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Come on 'lurkers' - join in!

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Quasar, Dec 25, 2007.

  1. Quasar

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    At the time of writing, we have 19 members and 61 guests viewing EC! We have the same thing happening at 'the other site', but I've always wondered, 'Why lurk, when you can join in?' :icon_bigg

    How long did you 'lurk' before you actually joined EC?

    And for all you 'lurkers' reading this, why not register? You could have some really good advice and life experience to offer some of the members, or they might be able to offer advice to help you!

    Join in! The guys and gals have formed a great community here! :thumbsup:
     
  2. Ty

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    i did for like a month or two

    I was all like omg omg omg I can't join, im not gay am i? And basicly went around in circles like that. Eventully i joined and 1000 posts later... here i am :wink:
     
  3. sngl

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    I lurked about .... 5 minutes and then I registered :icon_bigg

    Yes, new members are welcome! Come join :icon_bigg
     
  4. chrisb

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    I lurked for about a day then registered mainly to see if it was a active board....i hate signing up for boards thinking there will be good discussions and then barely getting a few posts a day.
     
  5. Martin

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    I just signed up. I tend to lurk after i've signed up, rather than before. :grin:
     
  6. Time

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    I joined the minute I found this forum. I was so relieved. I'd been looking for a place like this for months, and here it was. I found the link on the 'other site' after debating whether or not to join and lie about my age so I could get some advice.

    Thanks Paul_uk for making such an excellent community!
     
  7. EthanS

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    I think i signed up on the day i lurked
     
  8. Paul_UK

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    It's not as bad as it looks - some of the guests are search engines.

    Not all though, some are real human lurkers. Come on in - we're a friendly bunch here. :slight_smile:
     
  9. SpikySpice

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    i lurked just a little while, as soon as I read a thread about the Great Coming out, I just joined right away and replied rigth away to that thread because this site was wonderful so I just joined rigth away, I didnt care much what people think lol

    And there was some hours when I was online, There were only 4 people include me, but look now, wow, what a rapid chnage, EC has sucessfully attrated more people:icon_bigg:
     
  10. Grof142007

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    I did the same thing that and i gotten over being banned from ###(evil place)
     
  11. Latinokid

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    I lurked for like 2 min just took a glance and saw some threads on the chit chat forums and saw Micah's profile soo...i signed up =] haha
     
  12. lodiug

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    I lurked for 15 minutes then I thought "what a cool site!" So I signed up.
     
  13. panda

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    What is a search engine ?
     
  14. I think that things like Google and Yahoo! are being referenced here. The reason why escapes me at the moment. Perhaps a mod or admin can explain it greater detail.

    I lurked for...close to 3 months before I finally joined. :redface: I regret not doing it sooner, TBH.
     
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  15. biisme

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    i came on, tried to post 2 minutes later to answer someone's question, COULDN'T, got pissed, signed up, and enswered their question, then went "what now?"
     
  16. RadioMatt

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    I've been visiting this forum for about 20 months now, I joined almost a year ago and this is still only my third post. Perhaps I should actually post something instead of just reading everything! Thats a heck of a lot of lurking :icon_redf
     
  17. Ty

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    Yeah, i was kinda like that (cept i didn't join)

    once you start posting, you can't stop *glares at 1300 posts* =]
     
  18. sdc91

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    I saw this site a year ago, but I didn't think it was very active, so I didn't join.

    Then in November I lurked for a day then joined because I saw it was actually really active and it looked like a nice place to join.
     
  19. Defender

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    I've been coming here for a few years - signed up a few months ago :grin: .
     
  20. Nicknikko

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    well i remember i singed in right away when i first saw what it was about!