Anyone else have a problem with Lurking too much and not actually posting?

United States
February 19, 2007 7:43pm CST
Lol, this "survey" might be a little biased because the other lurkers will probably just read the responses and the regular posters will just say no. Oh well, I'll try anyways... So, does anyone else find themselves simply reading everything and hardly ever posting? I like to read a lot but it doesn't exactly help the earnings situation if you know what I mean.
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@2aronic (18)
• United States
20 Feb 07
Well, sometimes after reading the post, I may feel like I have nothing to add that would be of any value. It's kind of like the old saying, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." So yes, I guess I'm guilty of lurking too.
• United States
20 Feb 07
Yeah, I think that is my problem too. I usually look at stuff that I don't know much about that looks interesting. If its stuff I like a lot already then I usually know most everything being discussed so I am not as inclined to read the posts.
• United States
20 Feb 07
Well, you're doing better than I am... you have 2 more posts than I do. But I'm closing in.
• United States
20 Feb 07
Hahaha, I don't think you'll have a tough time beating me. I'm too busy most of the time :(.
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
20 Feb 07
In the beginning this is exactly what I did and I barely made the 10.00 pay out. So the next month I got a game plan together. I focused on finding friends to add to my circle, so I woul dhave some discussions to respond too. Then I set a limit of how many responses I wanted to do each day. It took me weeks to figure this out. once my limit was set, which was only about 20 per day. Then I would read the rest of the day. now I strive to complete 30-50 post a day and try to have at least 4 new discussions per week, while still trying to get 1000 friends. It is all about finding your goal and reaching it.
• United States
21 Feb 07
How is that working for you so far (if I can ask that is)?
• United States
20 Feb 07
I will sometimes have a problem finding a discussion that moves me enough to reply. In those cases, I do end up paging through a few discussions without saying anything. Usually I'll only go through 3 or 4 at most without posting though.
@cjthedog64 (1552)
• United States
20 Feb 07
When I first started I did. The other forums I post at, I mostly lurk and read. I have to consciously remember to post here. I was surprised when I visited one of my other boards, to notice that I was adding comments onto everyone's posts!
• United States
20 Feb 07
Yeah, that's the way it goes for me. Sometimes I really get on a roll and I just keep on posting and posting. Its like some sort of 'poster's block.'