Do you ever lurk around Mylot?

Yeah, I do that all the time. I think I read a lot more than I respond to which is why I don't have 20,000 next to my name or anything. I often go back and look at old discussions by changing the question ID number which is listed at the end of every post. My hands also hurt a lot of times because I'm typing all day. And, at work, I do a lot of repetitive motion.

of late I have done just that. My mind is blank and not wanting to respond to anything cos I can't think of anything even to respond. My brain is off season.lol

Sometimes I just zip through and read things because my brain hurts too much to respond. Did I miss out on something? What have you done to your hands to make them hurt?

Yep. I lurk around message boards too sometimes. Sometimes I just feel like reading what others have to say about something. SO I'll just sit back and read things without posting. Lurking isn't something that you should feel ashamed of, lol. It's fun, in a weird peeping tom kind of way.

Sometimes, I do I spend time reading discussions that which caught my interest but ended up not responding it and go and look for another interesting things to read. Just merely reading and not responding makes me feel good at times. for me, it is a form of relaxation. Then I realize that I have to compensate the the I spend on the net because I am paying for it so, I prompt to send my response to the others that I find it easy to make a point to reply to.

I'm sorry your hands were hurting yesterday and it's good to see that you're doing better today, beautyqueen. I sometimes read for awhile before getting active on the site but I don't have all that much free time online so I try to make the most of it when I do get on.

I have never eer een a lurker on here. I am involved in as much as I can be inoled in, during my days on MyLot. It's pretty hard o lurk, when here is an e-mail ox ull o friend notifications waiting for responses, and o many ieresting hings o discuss.

I am also guilty of this. And also it is because my hands hurting to much. Some times though I just do not see anything that I feel like responding to.

I usually do this when I first get on here so that I can figure out where I want to start with my responses. I never do things in the same way here and I always try to find new things that I can comment on around here. I like to read several areas before I start answering things.

Hi Beautyqueen, LOL, The only ones I have really lurked in as such have been the ones that are a bit naughty always trying to pluck up the courage to respond but never feeling daring enough too but other than that I will just respond to a discussion if I feel I can. Ellie :D

beautyqueen, you made me laugh. I never thought of poking around in mylot as lurking. I jump around and read without posting as well. I learn much that way. I have to get over my feelings of guilt because I'm enjoying my time here without earning money. Isn't that just the way of America? If we're not earning money, we're losers. Oh well. I'll watch for you lurking about and say hi next time I see you. Let's go have fun.

Occasionally I do, when there are no discussions that I have interest in or I have nothing to respond about. That is usually when I do it. I don't really like to though because I feel like I am getting nothing done. Yesterday I lurked around for a couple of minutes then I was like alright I need to start responding.

I was lurking around mylot yesterday but was also starting and responding to discussions. On my days off, its the only time I can really concentrate on mylot without being disturbed but we also had workmen popping in yesterday so I was hibernating in the living room on the computer!! I often lurk trying to find interesting discussions that catch my attention!! Happy lurking and hope your hands dont hurt too much!!!

I do that sometimes, when I'm not really in the mood to "talk". I just go through some of the posts and read what people are saying. Sometimes yes, I feel like a lurker, but other times I just really don't feel like typing or anything because of the mood I'm in, so I just don't. I guess I'm just weird like that.

Yeah I have done the same thing a few times. Then I got worried about if I had the right answer for the discussion or not. So i stopped and didn't answer. I get arm and hand pain myself. I hope you get to feeling better.

No wonder. I have those days too aside from my no myLot mood day. I found a very interesting topic, most of the time a very lengthy one, I was so engross with it and got carried away. I couldn't add more so I end up reading similar discussion. Sometimes I even search the net outside myLot, so when I get back I've lost my responding mood and end up doing something else.

What a good way to rest your hands. I bet you made note of several discussions. That way you could post to them when your hands feel better. No, I can't say I have ever lurked. I just take a break for a day or 2. I hope your hands have felt better today.

At times I may just lurk around and read. But then I always come across something I want to respond to. I don't think I have ever not responded when here. Sometimes I may just comment to responses on my discussions but that still counts as responding. I spend a lot of time reading before I find some to respond to. I only respond to about 10 discussions an hour as I spend more time reading them than responding to them. But it is still fun to just read. It is interesting to see the different types of postings. I find that the posts from other countries a little harder to respond to because they are usually about stuff I don't know about. But I like to read them since they are interesting, I like to learn new things. But most of the time I am in mylot I am doing more than just reading.

I do coz I log onto mylot everyday & normally stay on there all day - even while I'm doing other things...I go through alot of discussions also & respond to the ones that interest me or that I've had experience with etc.

hi beautyqueen yep I sometimes lurk and read responses then realize I am wasting time when I want to do my own responses but its not lurking in any sense of stalking, which is a whole different, ugly thing. I am a peaceable person and would not stalk but sometimes i get carried away reading all the other responses then realize I am here to do responseslol lol lol.