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Lurkers

ChopstixChopstix
edited 2011-11-18 13:37:10 in General
'Sup IJBM.

So.

You don't know me. But I've been lurking this forum for months now, quietly watching, taking in all the delicious drama. Never posting. I recall you having a discussion about lurkers a couple of months ago. Some of you were saying you find lurkers rather creepy. Well, if that's the case - and I've been wanting to ask this anyway - how does it make you feel that the silent, regular lurkers to this forum (outside of SA, TvTropes and such, mind you) far, far, outnumber the posters? I mean, I goofed around on Omegle once and mentioned Chagen - the guy instantly recognised the place and said that the lurkers are many. Well, now that Chagen's gone, much of the hilarity has obviously been lost, but still...
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  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Do we really have that many lurkers?

    Anyway, sup. I don't really find lurkers creepy.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Me neither. Although it'd be nice if you guys posted more so we can discuss with more opinions and stuff
  • ForzareForzare
    edited 2011-11-18 13:45:26
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Yeah. This place needs a little new blood.
  • AHRAHR
    edited 2011-11-18 13:47:30
    Hello there, my good sir.

    I find the concept creepy, but no more than the concept of the same thing happening in real life. The internet just makes it easier to happen.

    It's just something new that people can't entirely wrap their heads around.
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    You're JUST lurking?

    what a waste, dude.
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    We need some fresh blood. Much like the vampires.


    As for Chagen, I think he's kind of infamous on several sites. He has his own page on Encyclopedia Dramatica, after all. That takes some dedication. 

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    I'm convinced there's some kind of knightly response to this new information, but it's yet to hit me. I could make a Starcraft joke, I guess.

    I'll admit to some degree of disturbance with this information, though. I was under the impression that lurkers were few, and that the posts were mostly read by the insular nerd community here, some TVT members and SA shitstirrers.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Yeah, Chagen was always talking about all the sites he was hated on/banned from.
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET
    Most of the dramamongers have been banhammered, but even with that, it's not as if the drama here is frequent enough or spectacular enough to really warrant longtime lurking, methinks.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Although it does beg the question:

    How many people, now, have actually seen Ica's penis?
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    why can't we all just stop talking about that
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    We have a ton of lurkers? That's not something that bothers me. I could do with a wider audience for my awesomeness.
  • IaculusIaculus
    *sits in the corner, staring*
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I took a look at Chagen's article. I'm half-surprised that it doesn't mention his linguistics obsession.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-11-18 17:59:57

    "how does it make you feel that the silent, regular lurkers to this forum (outside of SA, TvTropes and such, mind you) far, far, outnumber the posters?"

    How many of those are bots? Got a few infiltrating my Photobucket, so it's not like I'm not used to the images I uploaded getting used by creepy sounding sites.

  • StormtroperStormtroper
    Quite a bit of people join but never post, for what it's worth.
  • BastionBastion
    smote
    Huh. This would have been an opportune time to delurk, if I was still a lurker. I think I've passed that threshold of activity, though.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Come on lurkers! Join us in the light! :D We stole the cookies from the dark :D
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    edited 2011-11-19 12:26:27
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    If I were to call lurking creepy, I would be a hypocrite.

    I wasn't even aware that there were that many lurkers that weren't part of TVT or IJBM or that one SA thread.

    At the same time, though, it's not all that surprising.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    I womder if there are any lukers from the CAD boards?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Meh, I have a couple of friends lurking (I link them to the crazy stupid shit here when bored)

    I honestly don't see what's particulrly bd about it. Especially as getting involved in arguments here seems like a waste of time most of the time
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Yeah, stuff posted here is public information. Posting without being comfortable with that fact seems silly in the first place.
  • AHRAHR
    I think it's the same sense that public conversations are public, but people still aren't always entirely aware of that fact.
  • gentlemanorcusgentlemanorcus
    Don't really get why you would lurk in a small community like this. SA, yeah, but some obscure offshoot of TVTropes?

    I don't really mind if people are reading my posts, though. It just means I have to think more about what I say, which is a good thing.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-11-20 20:25:13

    "Well, now that Chagen's gone, much of the hilarity has obviously been lost, but still..."

  • gentlemanorcusgentlemanorcus
    edited 2011-11-20 20:33:51
    Chagen's gone? I really need to keep up with these things.

    Anyway, this probably means we've lost some lurkers. Some people probably just came here for the Adventures of Chagen and Friends.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    >Chagen
    >Friends
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    A world in which I am seen as Chagen's friend is not a world I want to live in

    And yeah, most of the DRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAA posters are gone at this point.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-11-21 01:23:04
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    We have lurkers? And Chagen is famous enough to get an ED article?

    This made my day.

    EDIT: *Looks up the ED article.* Wait, THAT'S what Chagen looks like? Oh god this REALLY made my day.
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