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are lurkers assholes?

Ameesh

Lifer
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What do you think? They just read the boards but don't contribute anything. I am adding the poll so all the lurkers can vote if they feel like assholes or not.

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Many people will lurk before becoming members.

They may feel uncomfortable in participating because of all the inflated egos that roam around here.

!) It can easily cut back on the amount of NEFfing that goes on here.

2) It can allow them to understand the policies by waiting for existing fools to show themselves off.

3) Lurkers when they become active may not make as many mistakes regarding "wrong forums", "Enable Profiles", "No Coupon Codes", "Repost", YAGT, understanding when /what defines NSFW links, etc"

3) Many lurkers may also avoid getting vacations because they have a little more respect for the system.

/end rant

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Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: radioouman
I guess that I have asshole-ish tendancies then.

i would not agree, you have 6K posts which means you have contributed to the boards in many ways
 

Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: insename2
depends, do they randomly revive long dead threads?

i dunno, the elusive lurker doesn't have enough activity to draw pattern from.
 

deepred98

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how are lurkers assholes?

they don't post that much so they probably don't get into flame wars with other people and start being assholes to one another
 

Abel007

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I've been lurking these boards for YEARS and I am definately NOT an a-hole. So I guess that throws your question to pot.
 

lightweight

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Most of the forum members don't contribute anything except threads full of the same goddamn post repeated over and over and over. I'd say that makes most of them the assholes.

What makes a lurker an asshole anyways? Just because he doesn't post?
 

jadinolf

Lifer
Oct 12, 1999
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Originally posted by: Abel007
I've been lurking these boards for YEARS and I am definately NOT an a-hole. So I guess that throws your question to pot.

True.
 

OrByte

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Jul 21, 2000
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I know a lurker and she never posts because all you guys are the A$$holes.

:shrug;
 

Ameesh

Lifer
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Originally posted by: OrByte
I know a lurker and she never posts because all you guys are the A$$holes.

:shrug;

ohh i never meant to imply that all of us who do post are't assholes, we are them for different reasons.
 

BatmanNate

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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There's a pretty bold line between posting and contribution. There are people here with 100 posts who have contributed more than folks with 10,000. (albeit not in off topic)