Which one of you lurkers have the lowest combined member number and number of posts? Off the top of my head, my guess is Yozhik (1152 + 89 = 1241). Of course, since I can remember Yozhik's name off the top of my head, he is probably not much of a lurker.
Is it dumb to expect any responses from people, who, by definition, do not post on forums? Probably. Is this is a shameless excuse for me to meet me some Hatrack lurkers? Absolutely.
[ March 07, 2005, 10:54 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by Traveler (Member # 3615) on :
I'm a lurker and proud of it. Though posting here might detract from my lurker status...
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Yay! I caught my first lurker.
*leaves out milk and cookies to attract more*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I think you lost this.
*hands Beren an ' *
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I don't consider myself a lurker. I'd say I'm half and half. I lurk about 50% of the time I'm on Hatrack. I usually try to post as much as I can thoguh. It's fun.
[ March 06, 2005, 10:52 PM: Message edited by: Little_Doctor ]
Posted by Lucky4 (Member # 1420) on :
I'll go ahead and set the bar at #1420 + 75 posts = 1495.
I'm sure there are many who can severely beat me, my member number is relatively high... Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
*shakes beren's hand*
*snarfs cookies*
As a lurker, I didn't really get as much satisfaction as I did as a poster. (can't count much beyond fingers toes and whatsisits)
*gulps milk*
[erasure of the posters former-style exit adieu]
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Well, there are definitely different (and better measures) of lurkerhood. Lucky4 comes in at a nice 1.47 posts per month. Very hard to beat I think.
Aside from posting your awesome stats, perhaps you can tell us a tiny bit about yourselves if you haven't introduced yourself to the forum yet.
The rivka, you're just jealous because you'd come in last place in this contest.
[ March 06, 2005, 11:01 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
. . . no, wait! Second to last!
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
shameless is right!
Posted by Lucky4 (Member # 1420) on :
A little about myself, eh? For starters, I really like cookies and milk, so thanks for that. (just ignore the chocolate between my teeth and the milk mustache...)
Let's see. Started reading OSC in Spring of 2000, starting lurking that summer, and finally registered just after Christmas. I figured out the other day that if I continue at this pace, you can all look for my first landmark in the year 2067. I lurk because I'm shy. Of course, people who know me well would eagerly dare to differ, but I'm usually reserved in large groups of people who don't know me. It's been a life-long defense mechanism thing.
For now, I'm a graduate student studying nursing in Nashville, TN. Hopefully I'll be an Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in about 5 months. I love old people. I'm also interested in Infectious Diseases, particularly HIV. I'll be going to a conference this coming week in Atlanta, as a matter of fact, for HIV care providers. Because of the conference's location, I get to go to WenchCon, which I am very excited about! I'm also more than a little nervous, what with being so shy and a lurker and all.
Cool thread idea, Beren, and thanks for asking about me. I'm excited to hear from my fellow lurkers!
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I was about to say Lucky, that shyness thing isn't going to last.
Part of the social agenda, I believe, included something involving clubbing and fetish boots.
You have been warned.
-Trevor
P.S. We're also dressing up Ophelia in make-shift Dwarf fashions for the LotR fashion show.
Who's bringing the digital camera?
Posted by Anzha (Member # 2060) on :
::lurk::
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
Beren,
What sorts of "stats" would the hatrack gamer accept as valid in this venue, as a suitable introduction?
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
Not sure if 554 posts over 4 years counts as lurking, but I'll post my score: Member number: 1871 + Posts: 554 = 2425
I definitely feel like a lurker, though. I spend entirely too much time reading here. Oh, and I visited Hatrack regularly before finally registering in 2001. (Gosh...I could've sworn I registered before 2001... )
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
Is there a way to figure out whether someone is a lurker? I think of myself as lurking here most of the time, but I wouldn't say my post count is low.
This is what happens when I look for my post count: I passed my third year anniversary on Friday!
I don't know whether I calculated correctly. Stress does strange things to my mind. I got 24.8 posts per month, including this post.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
quote:I figured out the other day that if I continue at this pace, you can all look for my first landmark in the year 2067.
By 2067, The rivka's post count would exceed the national debt and Shan will finally come to her senses and make her internet husband her IRL husband.
Wow, Anzha, your post/month rate is incredible (I have it at 0.26 per month, but I suck at math).
Alluvion, it looks like you have a healthy post count and probably will not qualify as a lurker. Please return any cookies you have taken from this thread.
Or, if you would like to keep your cookies, tells us a bit about yourself (see Lucky4's post) or provide a link to your intro thread. I think a lot of times people hesitate to talk about themselves because "Hi I'm new" and Landmark threads are a bit intimidating.
[ March 07, 2005, 12:53 AM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Tstorm, esl, you guys are definitely not lurkers. Your are household Hatrack names. Thanks for playing, and keep your paws off my cookies. Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
Yay! I'm a household Hatrack name! :shakes Tstorm's and Beren's hands: Thanks!
And what kind of cookies are these? I'm not really in a cookie mood for some reason. strangeness.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:Of course, since I can remember Yozhik's name off the top of my head, he is probably not much of a lurker.
Of course, Yozhik's a chick - so she's at least a decent lurker.
I adore lurkers. I like to pretend they're all secretly in love with me, but too shy to come out with it. I take their silence as confirmation of my suspicions.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
I think the biggest lurker is Wendybird (84+526=610)
[ March 07, 2005, 02:51 AM: Message edited by: St. Yogi ]
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
ok. 1450+257=1707
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
The Ultimate Lurker is Belgarath. Member number 4 number of post 16 for a grand total of 20. Here's the relevant link
[ March 07, 2005, 03:20 AM: Message edited by: urbanX ]
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
So is that Game, Set, Match for me? Did I win?
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
I lurk...I've been trying to change that...but no luck, so far
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
and... 6182 + 239 (240 by the time I finish)
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
he was an alt.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
urbanX, that wouldn't mean you had won, it would mean Belgarath had won.
Kwea, what makes you say he's an alt? *curious*
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:. . . no, wait! Second to last!
Darn skippy!
5818+11980=17798
I can only think of two or three who come in higher than that. Both Bob and Tom, possibly Kat depending on her member number.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Hmm. I do ok with the member # + post count measure: 55 + 887 (including this post) = 942. So far looks like only WendyBird and Belgarath are ahead of me.
Then again, my # of posts per month is just over 12, which is borderline lurker. And if you look at just the last year (yes, I have a script that keeps track of my post count ), my average goes up to 39.58 and change posts per month. That's more than once a day! I am so prolific. Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
I'm not far off: 182 + 1283 = 1465. I imagine IanO is pretty high on the list, and he still posts from time to time - he was around in the Big Mouth Lion days with me and Tom and Annie and aka but he never posted much on the new forums, unlike the rest of us!
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
1457!
[ March 07, 2005, 12:17 PM: Message edited by: scottneb ]
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I don't recall when exactly I started lurking but I know it was a few months before I actually registered. I even remember trying to register...maybe December 2002-early 2003, and the board not letting in any new registrations.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
What about Orson Scott Card ? His member number is 209 and he has only 22 posts (at least, under this screen name.....) Posted by Belgarath (Member # 4) on :
Did some one say my name. this was actualy my first log in name but i forgot it while i was posting over at VBS. i didn't remember this name until they started posting member numbers, then someone posted the four lowest member numbers and i was on the list. im sure everyone here can with a simple check find out what other user name i have. a small hint its my real name. Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Actually, I thought of Mike when I came up with this thread. But I couldn't figure out his member number and Mike is a terrible search term for our dumbdumb search engine.
Belgarath
Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
Let's see. I appear to be 1629, and I'm taking one of those cookies whether you like it or not. Belgarath doesn't count, I think. You can't look people up, they have to post in this thread. Otherwise, they might not lurk. They might just be gone.
[ March 07, 2005, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: IdemosthenesI ]
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Also, some little used names might be little-used alter-egos of regulars. I know I have a couple of those that more recent Hatrackers might not recognize... Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Belgarath isn't a real lurker? I am so disillusioned.
*pout*
Posted by Dough-Bee (Member # 6874) on :
Aw dang...I'm only 6876...
[ March 07, 2005, 02:53 PM: Message edited by: Dough-Bee ]
Posted by Fool of a Took (Member # 6039) on :
Hmmm...I fluff posted some, and joined sort of recently, so I probably have a high total number.
Edit: Yep...only 6055 total.
[ March 07, 2005, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: Fool of a Took ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Actually, I thought of Mike when I came up with this thread. But I couldn't figure out his member number and Mike is a terrible search term for our dumbdumb search engine.
Yey, someone thought of me!
I guess the most reliable way of finding me (without my member number) is to create a thread like this. Or a thread about circuses or go. Sometimes I have trouble finding myself. Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
I lurk a lot, but I don't do intro threads and I don't do landmark threads. I don't even know how many posts I have, and I've forgotten my member number. How's that?
Posted by Uncle Moose (Member # 125) on :
Does this one count?
--Unc
Posted by Promethius (Member # 2468) on :
I think I am fairly low on the post count but my member number is to high.
[ March 07, 2005, 09:01 PM: Message edited by: Promethius ]
Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
693.
I really need to engage more. I don't WANT to be such a lurker!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Wow. I think Sharpie wins! (All the ones with lower totals are alts who post frequently under other names.)
Posted by Chveya (Member # 2623) on :
I delight in lurker threads. They're usually the only threads I ever actually post in. (I'm only seven posts away from 50! And in only in 3.5 years of membership!)
Posted by hugh57 (Member # 5527) on :
</delurk> I too, lurk quite a bit, with most of my posts in the "Adjacent Thread Titles"thread. My member number (5527) is way to high to qualify for this contest, though my post count is under 100. </lurk>
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*claps*
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Thanks for saying "hi" lurkers. See, we don't bite, unless Ralphie orders us to. Except for Chveya, I remember seeing all of you on Hatrack before. Considering the enormous amount of time I invest in Hatrack, that's some quality lurking Chveya!
quote:I really need to engage more. I don't WANT to be such a lurker!
The rivka, should we show this lurker the way of the dark side?
P.S. Thanks for the correction Ralphie. Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
Drat.
I went to dinner with John and two of his daughters the other night, one of whom I met for the first time that evening. His daughters (lovely and talented and wonderful, btw) were very talkative and engaged. They joked and teased, talked about school and friends and serious things.
And... I was quiet. I wasn't sullen or tongue-tied. I let the conversation move around me and watched how they were, how the three of them interacted. As I "got my bearings", I got more into the flow of the conversation(s). Later, though, I realized yet again that I'm just as much a lurker IRL as I am online.
Every few months, I declare that I'm going to lurk less, engage more, connect more. And I do, for a while. Luckily in real life I manage to make and keep some solid connections.
Okay, so I'm declaring it yet again No more lurking for me!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Go Sharpie!
Next step: start a thread. Posted by Lucky4 (Member # 1420) on :
Sharpie, I so relate.
Maybe we should start a Lurker Support Group.
(Beren, you're in charge of refreshments for the meetings)
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
quote: I adore lurkers. I like to pretend they're all secretly in love with me, but too shy to come out with it. I take their silence as confirmation of my suspicions.
Wow. Was I being that obvious? I really didn't think my Ralphie-love showed. Well, since I've been outed, guess I'll have to post more...
As an aside, I do believe it was a Ralphie thread in which I made my first post, made all the more memorable because it was about hot men (I miss threads like that!).
But don't worry, it's not like I'm a stalker or anything. Really.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Does this one count?
--Unc
Wow, Moose, you only had 111 posts as Uncle Moose? For some reason I thought you had used that name longer.
And, no, that doesn't count.
If that counts, I'll start hauling out my little or never used alter-egos. Posted by School4ever (Member # 5575) on :
I guess I still count as a lurker, but I just wanted to see who joined first, me or Hugh.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
quote:Maybe we should start a Lurker Support Group.
Welcome to Lurker's Anonymous.
*asks Shan for her famous cookie recipes*
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Hmm. Well, I posted a lot last week, but I've been lurking for two days now! Does that count? I mean two days is a good quarter of my entire time here after all. Actually, I'm really not sure if I'll be a lurker or not. I'll probably go in binges... *runs off to hide again until something strikes her interest*
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: And... I was quiet...Later, though, I realized yet again that I'm just as much a lurker IRL as I am online.
I am a "lurker" in real life. I listen. A lot. I have quite a reputation. Mostly because unless a topic that I have something to say something about comes up, I have nothing to say.
Here, more topics come up in which I can participate (especially the fluff ) so I'm moe talkative.
At least, that's my theory.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
quote:By 2067, The rivka's post count would exceed the national debt and Shan will finally come to her senses and make her internet husband her IRL husband.
Whaddya want, bud? A public proposal?
How about I make my famous cookies and bring 'em in person? Then maybe I could get one of these IRL from my internet-hubbie . . . Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Woohoooo! Only 62 years to go until the big wedding. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Phew! Weddings take sooooo much planning. Are you sure 62 years will be enough time? Should we add another few years just to be safe? Invitations, guest lists, caterers, tuxedos, gowns, venue, band, preacher, the list is endless!
*faints*
Posted by DarthPaul (Member # 318) on :
...
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Hmmmm.... stealthy the dark side is.
Shan ~ I leave the planning in your capable hands. Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Ela, I was Uncle Moose for over two years, and stopped using it at 107 posts (then later added a few posts in threads of this ilk). So I was Uncle Moose for a reasonably long time, but I was indeed much more of a lurker -- less than one post per week.
--Unc, er, I mean Pop
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: As an aside, I do believe it was a Ralphie thread in which I made my first post, made all the more memorable because it was about hot men (I miss threads like that!).
That was a good thread!
We need more threads where we objectify men as pure eye candy.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
(I saw that, ghost-bumper )
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
Member # 6707 + 49 posts > 390 . . . dang. And I was soooooo close. (Has Darth Paul's claim been validated?) I know this is useless without some bit of evidence, but I believe I registered on this board when I came home from my mission in '98 (or was it '99?). I'm afraid I didn't stay long (I was shy and intimidated) and I've long since forgotten my username. Maybe it was TheBigFishThatGotAway or something like that.
I don't know how to link to my newbies-post-here post. Would someone teach me please?
[ March 09, 2005, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: JemmyGrove ]
Posted by Aerin (Member # 3902) on :
Hey.
I post rarely, but I like you all very much.
Especially one. Posted by Airguitarist (Member # 2647) on :
Member Number: 2647 Posts: 22 Score: 2669, not quite a winner, but a very low post/month ratio, 0.523
I created this account a couple in 2001, shortly after discovering this board. Unfortunately, shortly after that my internet service went down, and while I will visit the board from time to time, I never got around to recovering my password, until now.
Hello All
[ March 08, 2005, 08:35 PM: Message edited by: Airguitarist ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Hello Aerin and Airguitarist!
JemmyGrove, like this:
quote: <URL=www.put-the-addy-here.com>Linky Text Goes Here</URL>
Except use [ and ] instead of < and > . Alternately, you can just use the "URL" button under "Instant UBB Cod" right under the Add Reply button. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: "Instant UBB Cod"
Is that anything like an Atlantic cod?
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Hello JemmyGrove, Aerin, and Airguitarist.
I have also lost my password before. I emailed the wonderful mods and they were willing to take my word that I am who I said I was.
Who is the special one Aerin?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Aerin, every time you post, your name makes me happy.
Edit For clarity: Aerin is a character in one of my favourite books.
[ March 08, 2005, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote: quote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Instant UBB Cod" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is that anything like an Atlantic cod? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's in quotes for a reason, rivka. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oh, I see. So it's not real cod? Sort of like fake crab?
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Would that be Aeron in Patricia Kenneally Morrison's Keltaid series?
********
Beren, m'dear - how would you like a full-blown high Catholic mass, nude, at 8:00 a.m. sharp?
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
*looks for jeweler's receipt*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Ahhhhh - shock value. It's a wonderful thing.
*grin*
*pat pats Beren*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Catholic Betazoids? Huh.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
*I sense your pain The rivka*
No wonder lurkers don't post more. They must think we're crazy. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ah, perceptive, are they?
Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
quote: Maybe we should start a Lurker Support Group. ------------------------------- Welcome to Lurker's Anonymous.
Is that a 12 post program?
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Ela, I was Uncle Moose for over two years, and stopped using it at 107 posts (then later added a few posts in threads of this ilk). So I was Uncle Moose for a reasonably long time, but I was indeed much more of a lurker -- less than one post per week.
--Unc, er, I mean Pop
Well, you must have made most of those posts after I arrived on the scene, cause I seem to remember you posting quite a bit.
...Or maybe it just seems that way to me, cause those were the days when we used to hang out a lot in parachat while at work. Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
*wonders about the connection between post-count, thread-count, member-number and egyptian cotton*
And, so did the delurker gasp in great dismay at the holes in Operation Macrame.
Posted by dspeyer (Member # 758) on :
637 posts+user number 758=1395
Not too bad, but nowhere near being a champion lurker.
[ March 09, 2005, 03:35 AM: Message edited by: dspeyer ]
Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
Wow, mentioned twice in the same thread. Shucks, thanks for noticing me
If the count above is correct, at 610 I am still in the lead, discounting Belgarath. (He always does pop up at the most inoportune (is that how you spell that?) times hee hee)
I lurk now more than ever. Sigh, never enough time.....
Posted by Liaison (Member # 6873) on :
6873+14...and half a post per month. My stats are inaccurate though, because I only recently re-registered. I don't remember what the member number was on my original account, Toes. I, like the others, do a lot of post reading. This is the most intelligent, witty, and close online community I've ever seen. It's addicting. Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
I no longer consider myself a lurker, but I was one for a long time. 1309 posts + member 187 = 1496, which is fairly low considering how long I've been around.
Posted by Belgarath (Member # 4) on :
quote: Belgarath isn't a real lurker? I am so disillusioned.
*pout*
Im sorry to disillusion you ElJay will you forgive me. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Arein...I would guess it would be The Hero and the Crown, right?
The other series barely counts are writing, I love Fantasy and whatnot but I could hardly force myself to read two of the book of it. Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :
I reckon I could've given a few people a run for their money if it wasn't for this last month of more active participation.
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