How long did you lurk before joining DU?

[sundog]

Poll question: How long did you lurk before joining DU?

[proud patriot]

1. 20 minutes or there about

:D

[sundog]

2. about 2 weeks here

:hi:

[forgethell]

3. Not a day;

I knew I had to be here.

[smbolisnch]

4. Couple of months for me.

I was shy :)

[sundog]

5. glad you made the jump

:7

[smbolisnch]

8. Thanks, so am I!

I love DU. :P

[SarahB]

6. A long time.

Started lurking Summer 2002. didn't sign up until November 2002, then I didn't start posting much until Summer 2003.
What can I say? I'm slow. :shrug:

[jonnyblitz]

7. about 1 week.

It was right before the huge february 15th anti-war protests before the war began. I found DU while lurking on Free Republic (they were speaking ill of the place so i had to check it out). I believe I had found links from other sites to the 10 conservative idiots on the home page before but didn't pay attention to the "discussion forums" within.

[Dastard Stepchild]

9. Jumped right on in....

I don't post as much as I would like due to busy work and school schedule, but when I do have free time, I get on here as often as I can.

[Left Is Write]

10. It was more than a month chronologically, but not in total.

I lurked here and there for a day or two at a time for quite a while, and then just signed up one day.

[Stepup2]

11. a month or two

but I am hooked now. I have e-mailed this site to many friends too.

[Tweed]

12. I didn't even read other posts

I just posted one about Wesley Clark right away.

[greendog]

13. I found DU on 9/11/01 and first posted on 12/28/01...

...I probably registered in mid September.

[Cuban_Liberal]

14. About 4 months. n/t

[Longgrain]

15. Since the begining...

Shortly after selection 2000. I used to hang around Bartcop.com, which is where I first heard of this site.

I just never registered since I did think I was politically educated enough to join any of the conversations.

I would have registered a lot earlier, but all I had was a Yahoo address and the admins wouldn't let me join.

I finally got a DSL modem that came with a new E-mail account...so about a month before the election, I finally had the courage to join you all.

Now that I'm here tho, I think I'll stay...:hi:

[madrchsod]

16. if you would have gotten on board then you

may have been in the elite of 50,000 posters on this site, 2000 since oct. 2004 is pretty dam good....

[Longgrain]

17. Thanks, I love it here...

I'm more of an artist/ writer...but I stand by my political beliefs, and am very concerned as to what's going on in this country...

It's funny because when I first joined, I felt like I knew everyone already, yet no one knew me.

A couple group proposals and a few hundred vanity threads in the Lounge fixed that real quick! :thumbsup:

[Ladyhawk]

18. I'm not a lurker. I have to start putting my foot in my mouth right away.

[Bouncy Ball]

19. I was a TOTAL dork

when I first found DU, back in the spring of 2003, I think, I had no idea there WERE forums. I just thought the articles on the front page were KICK ASS. Some were so good, I read them twice. I printed them off, I forwarded them in emails. I loved the Top Ten Biggest Conservative Idiots and the Hate Mail Bag stuff. Absolutely had me laughing so hard.

Back then, the format of the front page was a little different and the link for the forums wasn't as visible or obvious. So I was here strictly for the articles for a long time--I swear I never looked at the pictures!

When I found the forums (finally) I knew I was doomed to be addicted.

[tjwmason]

20. Registered straight away

but didn't post for a while after that.

[Acryliccalico]

21. About a month for me

I am really shy. Try not to be but have gotten better after joining DU.

[greatauntoftriplets]

22. I found DU in early February of 2001.

Didn't join until the following October because I didn't have a home computer at the time and knew the lure of posting from work would be too great and not a good idea.

[Gemini Cat]

23. One whole year!

I'm slow that way.

[indigo]

24. found site on 9/11

registered within days, I think, but don't post that much.

[Catchawave]

25. About a year......

I enjoyed coming here to read the articles, though heavily involved on another dem site as a researcher and moderator, I just never had time to 'play' here.

However, since the election, I found this the best place on the "internets" to rebuild the party with all these very diverse and like minds.

By the way, always wanted to ask....how many posts does one need not to be considered a "newbie" ? Length of membership or #posts?

Even though I just 1k, I still feel like a newbie (nov04).

[ZombieNixon]

26. About five minutes. n/t

[jellybelly]

27. I'm still lurking...

:scared:

[Longgrain]

28. I think I know what you mean jelly...

I mostly only lurk around GD, LBN, and the political forums...

Stay down here in the Lounge with your buddy Longgrain...

Ill turn your... :scared:

Into this... :hug:

[jellybelly]

29. and we can turn

:hug:

into...let's see, I'm looking......looking.....okay,


:donut:

yeah, I don't get it either:shrug:

[Longgrain]

34. LOL

My gelatinous friend...

[jellybelly]

38. LOL! Nobody has ever called me that...

I'll take it as a compliment...of sorts...:bounce:

[djeseru]

30. Lurked for a while...

...I think it was October 2003 that I found this place, then finally signed exactly one year ago. It's been a great year, although it'll probably take another year to break 1000.

[Catbird]

31. About a month

I was looking for more information about e-voting problems. DU had more than some of the more controlled sites -- and some kindred spirits besides.

[JimmyJazz]

32. Not long at all - I saw a pic thread and there was this hot dude,

named sundog - I conna hep myseff. :P

[shuffs]

33. I lurked for a really long time

but just registered recently

[JimmyJazz]

36. you don't have too much to say, either! 3 posts for me is like

a half hour's worth! :hi: Welcome.

[Longgrain]

41. Ahem...

And just who might that Hot Dude be? ;)

(I know it's not me but...) :)

[JimmyJazz]

44. I said it was sundog --

psst: don't tell anybody, but I'm trying to get him to change teams :7

I think I can do it, too. ;)

[Longgrain]

46. Gotcha...

A cutie like you should be able to pull it off...;-)

[sundog]

40. aww... you made my day

:P

lol - ya nut

[The Revolution]

35. Probably like a year ;)

I don't remember exactly...it was quite a long time. I guess I just never got around to it. I still read way more than I post :)

[stpalm]

I visited on and off for about a year before signing up... (nt)

[RevolutionaryActs]

37. I think I lurked for 2 or 3 months,

I didn't spend tons of time on here, but like I would check the front page and the LBN, for election coverage. Then we lost and I was sad and finally signed up. LOL

[msgadget]

39. I'd had it long before with online forums and was sure my experience

here would be as disappointing. A friend of mine kept emailing me links to topics I was already debating (with myself, I guess!) and right before the election told me of the dire consequences of not joining before Nov.2 so I took the leap. Haven't regretted it, especially not the Lounge!
:bounce: :hi:

[loudestchick]

42. I'd come here from the Clark blog to see what all the heathen were

saying about the general...once he pulled out, I joined...I still don't have a star though...no spare ducats:-(

[Schema Thing]

47. That's where I learned of DU's existance too. n/t

[Santa Cruz]

43. For awhile, still testing the waters.

[Piperay]

45. I registered immediately but

didn't actually post for maybe a month. This was in early 2001 soon after the 'coronation' and the board was full of RWing freeper trolls, I was scared to post :scared: till some of them cleared out.