To Lurk, or not to Lurk.

[Imogene]

Sorry, boss, we were just fooling around.

Guess I haven’t been here long enough to know what is fooling around and what isn’t. I try to stay out of these nonsensical threads — I’ll try harder so as not to offend anyone.

 

[gruntlabor]

Guess I haven’t been here long enough to know what is fooling around and what isn’t. I try to stay out of these nonsensical threads — I’ll try harder so as not to offend anyone.

Not at all, Imogene. You haven't offended anyone as far as I know. Since when is honesty offensive?

 

[CallMeKate]

Guess I haven’t been here long enough to know what is fooling around and what isn’t.

I think that once you get to know our members a little better, you'll instinctively know which comments are "fooling around" and which are just someone trying to instigate dissent.

 

[hollydolly]

Same here. The options are grayed out, can't be used.

Jujube, click on the 2 little brackets at the top of your reply box ''toggle BB code''... you must have accidentally clicked them to gray out everything...

 

[jujube]

Jujube, click on the 2 little brackets at the top of your reply box ''toggle BB code''... you must have accidentally clicked them to gray out everything...

Well, that worked! Thanks!

 

[VaughanJB]

As someone who goes missing for days, I'm not a lurker, as such. When I have time, and the fortitude, I come back and read the threads. Lurkers are probably from another planet. People with mysterious drones over their home.

 

[-Oy-]

"An "internet forum spider bot" refers to an automated program, often called a "web crawler" or simply "spider," that systematically navigates through online forums, reading and collecting data from posts and threads to index information, usually for the purpose of search engine functionality or data analysis; essentially, it acts like a virtual "spider" crawling through the web of forum discussions to gather information"

 

[Remy]

I don't need to be anonymous on any forum. My favorites on Etsy are public. Nothing to hide there.

I agree some are probably bots.

 

[gruntlabor]

As someone who goes missing for days, I'm not a lurker, as such. When I have time, and the fortitude, I come back and read the threads. Lurkers are probably from another planet. People with mysterious drones over their ho

I always admired the lurkers as people who prefer to read rather than communicate. You can get a lot more read if you don't stop to comment.

 

[Pappy]

 

[Gardenlover]

Only the shadow knows

 

[katlupe]

I never sign out either. I come here many times through out the day. I figure if someone sees I am online here they might want to talk to me.