused: :confused:

Romanian by ancestry, Canadian by ideology.

Romanian by ancestry, Canadian by ideology.

Sounds like a good combination to me.

I think that all English Women should have Canadian boyfriends. He has THE most amazingly sexy voice, I could listen to him read the phone book and it would make me tingle. If he whispers then I am done for....

BIG WAVE! :D


you don't live in Cowes do you? cos i can see that place sometimes on a clear day from a local beach :p


Don't you like Thai? I hadn't tried it as I am a big fusspot, but the big Canuck took me for Valentines day and it was delish! If you are ever on the Island, go to Mai Thai in Holyrood Street. Honestly its wonderful!
ooh okeydoke... all i've tried is a thai restaurant here in southampton (which my dad likes) but i just really don't like. i particularly don't like star-anise and they put that in almost every dish :headbang:




I am sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad. :fluffle:
bah you didn't, don't worry. missing her all the time anyway, so no change really :p (NS is very good distraction! i think i'm posting more here (or back to my old level) now that she's away and don't have her to talk to, hehe... i'll get to 15,000 posts yet!!)

you don't live in Cowes do you? cos i can see that place sometimes on a clear day from a local beach

No! I live in ummmm *hides face* Carisbrooke.....BUT I do go to Cowes most weekends, as my boy plays for Cowes Sports Youth Football team and he trains on Saturdays and his home ground is there.....My Canadian LOVES Cowes.

Im a lurker. I usually only post in topics that I feel strong about.

Im a lurker. I usually only post in topics that I feel strong about.

I did that at first, but there were so few...now I just spam.

No! I live in ummmm *hides face* Carisbrooke.....BUT I do go to Cowes most weekends, as my boy plays for Cowes Sports Youth Football team and he trains on Saturdays and his home ground is there.....My Canadian LOVES Cowes.
there's a place called Carisbrooke? ooh *looks on google maps*

ah i see you....! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=50.704721,-1.297073&sspn=0.277444,1.035461&q=carisbrooke,+isle+of+white,+uk&ll=50.69586,-1.306171&spn=0.017343,0.050726&t=h)

I don't post because I love to lurk. :p

*lol
You just have to be the loudest lurker ever... :D

*lol
You just have to be the loudest lurker ever... :D


I dont lurk much- Do you still want me to show it to you?

I dont lurk much- Do you still want me to show it to you?

Show me what, now?

You know me... eternally curious. :D

I've always been curious... how many people are lurking on NS at any given time? And why don't you post? Don't you think you've got something to say?
Or rather, what kind of thread would you post in? What topics interest you?

Own up - post here!

hello, i don't know if i qualify as a lurker but i don't post that much - i take too long to read through threads and then i often don't have time to post or i find that my opinions have already been expressed more articulately and concisely than i could so i don't bother.

hello, i don't know if i qualify as a lurker but i don't post that much - i take too long to read through threads and then i often don't have time to post or i find that my opinions have already been expressed more articulately and concisely than i could so i don't bother.
Meh, you're not old enough to be a lurker. True lurkers are over a year old and have less than 1000 posts.

Unless you look at it from PM's perspective, in which case I'm a lurker :p

Meh, you're not old enough to be a lurker. True lurkers are over a year old and have less than 1000 posts.

Unless you look at it from PM's perspective, in which case I'm a lurker :p
and just what do you mean by that, young man?? (yeah, i'm older than you so i get to call you "young man" hahaha :D)
but you are a lurker! well, you've been slacking if anything.... tut tut tut ;)
up to about 4,000 posts i remember you and i were practically neck-and-neck, always within about 100 posts of each other... nowadays you just don't post as much. ergo, lurker!

i see you there, all lurky, lurking around looking for somebody to lurk.... as soon as their back is turned... LURK!! its like smurfing them but with more in the way of lurks...

and just what do you mean by that, young man?? (yeah, i'm older than you so i get to call you "young man" hahaha :D)
but you are a lurker! well, you've been slacking if anything.... tut tut tut ;)
up to about 4,000 posts i remember you and i were practically neck-and-neck, always within about 100 posts of each other... nowadays you just don't post as much. ergo, lurker!

i see you there, all lurky, lurking around looking for somebody to lurk.... as soon as their back is turned... LURK!! its like smurfing them but with more in the way of lurks...
Bah, I discovered other forums. Plus, you know, I go out of the house more now...

No, really on that last part. I actually go out with lots of friends more than twice a week now :eek:

Plus, a couple more things; one, I had about 1000 posts removed in various threads (¬_¬) and two, I'm almost at 6000 man, and you're a good 6 months less n00bish than me :p

*spines shoot out of the ground*

I'm in ur base, killing ur dudes.

Unfortunately for you, I have Siege Tanks in Siege Mode and an active Comsat Station. Die, foul Zerg Lurker!

Plus, you know, I go out of the house more now...
I actually go out with lots of friends more than twice a week now :eek:
ah that would be where i'm going wrong... :p

Plus, a couple more things; one, I had about 1000 posts removed in various threads (¬_¬) and two, I'm almost at 6000 man, and you're a good 6 months less n00bish than me :p

aww posts removed? :( *sympathy*
though i do think we started posting about the same time... as i say, we were pretty much equal for aaages IIRC (back in the day... *sighs*)

there's a place called Carisbrooke? ooh *looks on google maps*

ah i see you....! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=50.704721,-1.297073&sspn=0.277444,1.035461&q=carisbrooke,+isle+of+white,+uk&ll=50.69586,-1.306171&spn=0.017343,0.050726&t=h)


OH MY GOODNESS! *cowers in fear*

But it's ok because I am out, I looked at my house (you can see it REALLY clearly and no, I am not saying which one) and my car is not there!!

BUT....I am here....rushes out and realises someone stole my car...bastards

My first thought was that people would go and create puppets just to have a 1 post acct for this thread.

I have absolutely no idea what you could possibly be talking about. ;) Actually, I've had this puppet for a while... I just hadn't used it on the forums yet.

aww posts removed? :( *sympathy*
though i do think we started posting about the same time... as i say, we were pretty much equal for aaages IIRC (back in the day... *sighs*)
Back in the day? What, when you were a depressed stoner and I a fithy dirty nasty n00b?

Good times, man. Good times :p

OH MY GOODNESS! *cowers in fear*

But it's ok because I am out, I looked at my house (you can see it REALLY clearly and no, I am not saying which one) and my car is not there!!

BUT....I am here....rushes out and realises someone stole my car...bastards
oh no its not google maps.... i can actually see you. i put up cameras round all the NSers i like houses'... *creepyness*
heloooooooooo.... *waves*


and btw, my house is scarily close to the marker on this (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=so15+7pj&t=k&ll=50.925014,-1.418062&spn=0.002157,0.0081)map... :D

oh no its not google maps.... i can actually see you. i put up cameras round all the NSers i like houses'... *creepyness*
heloooooooooo.... *waves*


and btw, my house is scarily close to the marker on this (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=so15+7pj&t=k&ll=50.925014,-1.418062&spn=0.002157,0.0081)map... :D


*rushes to put on clothes*

*waves back*

Is it the one with the red car parked outside? hmmmmm? because thats ME!!

Back in the day? What, when you were a depressed stoner and I a fithy dirty nasty n00b?

Good times, man. Good times :p
oh yeah, those were the times my man... ah yeah... :-S












ok, it was shitty. but at least i have a pretty damn non-noobish postcount to show for it! :D

*rushes to put on clothes*

*waves back*

Is it the one with the red car parked outside? hmmmmm? because thats ME!!
you're a red car?!? :confused:

wow... do you know optimus prime!? :D

Show me what, now?

You know me... eternally curious. :D


You said "show yourselves". Is it time to expose ourselves?

*lurks*

I don't like this..

*leaves*

You said "show yourselves". Is it time to expose ourselves?
Waaaay ahead of you.

*feels the breeze* :eek:

Waaaay ahead of you.

*feels the breeze* :eek:

I'm a firm believer that the boys need fresh air and sunshine from time to time. And-if Cabra West happens to be looking, thats all the better.

I'm a firm believer that the boys need fresh air and sunshine from time to time. And-if Cabra West happens to be looking, thats all the better.
I tend to stay indoors. Aside from the looks, melanoma's a bitch.

¬_¬

Also, WOOT! 6000 POSTS! I R NO LONGER THE LURKING WIERDO, PM! AHAHAHAHA!

I'm a firm believer that the boys need fresh air and sunshine from time to time. And-if Cabra West happens to be looking, thats all the better.

Heh. For Cabra West or for the boys?

*lol
You just have to be the loudest lurker ever... :D
Heh! I am lurker hear me roar! :D

I am a lurker, and have been around for years. I often read General when I am waiting for something to happen on the Rping Forums, of which I am moderately active.

When I started NS, I used to debate religion and so on all the time, but soon found that every good and thughtful debate usually ended up the same way.

"You are entitled to your opinion, and I would never force my beliefs on anyone, however, I believe X. The reason I believe X is based on Y grounds that are drawn from source A, B, and C. Is there a fallacy of logic in my arguement?"

"You are a nazi bigot. I f---ing hate all Christians!"

"Um, OK, like I said, you are entitled to your opinions, but do you have anything to add about the conversation we are having, I do enjoy constructive debate."

"F--- You! Your God is a f--, even though he never existed! A Pastor once wasn't nice to me! You reprsent all of teh wars and hatred in the world! I can't tolerate your intolerance! I hate anyone who hates other people! F--- You!"


Eventually, I just stuck to Rps.


I still read the threads, shake my head at the poor Christian that tries to explain the faith and gets bashed for it, and shake my head even more at the Christian who just starts attacking everyone like a nOOb!

WWJD
Amen.

I am a proud lurker. Not that anybody knew I was a proud lurker until now.

I've played this game for longer than I have had this particular account too.

If I am considered a lurker, consider me shown!

I suspect I qualify as a lurker; not many posts, and one of them was on a fluffle thread, so that doesn't really count!

My girlfriend, who is a more regular poster than I, summed up earlier in the thread my reasons for not posting much.

My lack of posts certainly is not representative of a dearth of strong opinion; however, the forums move much too quickly for me (as some other posters have noted). I used to involve myself heavily in e-mail discussion lists, where a heavy day involved reading and responding to 20-odd posts - so you can imagine that following things here is mostly beyond me. Even where I find interesting threads, anything worthwhile has usually been said by the time I get round to reading.

Ah, now if only I had the luxury of posting from work...

I didn't realise the google maps had got that detailed... I'm scared... oh.. just checked the area for my student halls and that picture is quite out of date. It doesn't have the most recent halls that were built. The postcode doesn't point at the right block so I feel safe posting this.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=so15+7pj&t=k&ll=50.925014,-1.418062&spn=0.002157,0.0081

Do I count as a lurker? I missed being a 2002 nation by 11 days (that's so sad, I still remember my join date... of all the things to remember. Sad!) and I only have about 1200 posts. That's about 1 post per day. I tend to go through spurts of NSing, where I'll post lots and then stop for a couple of months (I think I might be heading for another lull as I'm getting bored of the debates).

I know who you are Ilie, I don't remember specific posts, but liberalishness, reasonableness and leftishness came to mind. I'll follow in your foot steps. Do people know who I am? Does my name register? Is my post count laughable? Does my join date inspire fear?

*cries* I'm the only one left of my group of friends, that joined NS, that's left. I'm all alone in my region. But I can't leave it. I can't let it die. We had 50 people in the region and it was a very active region once. :(

I remember the population races. One of my friends despite a join date of a few days later eventually over took my population. I think he got to 100 million before me.

I speak of what I know, hence the low post count:rolleyes:

Nah, mainly I can't be bothered to read a thread long enough to see if I'd be posting anything new or repeating. Meh, even when I posted a controversial thread by the time I logged back on it was 12 pages +. In short, too lazy:p

*steps cautiously from behind the white curtain, then jumps back behind.*

Usually someone else is already arguing my point of view, and I see no point in responding.

I read a lot of the posts here, but: Usually someone else is already arguing my point of view, and I see no point in responding.

Exactly like that. Usually the person with my point of view is doing a better job than I could so I just read stuff :D

And I'm too lazy to actually type things...

I usually don't post too often.....

Aww, you guys should still post, even if your point has been made, even if you're just saying you agree with it. You can get a better sense of the views that the forum holds and not just certain points of view being proliferated. Normally by trolls as well. Don't let the trolls win!

I only joined a couple months ago so I may be too new, but I lurk because I have two other forums that I frequent and don't have time to be active on a third. Just started posting the other day though since my main forum is down, and this place has some interesting political discussion even if it's a little too heated for my taste.

do i count? :)

*is currently being stalked by C.W.*

I've always been curious... how many people are lurking on NS at any given time? And why don't you post? Don't you think you've got something to say?
Or rather, what kind of thread would you post in? What topics interest you?

Own up - post here!
I lurked durring the Christmas party thread. (or holiday party what ever the hell you call it) I could have twice as many posts as I do now. I'm try to fix that though.

I mainly post in spam threads, but I will dabble with debate.

*stands up* Hi, everyone. My name is Gorgamin, and I am a chronic lurker. I heard about this Lurkers Anonymous thing from a friend. Are there brochures? A 12-step program I can follow? I want to get help so that I can stop lurking and actually be a contributing forum participant.:p

:(

Fine. I'll admit it...

I'M A LURKER!

*sob*

In all seriosness now, yes, I am, but I don't squirell away evety message and note people's posting prefrences or anything. But I do read a bit.

*stands up* Hi, everyone. My name is Gorgamin, and I am a chronic lurker. I heard about this Lurkers Anonymous thing from a friend. Are there brochures? A 12-step program I can follow? I want to get help so that I can stop lurking and actually be a contributing forum participant.:pWell the first step in your road to... uh... recovery... yeah... is to reply to stuff, even if you don't really know what to say, and just type whatever comes into your mind. Doesn't matter if you twist things off topic, because no one really minds. What I, personally, do mind is long posts that aren't broken up into separate paragraphs or even have halfway decent grammer. Won't someone thing of the commas and periods?! They have feelings just like everyone else. And, damnit, they like being used. Dirty little sluts that they are.

:(

Fine. I'll admit it...

I'M A LURKER!

*sob*

In all seriosness now, yes, I am, but I don't squirell away evety message and note people's posting prefrences or anything. But I do read a bit.You, are a lurker?! bwahahaha. You have a post count of over 10 per day. Pfft, if that's lurking then I don't know what isn't.

You, are a lurker?! bwahahaha. You have a post count of over 10 per day. Pfft, if that's lurking then I don't know what isn't.

Well, still, I read a few topics and don't post. I'd say I'm 2.5% lurker.

Well, still, I read a few topics and don't post. I'd say I'm 2.5% lurker.Well, so do I... but if I don't post in them it's mostly because I find them boring... not that I'm saying most threads on NS are boring. Certainly not. Mainly because I don't get to read most of the threads on NS.

Where was I? I don't know. I'm tired. I want to go to bed. What's more is that I actually might.

*lurks back into channel*

*appears*

*winks at everyone*

*disappears*





No, seriously, i might post more, but i just too busy to go on Nationstates often. Once and a while, ill read part of an interesting thread on general, but i dont know anyone, and i dont check back in, so i dont post.


Im thinking about making more time for general cause i only have 11 full days of school (im a highschool junior) in april. But then i'll have to quit again until the summer.

The other 2/3 weren't even in General... they were from some retarded RP war that a member of my region dragged me into. Thankfully, that died quickly, and I was able to go back to browsing the forums in peaceful seclusion.

... Oh, wait, I wasn't supposed to say anything. Drat! I'll shut up now.
Ahahahahaha! It worked! :D

Ahahahahaha! It worked! :D

AHA! another local.....this is becoming a local shop for local people...isn't it tubs?

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

:D Most things discussed on here are either two dealocked issues between two stubborn groups, or something I've yet to read up on, so I choose to lurk and post when I can actually make a decent post.

AHA! another local.....this is becoming a local shop for local people...isn't it tubs?
What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here!

-snip-
:eek: southampton?? me too!

another local! woot!! :fluffle: :fluffle:


edit: that's exactly what caris said, isn't it...

What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here!

We didn't BURN him!

We need to start a thread...called 'LOCAL SHOP' for local people...

AHA! another local.....this is becoming a local shop for local people...isn't it tubs?

holy moley! I'm working in Southampton right now.

local people indeed

oh....
You're my wife now, Dave :p

holy moley! I'm working in Southampton right now.

local people indeed

oh....
You're my wife now, Dave :p

I am!

Lets all be your wife...Local rules!

I am!

Lets all be your wife...Local rules!


Sounds good, I could do with some loving!

brb, I'm off to the loo "Into which we do not pass solids"

holy moley! I'm working in Southampton right now.

this place just rocks ;)
infested with NSers...

*looks around*
Where's all the lurkers?! All I see are regulars.

It is a Local Shop for local people. Tubbs and her husband (and brother), Edward, do not approve of non-local outsiders who do not understand their local customs and local ways. They are extremely distrustful of anyone not local (and usually end up killing anyone not local). Although their shop (which they inherited from their mother) is full of "precious things", they are loathe to part with their stock. Tubbs wears a wedding band made of string, eats hair sandwiches, and eats onions as though they were apples.

*looks around*
Where's all the lurkers?! All I see are regulars.

Back lurking! The influx of regulars into their thread activates the 'lurker' instinct.... much like junkies on the main st., dislike of bright light makes them scuttle into the darkness! :D

I feel i'm flying under false colours somewhat :(

I work in southampton, out by portswood

but i have a 100 mile round trip commute everyday.

but i only NS at work (hehe!) so.... I'm a local hurrah!

Have a hair sandwich....:D We like locals...

Hi.

...

:(

*Explodes.*

good thinking CW! get em out in the open so we can..... uh... fluffle. them. yeah...


http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1954/kittysniper8sd.jpg
LOL
http://www.yesalbum.com/v001/ecwt1970/pwned.jpg

mmmm hair sandwich

Have you got any special meat for that? :p

Alpha Centauri Isle.... don't be scared *scratches under chin* you see, there's not that many nutters out there

mmmm hair sandwich

Have you got any special meat for that? :p

Alpha Centauri Isle.... don't be scared *scratches under chin* you see, there's not that many nutters out there

*wipes blood from face*

Why yes! I have something that you might want in the freezer.....

Sooper dooper I'll catch the taxi over in a mo!

"ooh i've been on the hormones for six months, I've got nipples like bullets"


side note; this really is a thread lurkers are going to want to get involved isn't it... special meat, hair sandwiches, local people ...:eek: :D :D

didn't the Beach Boys do a song called "i'm lurkin' around"?


Round round lurk around
I lurk around
Yeah
Lurk around round round I lurk around
I lurk around
Lurk around round round I lurk around
From forum to forum
Lurk around round round I lurk around
I'm a real cool coaster
Lurk around round round I lurk around
I know all the real good posters
Lurk around round round I lurk around

I'm gettin' bugged reading up and down the same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip

My buddies and me are getting real well known
Yeah, the nobody know us and they leave us alone

I lurk around
Lurk around round round I lurk around
From forum to forum
Lurk around round round I lurk around
I'm a real cool head
Lurk around round round I lurk around
I'm makin' no good friends
Lurk around round round I lurk around
I lurk around
Round
Lurk around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo

...... and so on :D

-snip-

roflmao :p

didn't the Beach Boys do a song called "i'm lurkin' around"?




...... and so on :D

LMAO!

*sends further supplies of cake to PM, all locally purchased of course*

LMAO!

*sends further supplies of cake to PM, all locally purchased of course*
woohoo! i'm inundated with cake! :p :fluffle:

woohoo! i'm inundated with cake! :p :fluffle:

NEVER a bad thing :p

NEVER a bad thing :p
no, but by the way things are going i'm gonna end up like this guy by the end of the week! :p

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun/positive10.jpg

:D

http://www.freewebs.com/theallmightycow/PWNED!.JPG

I'm kind of a lurker.. No one really knows me. I don't have the time to get into too many arguements or debates. So just post here and there. Perhaps more of a spammer or something. Don't know.

I'm kind of a lurker.. No one really knows me. I don't have the time to get into too many arguements or debates. So just post here and there. Perhaps more of a spammer or something. Don't know.
Spammer, I say! I've been here nearly two years, and I've got half the postcount you have.

Okay, ~.6 of your poscount, just for accuracy's sake.

I'm kind of a lurker.. No one really knows me. I don't have the time to get into too many arguements or debates. So just post here and there. Perhaps more of a spammer or something. Don't know.
Don't be silly you've gotten Aerou's attention.:p

Don't be silly you've gotten Aerou's attention.:p
Hah.. About the only person though. Plus perhaps you because of rugby/Wellington/hate of Honis.

I'm not really a lurker, but I just joined the forum, and I haven't had anything interesting to say yet lol! :D

I'm a big lurker. Reading about the conundrums of people I don't even know is just so damn entertaining.

Unfortunately, this place is also full of witty people so I have less opportunity to unleash my normally devestating one-liners. :rolleyes:

I'm also not really opinionated enough to make a splash in a place like NS General.

No soliciters! :mp5:

4 Scummers in one thread - who'd'a' thought it?

Well, i play the game for about a month or so, but have started lurking at this forum, since my favourite side 40k online is (hopefully) temporarily down, and i need my daily fix of spam...

Edit: Hmm, looking right now at my joining date, i have been longer here, then i thought...

Hey, you play 40K? Me too!

Yes, and recently fantasy. I even made third, equal points with the second, in a really big tournament (consisting of 6 players...)

Ive almost regressed back to lurking the last few months
Yeah knock it off.

Hello.

I haven't been lurking too long. Haven't been around too long. Usually I have plenty to say, but the way my life has been going lately I haven't felt like engaging in debates. I don't have the energy for it, and too much feeling that doesn't need to be channelled into senseless arguement.

Mostly I've just been lurking to distract myself.