Whole lotta lurkin' goin' on

[DungeonmasterCal]

I recognize all of the "top 30" posters

I didn't realize I was in the top 30 until I checked. I really need to pay more attention to my job..heh... but that's when I do most of my posting!

 

[TheGM]

You know, I came out and read often, but only in the last few months have I bothered to start posting on any of the boards other than Kenzer & Co's. Mostly because I run a prolific message board/chat for my primary world, so there are plenty of us out there going back and forth. When the summer slowdown hit this year I went "what the heck, it's gaming conversation"...

 

[Rel]

I didn't realize I was in the top 30 until I checked.

Actually I'm showing you as number 305 (unless you're talking about posts per day instead of total posts) so I think you must be doing a fine job at work.

 

[ThirdWizard]

I'm 310! Hey, maybe this post bumped me up to 309. Unless 311 has been posting a lot! O_O

 

[somecallmetim]

I post infrequently (== lurk?) mainly for three reasons:

1. Conversational drift in a topic I'd otherwise like to post in has already, by the time I've seen it, made my input moot.
2. What I wanted to say has already been said -- often better than I would have said it -- or I learn through reading the topic that what I wanted to say contains a factual/rules error.
3. I don't have time to compose a post I'd be happy with that day.

Ditto. Especially #2.

 

[Alzrius]

My 3,747 (as of this post) postcount has me firmly established at #92. I need to work harder.

Battle royale among the top 100 at the ENnies!

 

[Jdvn1]

Oh, and #2 is almost at the next level!

Cool, I'm top 20.

 

[IronWolf]

I didnt think subscribed threads worked anymore? Did that get turned on again after the upgrade ? How did I miss that ?

Yep, subscribed threads emails were turned back on after the server upgrade.

 

[Starman]

In almost all online forums, the majority of people who read them don't post. This often surprises people who do post, but it's non-posting that's the norm (and therefore doesn't deserve the daft insult of 'lurking').

I don't think anyone here is using the term "lurker" or "lurking" in an insulting manner.

Starman

 

[fuindordm]

I post infrequently (== lurk?) mainly for three reasons:

1. Conversational drift in a topic I'd otherwise like to post in has already, by the time I've seen it, made my input moot.
2. What I wanted to say has already been said -- often better than I would have said it -- or I learn through reading the topic that what I wanted to say contains a factual/rules error.
3. I don't have time to compose a post I'd be happy with that day.

I'll second all three of those reasons. I've been around on the boards since Eric Noah's site, but I'll only post if I have something new to say on a topic that interests me. I probably look at only 1-2% of the threads, but I stay around because I like to keep up with the news and probably once a week there's a really interesting discussion going on that I'd like to join in on.

Also, participating in one of the PbP games will dramatically increase your post count.

Ben