Lurkers of OWF.

Vlam · #1 03-26-2016, 08:33 AM

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In Internet culture, a lurker is typically a member of an online community or PLN who observes, but does not actively participate. The exact definition depends on context. Lurkers make up a large proportion of all users in online communities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurker

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In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively create new content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_r...net_culture%29

Lurkers of OWF: why do you lurk? Register and tell me.

Varrok · #2 03-26-2016, 08:43 AM

The only lurkers I know of are:

DarkHoodness

Kapteeni13

Alf Shall Rise · #3 03-26-2016, 08:49 AM

I've done more lurking than posting throughout my entire time being a member here. Usually because I feel like there's nothing I can really add.

Vlam · #4 03-26-2016, 10:29 AM

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The only lurkers I know of are:

DarkHoodness

Kapteeni13

Mr. Bungle, OddMan360, Wil...
Let's not forget those who are using invisible mode.

Alf Shall Rise, lurking = low self-esteem?

RoryF · #5 03-26-2016, 10:30 AM

My shit talking doesn't work so well on forums, I lurk less on IRC channels when I'm not busy.

Xorlidyr · #6 03-26-2016, 10:31 AM

I lurk more these days.

Vyrien · #7 03-26-2016, 10:35 AM

I lurk because you're all boring cunts.

Vlam · #8 03-26-2016, 10:36 AM

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I lurk because you're all boring cunts.

Try to make it less boring. Lurkers are in dire need of soul...

Xorlidyr · #9 03-26-2016, 10:36 AM

I love you as a Vyrien.

Nepsotic · #10 03-26-2016, 10:48 AM

A single Vyrien. He doesn't love you as multiple Vyriens.

Vyrien · #11 03-26-2016, 10:50 AM

But I am a multiple system. To love one is to love all.

Varrok · #12 03-26-2016, 10:59 AM

I love you all like only a Wyvern can.

Nepsotic · #13 03-26-2016, 11:00 AM

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But I am a multiple system. To love one is to love all.

You have disassociative identity disorder.

AvengingGibbons · #14 03-26-2016, 11:28 AM

Why haven't I been named? I'm always here

Varrok · #15 03-26-2016, 11:47 AM

You are? I thought you were just absent most of the time

STM · #16 03-26-2016, 11:59 AM

I don't lurk because I'm obviously a fucking masochist.

Vlam · #17 03-26-2016, 12:06 PM

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Why haven't I been named? I'm always here

Who are you?

RoryF · #18 03-26-2016, 12:14 PM

Wow, savage.

Vlam · #19 03-26-2016, 12:19 PM

I genuinely don't know who he is.

Varrok · #20 03-26-2016, 12:21 PM

I know him, that's AvengingGibbons. He makes cool A Fan Art pics

Xorlidyr · #21 03-26-2016, 12:22 PM

I loved those pictures.

Slog Bait · #22 03-26-2016, 12:36 PM

I lurk because I don't have the energy to engage people 95% of the time

Also gibbons where's that picture of Abe sucking on Munch's foot I need the finished product in my life

Varrok · #23 03-26-2016, 12:42 PM

For the new forum theme?

Vlam · #24 03-26-2016, 12:42 PM

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I lurk because I don't have the energy to engage people 95% of the time

You aren't a lurker.

MA · #25 03-26-2016, 12:51 PM

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I lurk because I don't have the energy to engage people 95% of the time

this is actually the exact reason why i don't often contribute to discussions and the like. i just can't find the energy to keep responding in a debate anymore. answering post after post with long replies to defend my point of view feels pretty tedious after all these years. i don't have the patience anymore, and i don't have anything to prove, so i usually only ever post when we're joking around or when i see something i think is out of line and feel compelled to respond with some home truths.

Vlam · #26 03-26-2016, 12:58 PM

(lurking)

abe619 · #27 03-26-2016, 04:03 PM

I usually either spend long times without checking the forums, or as of recently, don't really find much I can contribute...then again that's exactly how I felt way back when I first joined except then I was more vocal about too much stuff and wasting everyone's time.

And all the old members have either left or are quiet and it feels so wrong. Q~Q -cowers in corner-

But yeah, I miss when we were all less about serious debates and more about sarcasm and just having some sort of hazing-like fun, kind of like a roast.

What pisses me off the most is that I missed most of them leaving, I don't remember seeing WoF leave, or StrikeWitch/Ghost (Even though she probably hated my guts, or used to, which I don't really blame her for), or T-Nex, or Hobo....GOD, do I miss Hobo, strangely enough, I've been using the word hobo in my vocabulary alot the past couple of years.

Nepsotic · #28 03-26-2016, 04:52 PM

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this is actually the exact reason why i don't often contribute to discussions and the like. i just can't find the energy to keep responding in a debate anymore. answering post after post with long replies to defend my point of view feels pretty tedious after all these years. i don't have the patience anymore, and i don't have anything to prove, so i usually only ever post when we're joking around or when i see something i think is out of line and feel compelled to respond with some home truths.

We all miss you, MA ;_;

**JayDee** · #29 03-26-2016, 06:49 PM

I've been quickly coming up on a decade of activity here at OWF and my post count is atrocious given the time I spend here. OWF mostly comes back into my life in waves and then leaves again for a few months, the announcement of Soulstorm and progression in my own projects being what lead me back this time.

6/8 years I've been here have been spent lurking. probably.

Moot · #30 03-26-2016, 08:27 PM

It's really weird when Youtubers directly call out lurkers (usually in a positive fashion). I personally tend to lurk on almost everything. I'm not sure if that's me being shy, or if I just don't care enough to get involved.