Poster, or Lurker?

I am both a poster and a lurker depending on the situation. When I see threads that interests or relates to me, I take it in mind to post in them often with lots of thought involved. If threads I see don't interest me as much but still ignite a small spark of curiosity, I just read whatever people post but rarely post. On the other hand, if they don't interest me at all, I tend to ignore them entirely and move on to the next thread. Lately, it has been depending a lot on how I am feeling at the moment. It requires inspiration and good timing to make good posts.
 
I'm definitely a lurker. I don't post unless I have something to say and most of the time, I don't. The fact that I've been waiting for a month to decide whether or not I should make a post here shows how much of a lurker I am.
 
I guarantee I'll lurk more then I post. Mostly cause I'm shy and awkward and don't always know what I should say... if anything. Other then that I do tend to just check threads to see what direction they're going in and if its not what I thought then I don't feel like I have anything to contribute.
 
Well I'm a Lurker I don't reply to threads randomly I just think what I need to say then there I post. :15:
 
I go through sporaddic periods of posting and lurking, though my lurking periods tend to be heavier than my posting periods. I've had this account since December and I racked up 300 or so posts in a good month, maybe a month and a half. Since then, which has been about nine months, I've only posted another 1200 times, which is not a whole lot for me. My lurking time has overruled my posting time a lot. Of course, I'm trying to change that, but just looking and not making my presence known is a more comfortable fit hat for me, which is hard to change. ):
 
In all honesty, I don't know what I am. Maybe I'm in between, but it's pretty difficult for me to distinguish. I usually click on a thread, read what the people say, and if I think the thread is interesting, I'll post. But if the thread doesn't appeal to me that much, I usually just read people's opinions and proceed to another thread.
 
I'm definitely more of a lurker but I really hope to change that. Even though my sign-up date is June this year, I've been visiting PC ever since some point in 2006. I wish that I'd signed up all those years ago because then I could've been much more involved with this great community, but that's not the case.

I really want to become more active here but I'm not too sure how successful this plan will be as I'm working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week (at the moment) and spending a fair bit of my time moderating on the other forum which I frequent.
I'm definitely not a lurker on the other forum though as I signed up in March last year and have since amassed 13.5k posts in that time, with around 12k of them being within the first year of membership.
 
I used to be just a lurker, now im more of a poster since i found the sections i like now.
And i post a lot in them aswell
 
I'm by far more a lurker than a poster. It depends on the day and the threads really. Certain topics appeal to my interests more than others, and sometimes there can be a lot of these threads and sometimes there isn't, so my posting activity fluctuates accordingly.
 
I definitely lurk more. I only really post if I've got something interesting or funny to add that hasn't been said yet, and I have found myself sitting at the "post a reply" screen with a full post typed up, only to back out because it wasn't as interesting or funny upon reading it back than it was in my head. XD
 
I'm a Lurker, I guess.

It's one of those rare moments where I actually decide to post a bit. :)
 
It normally depends on how I am feeling. If my anxiety is acting up hen I will post like crazy so that I don't worry about things. If I'm feeling lazy, I'll normally just lurk and read. If I'm feeling normal, I'll normally post on whatever. Overall, I'd say I'm more of a poster than a lurker. Weir habits are I guess I post most late at night because I'm normally busy during the day.
 
I'm a lurker on nearly every website I visit these days, simply because I never really have the time to contribute my own opinions to matters at hand. Every so often (right now, for example), I do find myself reminiscing about the old times and I end up going on a weird sporadic posting spree, but those are few and far between. I certainly knew how to be an active poster back in the day though, I suppose that energy just ended up being channeled elsewhere after a while.
 
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