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Topic: Am I a lurker?
blacwolve
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posted November 20, 2006 11:10 PM
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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Raia
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posted November 20, 2006 11:51 PM
Sorry!!
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Lyrhawn
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posted November 21, 2006 12:45 AM
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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Morbo
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posted November 21, 2006 01:39 AM
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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rivka
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posted November 21, 2006 01:42 AM
*saws away*
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Morbo
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posted November 21, 2006 01:56 AM
"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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rivka
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posted November 21, 2006 02:05 AM
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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Lyrhawn
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posted November 21, 2006 02:09 AM
Posties. Or Blurkers. Or, Dagonators. Tanties? Rivaworblers?
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rivka
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posted November 21, 2006 02:12 AM
quote: Posties. Sounds like a cereal. quote: Or Blurkers. Something out of a Quidditch game. quote: Or, Dagonators. That's got a nice ring to it. quote: Tanties? Ain't got a thing, if ya don't got that ring. quote: Rivaworblers? O_o um, what?
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Lyrhawn
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posted November 21, 2006 02:15 AM
Hey, I was swinging for the fences. So Daganators caught your fancy? And Tanties didn't?
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rivka
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posted November 21, 2006 02:27 AM
Eh, Dagonators was the best of the lot. But it sounds like they ought to be Dags' fanclub more than anything else.
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Eduardo_Sauron
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posted November 21, 2006 07:02 AM
Why do I find this thread so amusing? I just...laugh alone when I think about it. Weird...
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Nighthawk
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posted November 21, 2006 07:06 AM
I'a Dagon! Oh... wait... Never mind.
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