Lurker

United States
August 20, 2007 9:43pm CST
Does anyone else feel like they're just a lurker on lj? I mean, I blog once in a great while, but I mainly like to just read my friend's entries. I rarely post comments, either! My friends probably think I don't go on much...but I go on pretty much every day. I just never really feel like posting anything unless something monumental happens: ie., buying my new car, getting fired, getting hired, going to the hospital, etc...Does anyone else find themselves doing this?
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@starr4all (2863)
12 Nov 07
I rarely post on LJ, but I do read a lot of what my friends write. I mainly blog on myspace.
@starr4all (2863)
12 Dec 07
I now spend more time on LJ than myspace nowadays. I'm beginning to checkout face book, but I spend more time on lj.
• United States
22 Aug 07
I pretty much do exactly this. I'll leave comments on rare occasions, and I'll post when I feel like it, but that's been less and less since we moved. I feel a little bad, because I know some of my friends are trying to keep up with me through my LJ, but I'm so much busier that posting a lot doesn't really work well with my schedule!
• United States
23 Aug 07
Yeah, I usually only leave comment so my friends know that I'm still alive on there! lol. It makes me feel pretty bad, though...
• United States
24 Jan 09
Yeah, I used to be a lurker like that. But lately I haven't even been on at ALL. Haha this discussion is probably going to urge me to actually log on. But my reason for being a lurker was because all of my friends on lj stopped blogging. So I eventually stopped myself and then just lurked around in communities for a long time before just forgetting all about lj.
• United States
22 Feb 08
Lately I don't update as much as I should. I seem to use LJ mainly for the communities. I should post more often since I have a paid account.
• Philippines
11 Apr 08
I lurk mostly in communities. I never really post but I do comment a lot. ^^ I do post in my own journal though. Its my way to communicate with my local friends and let them know I'm still alive. If I don't have much to say I usually just post songs or youtube videos.
@akiira (97)
• Australia
11 Jan 09
I have never posted on livejournal. I have great dreams to post my fanfiction up there at some stage, but I never really ever get around to it. I do post comments whenever I feel like it though, but mostly I lurk.
@JashleyB (1441)
• United States
3 Dec 07
Oh man, same here! I used to be SO faithful to LJ but now I never hardly blog there. I have a blogger blog that I use more, not even sure why. But it happened and now i'm not sure i'll ever really get back to it, even though I have the time to.
• Australia
4 Feb 08
Hahahah yes. I still post there regularly, probably about several times a month even if it's just a one-liner or something totally random. Just when I feel the urge to share it with people or want some feedback regarding buying a gadget or whatever. There are months when I hardly post anything at all, but sometimes I do make up for it by posting excessively hahaha. The locked entries feature contributes hugely to this. I don't think I'd post half as much if I couldn't lock my entries. I check my friends page several times a day though, I love reading up on my friend's lives. I don't post comments as much as I used to, but yeah I still do. Mostly when I really want a friend to know that hey, I still exist and read their posts or when it's to say something different from all of the other comments that have posted.
@jm21189 (45)
13 Nov 07
i know what you mean because you only want to post something when its a big hing not just talk about every little thing
@kksimone (67)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I post pretty frequently, but a lot of my friends have admitted to being lurkers. Which sort of bugs me, since, like many people posting about inane stuff, I'm a comment junkie.