Lurking Hurts
According to Jakob Nielsen the vast majority of you are lurkers. That means you read things on the internet, but you virtually never, ever participate. For a blog this would mean you read it, but never comment.
Do you know what the devastating result of this is? Me neither, but what I do know is the joy of seeing peoples names in my traffic log instead of their IPs!
So to all you lurkers (especially you 98.117.145.11!) I provide this special opportunity. This post is dedicated to you making your first comment! See that box down bellow? Yes that one. Put some words into it and then click the button bellow it. Yes that button. Wait wait! Put the words in first and then click on the button.
Yes, “Kittens are cute!” is an acceptable first comment.
January 16th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
See I’ll go first. It’s not scary at all. :)
January 16th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Dwayne,
How do you have time to post multiple times/day. Don’t you have a job?
January 16th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Maybe you need more kittens in that photo. ;) As Conan used to say everyone loves kittens.
January 16th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
are you saying you have something against IP addresses?
January 16th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Jon, Shhhh don’t tell anyone, but I mainly write them at night or on the bus, but save them to post during the day.
Eric, yeah I think the internet would be better without them…
January 16th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
So, is that picture in the URHC you and your wife making out?
January 16th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
It is Joe. We do that every once in a while.
January 16th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Gulp, am I the only female who reads this? Glad you clarified Jon’s questions because I’ve had the same one for a while… =)I also don’t ‘think’ this is my first comment, but I could be wrong.
January 16th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Comment from a good ole AL boy.
January 16th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
If I’ve already posted, do I have to do it again?
January 17th, 2009 at 1:50 am
The kitty in the photo looks like my cat elvis when he was a kitten… he was skinny then… now he’s really fat.
January 17th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Kittens are cute but puppies are cuter
January 18th, 2009 at 12:33 am
My wife and I make out too, but I don’t think I’d ever convince her to let me post a picture of it on my blog.
BTW, Twitter integration is cool. How’d you do it?
January 18th, 2009 at 9:49 am
It was a giveaway from Smashing Magazine: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/08/twitter-avatars-in-comments-wordpress-plugin/
January 19th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Cats make me sneeze.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Adam just pointed out to me that the kittens shadow above has something weird in it . . . lol
January 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm
like i said, the cat in the photo reminds me of my cat elvis :D evil lurks in the shadows.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I read your posts as I can (I’m in class right now….shhhhh!)
How do you have time to write so much at work? Regardless, I love reading your stuff :)