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How long were you a "lurker" before you posted?

RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
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Did you Lurk? How long did it take you to "join in"?
Did you admit to lurking?
I think that saying one lurked long before joining, gives one a sense of expertise and even, foreboding.
Is there an art to entering our forums? image
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Seven minutes.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    Maybe a 1/2 hour!
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • nOoBiEeEnOoBiEeE Posts: 1,011 ✭✭
    A few days.
    Wanna See Some True Rainbow Toned Jeffferson Nickels??
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  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,483 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Almost three months while the powers that be decided whether or not to let me on.

    JimP
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
    On the ball now. This one only took some seconds, rounded to the nearest minute. Russ, you are the champ! image
    Let's go with the "Braddick" method now...
    Who took the longest to end their lurking?
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Month.
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  • ursabearursabear Posts: 1,888
    Months. Literally.
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    A month or so.
  • kamehameha00kamehameha00 Posts: 2,077
    Only took me a few minutes.
  • GooberGoober Posts: 980 ✭✭✭
    A little over a month, saw the good, the bad, and the ugly (glad that icon hasn't popped up yet since I've been here) and yes I admitted to lurking.
    Prost!

    Why step over the dollar to get to the cent? Because it's a 55DDO.
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    A couple weeks.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    My first post.

    Note the join time and the post time. Would have posted more quickly, but I was interrupted by a five minute phone call. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Such humble beginnings, Russimage
  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
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  • puffpuff Posts: 1,475
    I'm still lurking.image
  • Smitty79Smitty79 Posts: 1,313
    I lurked for quite a while till the mods let me in too and I still mostly lurk around but I chime in from time to time if I have a comment or a question. image
    - -

    Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
  • harbonharbon Posts: 59
    Two years or so... image

    Of course I only checked it every few months, and didn't stay long at each visit image
  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    Less than an hour!
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Months for me too. image
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  • TWQGTWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭
    Lurked about a month before joining. I don't remember my first post but I'm sure I tried to enter quietly.
    My eBay store
  • TonedCoinTraderTonedCoinTrader Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭
    I signed up, then posted my arrival image

    EDDITED TO ADD:
    I forgot to add that airplanenut invited me here.






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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I signed up right when I found the place image
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  • CratonCraton Posts: 2,670
    I lurked off and on for 10 months before I made my first post.
  • numonebuyernumonebuyer Posts: 2,136 ✭
    As I recall, I posted right away. I got chewed on by a few of the veterans, but a couple of the other veterans came to my rescue.
  • ccrccr Posts: 2,446
    A year and a half for me. Really about 18 months before I signed up. I collected when I was a kid for a couple of years and left the hobby. Then I got to the point where about 4 years ago I was considering about getting a new hobby and decided to get back into coin collecting. I didn`t know about this place until I was back for a year. I liked what people where doing here as there where some people that really knew thier stuff ( ok you can stop laughing now.image ) But really, you really can learn a good bit here if you`re open to it.
  • Purple73Purple73 Posts: 2,016 ✭
    Still Lurking


    PURPLE!
    Founder of The Circle of Crust™
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
    lurked for one week until i just couldnt resist anymore!
  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    I lurked at least a year.
  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
    Me? It intimidated the begeebers outta me for about a half a year or so before my first post. Did I admit? I don't think the word "lurker" was used for this purpose back then...Just jumped in... I was "lime green". image
    Now that I can consider myself somewhat fluent (at least I can get by), I will admit that "forumspeak" is a foreign language
    that takes time to learn.
    ps. I think it's those guttural sounds that make it difficult. image
  • alergaralergar Posts: 420
    I read the boards for about 6 months, finally joined when I had a question for David on the Q & A forum. I have started and replied to threads only in the last month or so !!image
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    At least a year.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty short amount of time.

    Once I stumbled on this place, I recognized that the loonies here were my kind of scum, I had to

    get involved right away.
  • TrimeTrime Posts: 1,863 ✭✭✭
    I think I read the threads for about 4 months before participating more actively.
    Trime
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,656 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey Russ: I remember that thread and almost posted to it. It was still on the first page when
    I found this place.

    I couldn't tear myself away from reading threads to register until I got to about page three. So
    I lurked about half an hour or so.
    Tempus fugit.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    I lurked for several months.

    However, one day I saw some joker make a ridiculous post and I couldn't take it anymore. I signed up, but by that time the thread had been pulled.

    I've been lurking on the NGC boards for nearly two years and have yet to sign up.
    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • red68red68 Posts: 40
    about 2 months then sigend up. image
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    I was a little reluctant to join when I first discovered the site because I don't really know anything about coins, so I figured "What could I possibly add?"

    After reading for a few weeks, though, I realized that it clearly wasn't necessary to know anything about coinsimage
  • EvilMCTEvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    About 3 months. I was reluctant to join because of all of the petty squabbles and bashing that took place. Eventually decided that the education that could be had far outweighed the stupidity that pops up now and then.

    Ken
    my knuckles, they bleed, on your front door
  • dimplesdimples Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭
    about a yearimage
  • coinguy89coinguy89 Posts: 2,151
    For me about a month. Then I sent an email to get a password, and didn't get one back for like 3 or 4 months. So about 4 or 5.
    Scott Hopkins
    -YN Currently Collecting & Researching Colonial World Coins, Especially Spanish Coins, With a Great Interest in WWII Militaria.

    My Ebay!
  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    About six months, from Aug. 2000 to Feb 2001. That was in the old forum where posts were sparce and most of the replies were by Rick Montgomery.
    Paul <> altered surfaces <> CoinGallery.org
  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    2 months
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  • MercuryMercury Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    Signed up after just a day or two, however I still mostly read and learn and learn and learn.......
    Collecting Peace Dollars and Modern Crap.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I was a little reluctant to join when I first discovered the site because I don't really know anything about coins >>



    That didn't slow me down. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • ColorfulcoinsColorfulcoins Posts: 3,364 ✭✭✭
    I still lurk (but now post) <grin>.
    Craig
    If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
  • SemperFISemperFI Posts: 802 ✭✭✭
    I post a little. Lurk a little. I guess I am still pretty much a lurker!

    image

  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Lurked? Lurked??? I came , I joined, I posted. (don't know what it is in Latin.)
  • ccrccr Posts: 2,446


    << <i>I was a little reluctant to join when I first discovered the site because I don't really know anything about coins, so I figured "What could I possibly add?"

    After reading for a few weeks, though, I realized that it clearly wasn't necessary to know anything about coinsimage >>



    imageimage

    Now be nice!image
  • jeffnpcbjeffnpcb Posts: 1,943 ✭
    Just long enough to finish set up and get on in!
    HEAD TUCKED AND ROLLING ALONG ENJOYING THE VIEW! [Most people I know!]

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    It was about 3 months for me. Still mostly just read and learnimageI guess that's called lurking!!!
    Becky

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