I'm guilty of that.

I take a break when that happens. Gets me outside and breaks the lurking syndrome.

Aeris, it's funny that you mention that because it's been happening to me.
Like a few weeks ago, I felt like I just didn't want to post.
I mean, I could easily jump into a conversation but instead, I'll just look in all sorts of forums.
I don't know what it is...

And now, I have school so I barely go on at all anymore. x.x;
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I'm a lurker. When I do go to post, I usually delete it, instead of posting.

XD

Meh, I can't even get myself to be a super-poster when I'm questing anymore~ It's kinda sad, but I'm always nervous I'll say something stupid and start a flame war. ;w; That or I'm just not "in the mood" so to speak.

Man, I can remember when my posts/day was like, over a hundred. I can't do that anywhere at this point. DX

I freely admit it - I'm a lurker. I post often enough, but I read through many more threads than I comment on. I just tend to shy away from typing something out when I know that I don't have anything unique to say. Unless I can contribute to the conversation, I'll just read.

I try not to lurk, but it's just something that I d, I suppose. I just much rather prefer reading what other people have to say. =3 Either that, or I get shy about posting something, especially if it's in a popular thread with lots of other people in it. >.<

yeah when i first joined i was post crazy...now...not so much
i do alot more lurking and stay more in one place rather than everywhere at the same time...

i dont know....i think its because mene sometimes gets too boring...chating with friends is good , i loev talking with friends here on mene <3
but sometimes i want to play a game you know? or just something else...i dont know...

its a horrible lurking disease...

• Sometimes, when I leave a forum I'm VERY active on, for a few weeks or whatever, when I come back.. I don't feel motivated to chat anymore lol. Especially if I talk to people from the forum on msn. I don't know of any cures, aside from just.. getting out there and trying to make new friends. Maybe just chat it up in a Menewsha Nation Hang out thread, so that way it will be a relaxed conversation.

I find when I chat up a storm, I fall into a pretty big lurker mode. But if I take a little breather, I always come back refreshed and wanting to chat again.

I'm a lurker. I just always have been. I'm even that way IRL. > .>
So I find it hard to really "click" anywhere.

Originally Posted by Aliena

I find when I chat up a storm, I fall into a pretty big lurker mode. But if I take a little breather, I always come back refreshed and wanting to chat again.

• Really? I'm the opposite. Usually when I get on Menewsha, I'm on for 3-4 hours, posting the entire time. Then some days.. I just don't log on. Not sure why.

I sometimes lurk on some forums at times. It's perfectly normal, especially when you have nothing to say really.

My remedy? I just click "Post Reply", type some gibberish, submit, then laugh about it and walk away. Breaks you out of your lurking shell. XD

what the hell is that syndrome? xP
PEACE... good luck to you anyways..

I go through lurking syndrome way too often. XD I'm trying to get out of that mode now, so I'm hoping I can make it work out for myself. >>

I think it's working~! Slowly but surely, I'm making more replies to topics. :3

I don't really lurk. I post a LOT!

• D8 Sometimes, I just make a reply in the post, but right after I delete my reply, I honestly don't know why I would do this. :S Probably part of the syndrome since I've been lurking more

I lurk plenty of times. When I read something and suddenly have a response for it, I may spend a few minutes trying to type it out the way it sounds in my head and suddenly loose my inspiration and give up. That happens a lot of times when the forums aren't that active. Its kind of frustrating, to tell you the truth. I want to chat, I want to make friends, I want goldies. Dx;

I've had the lurking syndrome for a couple of days now, and I really hate it. I don't earn any gold by lurking, now do I? So why do I do it?

Well, mostly because I don't feel like I have any input on the conversation. OR, I'm just too lazy to post something (this happens more often than not, sadly).

I also tend to lurk so that I don't get so caught up in posting that I forget to keep track of my modly duties. Lurking is good for me because I get to a lot of other forums, and get to see more of what's going on on the site.

But I've been a lurker a long time on Gaia, so I suppose it's not unusual that I do it here as well. XP

Yeah, lurking syndrome sucks. I have it all the time, and that was why Mene wasn't really fun at first. I was mostly worried that when I do post, people are randomly going to reply things like, "awlkerm who asked for your opinion, n00b? D<" and mean things like that.

But really, Mene's community is nicer than that. So I got over it. Sort of. xD;

I used to post a lot, but now I've slowed down considerably.

I'm rather antisocial in real life and it if hard for me to deal with people.
One negative reaction and I crumble.

Originally Posted by hiei14

I'm a lurker. I just always have been. I'm even that way IRL. > .>
So I find it hard to really "click" anywhere.

I'm the same way, I find it hard to just join into a conversation, I'm never quite sure what to say. I guess sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith and jump in.

Mm-hm. I lurk a lot; perhaps that's because I'm new. Because, at times, it's a bit scary, plunging into a whole thread full of regulars, if anyone knows what I mean. Also, sometimes, I just feel like...there's really not much else to be said on a topic, and I'm just content with reading what others say. Moreover, I occasionally can't find any good threads to chat in. It's weird, though, in real life, I'm usually rather outgoing.

I do that from time to time. i been trying to post but it is hard. my mind goes blank! I don't know who to talk to. When i post in threads there are no response back....

I tend to do that a lot.
For example, on Gaia, I haven't posted in over a MONTH.
I'm not really suffering from the lurking disease on here, though, because there's more to talk about!

• Yay for you posting now! <33
  
  I'm no longer part lurking, I'm an active user again, while in school. 8) <3