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red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5901
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 9:23 pm: | 
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So, I have noticed lately that a lot of people are online, but just not posting. What are you doing if you aren't posting? (if that makes sense....) |
daylaborer
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 777
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 9:57 pm: |
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It's those people online that you can't see, that you need to wonder about! |
bets
Supporter
Username: Bets
Post Number: 23334
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 9:57 pm: |
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All of us until we actually post or login for any reason are guests. Browsers.
While we're browsing, we're guests. And there's nothing wrong with that - what did you do on the first day you read Maplewood Online's Forum? I invented a username that fit me and then went to the real name (bets) a month later.
I've referred people I like and trust to this forum, and also some family. I think the Ross Bros. (and us) have created an easy place to be for the most part. We're all guests here and everywhere and we're lucky enough to enjoy each and every moment
Peace.
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red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5902
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 10:00 pm: |
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bets, don't get me wrong, I am reading sometimes too. I was just wondering because as I am posting, I get bored sometimes, waiting for others to post and no one does. So I was wondering what they are doing. Does that make more sense? |
bets
Supporter
Username: Bets
Post Number: 23335
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 10:12 pm: |
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redy67, it makes total sense. I am an addict. I've admitted it to my boss, to my therapist, to my friends (many incredible friendships from this very website!), to my employees. I am too honest here, and I know that. But I do not want to compromise honesty and if people are afraid to speak or post or whatever, at least they're lurking. Not posting. They're hopefully reaping something from this amazing website: the courage to leave or be left; the courage to stop or be stopped; the venue that is here, anonymously or otherwise, for questions or feedback or to help others.
Love that avatar. Brunettes are beautiful and nobody forgets that. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1898
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 10:28 pm: |
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I am sitting here lurking and posting and there is a cat upstairs about to have a furball. Yet here I am typing.
Problem? |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5906
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 10:29 pm: |
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thanks bets  |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 122
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 10:53 pm: |
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I'm addicted too. The other night hubby said I was spending too much time online.
I can think of reasons people might be online but not posting. I sometimes post a message, but I'll have multiple windows open. This first post records me as "online," but then I minimize the window and go onto other stuff. You'll see me listed online, but you won't see any new postings |
bets
Supporter
Username: Bets
Post Number: 23336
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 11:16 pm: |
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Multitasking is always a burden, comb. I suggest relaxing and figuring out which facet is most annoying.
And then minimizing it. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2318
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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I'm online and not posting ('til now). Just was catching up on the evening's postings.
Otherwise, there are times when I read and all I can think of posting is a smartass response, an urge that, in most cases, I can overcome.  |
bets
Supporter
Username: Bets
Post Number: 23338
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 11:54 pm: |
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Thanks for grounding me, friends. I tend to bristle when I see injustice.
G'night! |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1311
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 2:53 am: |
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Well, as of now (2.48am) there's me and 24 guests, 100% of "us" are in the home fixit section..... what the heck can go wrong at 2.48am that you can find the answer to in the MOL home fixit section?? AND, I haven't been in home fixit tonight so where am I?? |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1315
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 3:22 am: |
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Boring - no-one is posting (except me, and I know what my posts say so there is no point me reading them)
I am down to 3 "guests" with me, I just wish one of them would post.
I feel lonely.....
POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 129
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 3:45 am: |
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Okay, I'll post and make you happy. It's almost 4am and I have to be up at 5 for work. Uh oh. Do they have a 12-step program for MOL? |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1318
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 3:46 am: |
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Yes they do, I'm on step 14..... |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5916
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 8:18 am: |
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Okay, you are addicted! I can't believe it.... |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1327
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 8:24 am: |
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A bad cold will do that to you... that and a child crawling into your bed at 2.38am, kicking you "out of her way" etc etc, then No.2 crawling in, after that I just couldn't sleep!!!
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red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5921
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 8:52 am: |
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Yes, I understand that all too well. My daughter does the same thing. She'll crawl into bed with me and my hubby, and start "kicking me out of her way" until I finally get up and go to her room... |
crabby
Citizen
Username: Crabbyappleton
Post Number: 674
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 9:03 am: |
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Holy cow, what a bad pattern, letting the kids get their way from the getgo. Tell them they can get in your bed, but only for a minute, then they have to go back to THEIR OWN bed. |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1330
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 9:06 am: |
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Nah, this was a one off....
My Husband got them both back into their beds within about 10 mins, but it was too late for me, sniffly, achy, sore throat, and like a bear with a sore head, so I was done for the night!!
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8147
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 9:19 am: |
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I think that my cookies or whatever are set so that whenever my browser is open, I show up online.
I dunno.
At dinner last night, one brother was filling in another on my MOL habit. The other brother is on his local Town Council. Ah, you are the kind of people that make our lives miserable, he states.
No, no. I don't pick on our elected officials. Just other people.
S-I-L & TS offer that if I am anywhere near a keyboard, all they hear is "clickclickclickclick".
Just what do you do online all that time? asks Brother1?
She picks fights with people, answers Brother3.
Not true, I protest.
Which reminds me, Ess: why would anyone want to control a smartass response? |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 667
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 9:56 am: |
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Just got in from work and wanted to 'lurk' a little before bed but you guys have inspired me to announce myself. Another 'guest' revealed? |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2323
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 11:37 am: |
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Greenetree -
Sometimes my virtual mouth gets me in trouble, especially late at night. |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1331
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 11:59 am: |
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My mouth virtual or otherwise always gets me in trouble...
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Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 3776
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 12:03 pm: |
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more than once, me too!
sometimes, really, really bad..... |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7606
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 5:09 pm: |
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Who's on line but not shown as posting?
1. Persons who have requested that their on line status not be revealed.
2. Persons who read threads before posting to them.
3. Persons who take more than 15 minutes to make a single post. (Dave recently posted that a post is only good for 15 minutes of "on line" time before the poster reverts to guest status).
4. True lurkers who don't have MOL accounts.
5. Persons attempting to do an on-line search using the MOL search engine. |
Carrie Avery
Citizen
Username: Carrie33
Post Number: 1352
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 5:39 pm: |
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Surfing the chat room, alot like channel surfing. Where is the harm in that? |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5937
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 9:25 pm: |
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very interesting, I did not know if you did not post for fifteen minutes you became a guest... |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1162
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:01 pm: |
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That's B.S. I'm always on the who's on line box, even if I'm just reading. However, I never log off...
For those of us who are regular posters. The question is more, why do you post? This whole environment is a reality show in real time. We are the exhibitionists, and we ask what's the deal with the voyeurs.
J.B. |
Andrea Weisbard
Citizen
Username: Njnetsfan
Post Number: 477
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:02 am: |
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Hmm, I post when I have something to say, which in my opinion is why most people post here. |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 671
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:45 am: |
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JB - I don't know, that must vary poster to poster then. I've been
'lurking' for a while and my name never came up (I'm also online all the time just like you).
If I post, though, or even log off so that I can actually log on, my name
instantly appears. Just did that and now I'm listed. |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7615
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 7:14 pm: |
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Why do the more frequent posters post?
I was just reading in the newspaper that a recent study shows that persons in the US today have significantly fewer close friends than they did ten years ago. This has been attributed to increased use of technological devices such as surfing the internet, longer working hours, and longer commutes among other factors.
MOL is a positive way of couneracting that trend. Many of us get an instant sense of connectedness from participating in MOL discussions and in the IRL activities which grow out of some of these discussions. |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 677
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 9:15 pm: |
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Right on Joan! I am a true night person who often lives the hours when not working. Sometimes At 2 or 3AM it's nice to feel a connectedness...
Obviously I can't just pick up the phone at that hour (unless I ever get my hands on Joanne's number. Hmmm here's a thought). |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5984
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 9:18 pm: |
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I am amazed by how many people are on so late at night! It is nice to know there is someone there....just in case |
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