Sunday, January 14, 2007

DeLurking Week


She who hunts whales has pointed out another cool internet thingy.

Sunbeams gives a Definition:

All of the cool kids are saying that this is National Delurking Week. For anyone who doesn't speak internet, "lurking" is when one reads material on a discussion forum or blog yet doesn't post comments. Hence his or her presence is unknown. To delurk means to post a comment and say hi.

I know I don't comment on my favorite blogs enough but it doesn't mean I don't read them everyday. I go down my sidebar first thing everday at the crack of noon and it gives me a heads up on the news of the day. Thanks blog buddies. When I first started doing this I measured my success by the number of comments on a post but after I put sitemeter on I found out that a lot more people were reading but not commenting. Lurkers. When I surf the big blogs I rarely comment as my post would be number 458 on the thread, so I'll continue to lurk.

My friend Dr. Tara is a bit discouraged by the lack of interaction on her site so go say hello.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:24 AM

    Perhaps Dr. Tara should allow anonymous postings...
    :-)

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  2. Anonymous12:12 PM

    Lurking should be an olympic sport, or something. I'd win Bronze - just because I'm an underachiever.

    (And no whales were hurt in the production of my blog...I should probably include that disclaimer somewhere, eh? :) )

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  3. Anonymous2:29 PM

    I enjoy lurking. But just for the sake of whatever the hell, I'll post a comment.

    I've lurked here for awhile. Not stalked, dammit! LURKED. heh

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  4. Anonymous2:44 PM

    Yo,
    Lurk any time ya like!
    thanks/peace - t.g.

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  5. Anonymous5:08 PM

    I've never really minded lurkers. Many of the people who come to my site are either looking for information about the Firefos js3250.dll problem, or Cathy Baker of Hee Haw - I'm apparently a leading reference for both of them. And I agree, Dr. Tara needs to make commenting easier - or just switch to Blogger! I don't want to have to sign up with a new service just so I can comment.

    And while I'm on the subject - Dr. Tara, congratulations on the Pharmacology degree! (I tried to post that on your site months ago, but couldn't!)

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