Look at the number of views here compared to number of replies.

[Justice Is Comin]

Boy, there must be a lot of people just browsing in here. It's a huge percentage compared to responders.

Makes you wonder how many people are reading this site huh? And even more important, where they may be from.

Wonder why they don't post.

Let me extend a welcome. I was new once, we all were. New comers, jump in and join us. Put in your two cents on these topics. We learn from each other.

I think we'd all love your views.

[shadowknows69]

1. Many times I don't post

because someone has said what I'm feeling way better than I ever could.

[Emit]

8. ditto n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

2. I browse alot without posting.

Sometimes I'm just too tired to come up with a coherent thought of my own, but want to know what's going on and what other people think about it.

[Hestia]

7. or to even mull over new thoughts, such as Rove installing that new

prosector in LR to try and smear Hillary again. Called moms (lives in LR) on that one and she was floored, she too hadn't thought of that one. See, we are so busy talking to others about what's posted that we don't have to post in return. One can only multi-task just so much...;-)

[shraby]

3. Just call me lurkalot too. Where do you

see the number of views?

[Old and In the Way]

5. Click on the General Disvcussion link above.

That shows the forum posts, by latest comment....the views # are in the rightmost column.

[MazeRat7]

4. Same here, I only post a couple times/week on average... but read everyday - nt

[pwb]

6. i just hate to type, but i try

i make mistakes in grammar or typing and some jump all over me for that. the school teachers are always out.

[LunaSea]

10. You need to capitalize that "i"

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[pwb]

11. your funny,,

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. Your funny what?

sorry....justa bustin your chops that you're wearing

[annabanana]

40. Don't let them scare you. .

Generally speaking, they're just joshing. Your views count too.

[Justice Is Comin]

12. Never be embarrassed about your

grammar or typing. We'll figure it out.

Glad to have you here.

[Nutmegger]

15. Pay no attention to the nazi grammar police.

:hi: :)

[LunaSea]

17. That's "grammar nazi"...

dammit

[Karenina]

21. BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I did a lesson today on adjective word order in Englisch. I'm now ashamed to think of HOW LOUDLY I COMPLAINED about the endings of adjectives in Deutsch... :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Ariana Celeste]

23. fuck 'em

those who care about the content will ignore the form.

[sasha031]

9. before I became a member, I browsed for mnths

I thought of all of you so brilliant, now I'm brilliant too :)

they may feel a little intimadated and they shouldn't, you are all so wonderful.

but when your used to the MSM, perhaps they are educating themselves of what is really going on.


:hi: So welcome newcomers, this is an addicting site, and you will never watch tvvvee again, with the exception of Oberman and the Daily show.

[annabanana]

41. (brilliance is contagious!). . . . . . . n/t

[DB1]

13. Rarely post, mostly come here to find news

Visit daily and have for quite some time, 2 years maybe. Most the time someone else has stated how I feel. Also I read and walk away so wouldn't be able to respond to comments on my post.

[Justice Is Comin]

25. ..

:hi:

[IChing]

14. I've been bumping yours a hundred +

LOL

[Justice Is Comin]

16. Thanks, I am unworthy and humbled lol.

[IChing]

18. Just added another 50

LOL

[tnlurker]

20. I lurked for about 2.5 years

Before I joined and started posting. I read a lot at work to catch the news on lunch and such but I have only recently stated replying to post from work. Thus I still have less that 100 post.

[Justice Is Comin]

27. ..

:hi: You'll be at a thousand before you know it.

[Ariana Celeste]

22. I generally don't reply in GD,

mainly because damn near everytime I've read through a thread I find anything I have to say has already been said.

And those rare times I do put thought into a reply, it goes ignored. So I lurk here and LBN for my info, post a rare reply, but stick around the Lounge.

[Justice Is Comin]

28. You have to jump on them early.

Comments are like Christmas trees. If you don't get there early, all the good ones are gone.

[spanone]

24. always has been & they're from everywhere...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

26. To all of you minimalists who posted today,

very nice to see you here... :hi: :hi:

[onecent]

29. I don't always post that much. I sure do like to read alot of the posts

though. I'm not home during the day and just going to DU "Greatest" catches me up on the daily hottest news.

DU is perfect for sorting truth from fiction, and if I'm confused or unclear about what is going on with some news (i.e. Valerie Plame) then I come here to get educated.

[bpositive]

30. long time lurker

I have been reading this board for about two years. I bumped into the site when I got layed off from my last job- they had me doing some trivial work in my remaining days. I was surfing the web- found a site called "bored.com". They linked to this site. I have coming here and reading all of the amazing posts. (I think that I have become addicted) Anyways, I have never been much of a writer so I post occasionally.

:evilfrown:

[Justice Is Comin]

36. Clever user name.

Yes, it is addicting. I think some people here sleep at the keyboard.

Your writing looks better than mine. Keep posting.

[WiseButAngrySara]

37. DU is VERY addictive! (but a habit I need during these times,

and one that is good for me and I don't intend to give-up any time soon!) How was this site linked to bored.com? That's funny. DU offered as a cure for boredom? I'd buy that.

[Jonathan50]

31. Why are there no messages in the lurkers forum?

Just about everywhere I've been online, the lurker to poster ratio is probably about 10:1.

[Shine]

32. Hello there!

I tend to mostly urk in GD, but I occasionally post when I'm inspired to do so. :hi:

[jaksavage]

33. the 1 in 10 rule

for every one question 9 other people wanted to know that answer.

[WiseButAngrySara]

34. I read much more than I post! So do a lot of DUers. Some

DUers NEVER (or RARELY EVER, or I wouldn't know about it) post!

[bigwillq]

35. I read a lot in GD

but don't post in GD all that often...I do that with other forums as well.

But then there are some forums that I post in all the time.

I think that rationale is true for many other people here too.

[Justice Is Comin]

38. It would be interesting to know

what people in important political positions might be reading here. If they're not, they should be.

Just by accident, I saw some originals I had written linked on google when I was doing research :wow:

Check that if you wrote original posts, you might be surprised.

[Cha]

39. OOOPPPps I almost just viewed

without responding. :) I notice a lot threads have wildly numbers of viewers more than posters.

[Jonathan50]

42. I figured out a long time ago...

That the better my post and the harder I hit my mark, the fewer replies I get.


Most people post to argue with you, if you don't leave anything for them to argue with they mostly don't reply.

I have a real H Bomb of an OP that I'm going to drop on GD one of these days. I bet I'll get few to no replies.

I post quite a bit over at Salon.com in their letters section. There was an Israel Palestine flame war going on a few days ago and I tossed a hand grenade into the discussion and got *zero* replies...

I said that the Israelis wanted the Palestinians land, that Israel looked like an apartheid state to me and that both Yitzhak Shamir and Menachem Begin were leaders of terrorist organizations.

Not a freakin' peep from either side..

[Justice Is Comin]

43. Try that

on here. ............................................ .................................................................................................I'll be over here :hide:

[Jonathan50]

44. I just did, didn't I?

Personally I like it when people abuse and attack me, it shows they have nothing else in their repertoire.