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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
I hate to make a thread all about me, but I'm procrastinating on my homework, and I really am curious. Inspired by a conversation with Lyrhawn, in which we were trying to determine my Hatrack status these days, do the rest of you consider me a lurker now? I definitely don't post nearly as much as I used to, and Lyr, who joined 2 years after me, or something, is now approaching the same number of posts as I have. I don't have lurker status in that my post count isn't that low... because I used to post quite often. But I really haven't posted that much recently.

How does one actually become a lurker? Is there merely a boundary crossed from frequent posting to gradual departure? Have I crossed that line? Newbies, do you know who I am? How many people on this forum actually know "Raia"?

I'm just curious.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Who are you again?
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 

 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
I know you. You are SO not a lurker!

Sheesh!
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
For me, lurker definition depends on how much you read as well as how much you post. You haven't been posting much lately. If you still read a lot (every day, most threads, or even catch up a couple of times a week) I would call you a lurker. If you're just busy with other things and don't come here much to read or post, than I would call you an occasional user or something rather than lurker.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Originally posted by Raia:

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Lurkers don't start threads. Ergo, you are not a lurker.
 

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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
No, silly!!!
 

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Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
 
I've been a lurker since day one and you, my dear, are no lurker.
 

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Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
 
I don't know. Do you look like this?
 

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Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
 
Take it from a real lurker....I've been around since I think April of 2001 (under this name and Urbanx) and I'm pretty sure I'm almost anonymous. Everyone knows you....
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
What ElJay said, plus, you were a bit when you didn't post at all until your birthday, but right now, while you are posting a bit, no.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 

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Originally posted by Mr.Funny:
I don't know. Do you look like this?

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I'm dating one of the Zerg? What would the other Terrans say?
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Mr. Funny: My hair's a bit longer, but that's not bad...

WIP: I know who you are too! And I'm sure most other people do as well.

(edit: Didn't see Lyrhawn's post... yes, my dear, I thought you knew... )
 

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Posted by Misha McBride (Member # 6578) on :
 
No.

I'm a lurker.
 

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Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
 
Your average posts per month (ppm) look to be about 150.

I sit at about 7ppm and mish there has about 3ppm.

Those surpassing you include but are not limited to Dagonee at 432ppm, Rivka at 462ppm and Tante Schvester a whopping 465ppm.

I think you are safe from lurker status
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Wait, wait, wait. How can Dags' rate be less than mine? He joined after I did, and has a higher postcount.
 

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Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
 
I think you misread calaban.

As for the topic, all I can say is that if you are a lurker, I'd hate to think of what I'm considered.
 

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Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
 
Raia, even I know who you are, so you can't possibly be a lurker.

I, on the other hand, probably am.
 

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Posted by akhockey (Member # 8394) on :
 
I would say I am an unequivocal lurker. You, Raia, are not. Yay!
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
Nobody I've met in person is allowed to be a lurker. So THERE!
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
You know, I've been thinking the same thing. I used to post a lot, but now, not so much. But you, Raia, are definitely a lurker. Not in the least.
 

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Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
 
I'd say you're in a stage of lurking, not that you are a lurker.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I've wondered the same thing about myself, though I've been on a spree due to work avoidance this weekend.
 

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Posted by Satlin (Member # 1593) on :
 
I remember you, Raia. I think 7,126 posts is enough to make you a regular. I have accumulated 53 (54 now!) posts in the past five years, although most of that is because I simply wasn't here at all for a while. Still, you seem to be known and I definitely remember you from way back.

I remain nameless.

EDIT: to get the post count right. Also to say that means I registered when I was 13, back before the youth section was detonated one lonely night...hmm...how time flies.

[ November 19, 2006, 11:11 PM: Message edited by: Satlin ]
 

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Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
 
I'm a lurker.

BOO!!

-Bok
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
::drops laptop::


 

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Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
 
I think if you're real, and you've conveyed realness on others, you can't be a lurker.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
I think anyone can become a lurker through the simple expedient of not posting. They can cease to be a lurker by posting again.

In general, I think an average of one post per day qualifies you for "non-lurker" status.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Lifetime, or over a given period?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I'm at 6.8 PPD lifetime.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
Over a given period. Someone could post thirty times a day for a week and a half, but if they didn't post at all for the next five months, they'd still be a "lurker" during the period of inactivity.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Or not.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
It's like the Hatrackian version of the Council of Nicea.

How does the Gospel of Lurker go again?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I tried to look up my recent posts, to see how often I was posting in the weeks before this weekend, but I've posted over fifty times just this weekend, and I couldn't see anything older than that. Then I noticed that there is an option to see just the threads you have started. That was fascinating. I start very few threads, so my list of fifty threads goes back over a year and a half. And so many of my threads are so personal that it was like reviewing the last year and a half of my life. I saw the thread I started when my grandmother passed away, the one I started when one of my daughters read her story, and several religious question threads. Oh, and a handful of dobies. It was a really neat way to stand back and get an overview of the things I cared enough about to start threads on, yaknow?
 

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Posted by Friday (Member # 8998) on :
 
Quick question, I've seen the term "real" thrown around a few times, like it is some sort of qualification of a person who posts here. What makes a Jatraquero "real", is it a post count thing or are you nominated or what?
 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
If you've met at least two other "real" hatrackers.

According to Tom's definition I think I've been a lurker most of the time I've been on hatrack. I've never felt like a lurker, though.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Well, your average is two posts per day . . .
 

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Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
 
Well, I'm a lurker, and my post avg is what... 6 a day?

Although... on reflection I have checked the length of some of my more enthusiastic posts with a word processor, and they have weighed in at up to 5 pages, so I guess maybe I am getting more out of my post count than some people might.
 

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Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
 
I average 1.5 posts per day, but according to Jhai I can't be a lurker. Sweet.

Well, almost. Does anyone want to meet so that I can convey realness onto them?
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
*whiffles*
 

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Posted by skruesch (Member # 675) on :
 
I am a true lurker because I have not posted anything since 2001! Although I do pop in to be entertained by the rest of you at least a couple times a week. I believe that qualifies me as the quintessential lurker.
 

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Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
 
I'm lurking up behind.

Err. I mean I'm behind on my lurking.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Some interesting points. I'm glad to know that most do not consider me a lurker.

I am very honored, skruesch, that your first post since 2001 is in my thread!
 

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Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
 

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Originally posted by Orincoro:
Well, I'm a lurker, and my post avg is what... 6 a day?

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Orincoro - I've seen you in far too many threads for you to count as a lurker. Really, that should be the standard definition of a lurker - if I know who you are (in that vauge, intraweb sense), then you aren't a lurker.

Raia, since I know where you live, you're about as real & non-lurkery as they come.
 

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Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
 
Stalker.
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
no that's me.
 

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Posted by Youth ap Orem (Member # 5582) on :
 
I am Lurk Skywatcher.
 

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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
 
Raia, if you're a Lurker, I'm an ubber one ;-)
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
I don't know... so far everyone who's said "I'm more of a lurker than you!" has been someone whose name I've recognized.

Either nobody is a lurker, or we all have some sort of union!
 

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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
 
Or, maybe, we just lurk and de-lurk roughly at the same time, hehehe.
 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
This thread is really getting to me. I've spent all day wondering if I should post on more threads just to ensure I'm not a lurker.

*shakes fist* Curse you!
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 


Sorry!!


 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
There should be a word for someone who posts excessively. Something opposite of lurker.

Who posted the most on Hatrack in the month of October?

(how would you even find that out?)
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
Opposite of lurker?

Logger would work. You have to log on to post, but not to lurk. And the etymology is from logos: Gk meaning word, reason. (The religious connotations of logos that would bug KoM are just a bonus.)
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*saws away*
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
"She's a lumberjack and she's ok, She posts all night and she works all day. . . "

I'm going to saw wood myself ie sleep.

See if you can come up with a better neologism, rivka.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Nah.

We need a group word for lurkers. Not sure we need one for those of us with ridiculous posting rates. Unless it's crazy-as-a-Dagonee.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Posties.

Or Blurkers.

Or, Dagonators. Tanties? Rivaworblers?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Posties.

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Or Blurkers.

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Or, Dagonators.

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Tanties?

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Rivaworblers?

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