Why are you a poster and not a lurker?

[somethingshiny]

Because I can't keep my dang mouth shut.

You?

 

[TravelingGal]

Because if I weren't talking to you, I'd be talking to myself. And I can't handle that much of me.

 

[somethingshiny]

lol!!!

 

[JillyC]

Because today something caught my attention! Usually I do lurk, either because I'm too lazy to sign in, or I get to the interesting topics too late and everything's been said already (or at least I think everything's been said.)

 

[rubybeth]

I'm with Jilly. I am usually checking on a work break and seeing what the hot topics are and don't always take the time to sign in, but I enjoy reading what people have to say and will comment if I think I have something to add to the conversation that hasn't been said already.

 

[dragonfly411]

Because I can't keep my dang mouth shut.

You?

Exactly what I thought when I read the title.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Because I can't keep my dang mouth shut.

You?

Yeah, same. I love to talk. When I'm not on PS typing away, I'm chatting with my cat. He's a great listener.

 

[Dancing Fire]

because i don't wanna let Kenny do all the talking...

 

[kenny]

Because I can't keep my dang mouth shut.

You?

Yeah, same. I love to talk. When I'm not on PS typing away, I'm chatting with my cat. He's a great listener.

MC, hope you don't mind but that reminds me of something posted elsewhere . . .

Peg Bundy: "Al, what are you thinking?"

Al Bundy: "If I wanted you to know, I'd be talking instead of thinking."

 

[zoebartlett]

Well, because I have all sorts of random thoughts floating around in my head, and PS seems like a good place to put them.

Seriously though, I like the camaraderie here. I love learning about people's perspectives on various topics. I love learning about all things jewelry-related (although I do feel more comfortable lurking rather than posting in RT).

 

[HollyS]

I was content to lurk for a great long while, until a certain thread . . . some poor girl had gotten herself wrapped up in a miserable SOB, and was desperate to marry the jerk. I had to speak up. I could not walk away. In fact, the collective counseling she got from the whole of PS was "STOP! LEAVE HIM NOW!" I sincerely hope that she took the advice.

Why do I post now? I can go for weeks, even months just casually stopping by. And then, all of a sudden, I'll get a little hankering to be 'connected'.

Besides, if you actually write out your 'two cents', doesn't it then become validated? It will morph automatically into wise counsel. No,really.

 

[somethingshiny]

Holly~ You bring up a good point. When we write, do we assume we're being read and our advice or opinion taken into consideration? Does the validation cause us to continue to write because we believe we are "needed"??

 

[Kaleigh]

I lurked for a month before I joined. I had never been a member of a website , or forum... What I saw at first was down right intimidating. I was like do I really want to do this?? But jumped in and have been here ever since.

 

[HollyS]

Holly~ You bring up a good point. When we write, do we assume we're being read and our advice or opinion taken into consideration? Does the validation cause us to continue to write because we believe we are "needed"??

While I was cracking wise, I do believe that some think they should write to impart wisdom. And every once in awhile, we all kind of feel that way.

See my reason for becoming active instead of remaining a lurker? I thought my advice was needed. Not that there weren't plenty of non-lurkers already weighing in on the subject.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Because I can't keep my dang mouth shut.

You?

ditto. I found this place, registered, and started posting the same day. I always have something to say lol

 

[Cehrabehra]

Holly~ You bring up a good point. When we write, do we assume we're being read and our advice or opinion taken into consideration? Does the validation cause us to continue to write because we believe we are "needed"??

I don't fool myself into thinking that anyone else actually considers there to be any value to what I say. I would like to think so, but I doubt it. I tend to think that I do it for my own gratification... it scratches the itch. Otherwise I keep going over and over in my head what I WOULD say or what I SHOULD say or what I COULD say... I type fast so it's pretty quick to just get it out and then I don't think about it anymore lol

 

[Gypsy]

Because if I weren't talking to you, I'd be talking to myself. And I can't handle that much of me.

Roflmao. This is so true. And because if I talked to my husband about jewelry more than I do now, I'd be single in no time.

And I second Zoe's 'all the random thoughts' need someplace to go.

 

[somethingshiny]

cehra~ I agree, it scratches the itch. I don't know if people read what I write, but if I write it out, I'm good. If i didn't, I would also sit and ponder the issue at hand until I post a reply.

 

[marcy]

I found PS after I got my ideal cut diamond and was sad to see it dark in direct sunlight. I worried I had made a bad choice. I lurked for about a month and then I signed up and posted because there was a topic on which I just had to add my 2 cents worth. I stuck around because it's nice to be able to "chat" with people who have an interest and appreciation of gems and jewelry.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Because if I weren't talking to you, I'd be talking to myself. And I can't handle that much of me.[/quote]

Roflmao. This is so true. And because if I talked to my husband about jewelry more than I do now, I'd be single in no time.
And I second Zoe's 'all the random thoughts' need someplace to go.

Also, some of the topics wouldn't quite appeal to my dh's sense of humor. He wouldn't be pleased if he walked in after working 11 hrs and I asked him what he's planning to make for dinner.