GIP and a possibly stupid idea
Jan. 18th, 2006 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetYeah, so, there's this thing I've been thinking about recently. I thought about it some, and then I thought about it some more, and that thing has to do with lurking. Yes, lurking. I'm pretty sure most of us do it. It's pretty common on LJ from what I'm aware. Heck, there are at least half a dozen places I currently lurk.
We have good reasons for it. We're shy, we don't interact well with people, we just wanted to check this person out then stayed too long and don't want to seem like a stalker now, we're comfortable with not directly interacting with the people at the places we lurk. Let's face it, we creep around places and get to look at art or read fics and we don't have to do anything to get 'em; it's good to be a lurker most of the time.
But... Sometimes it's a little lonely, too. Sometimes I, at least, want to say to some of my favorite authors, "Hello! I'm here! I like your work and please don't hate me or think I'm a stalker or something!" Just to come out of hiding and participate a little. To feel comfortable enough with myself to finally speak up on something. To be acknowledged and accepted as a fan and a reader. I really want that.
So I thought, well, why not spend a day celebrating lurkers? I can spend the day coming out of hiding and saying what I've always wanted. It could be just like Library Forgiveness Day (which we don't have here, more's the pity ;_; ) And then I thought, well, that's nice, but it doesn't do anything for those who would rather stay lurkers. I respect that. I respect that a lot. So I thought to myself, I know! On that day, I could post a gift of some sort just for the lurkers here (few though I'm certain you are) ^_^ And that way I could celebrate all of my favorite aspects of lurking--delurking and continuing to lurk! And I would call it: Lurker Day! And it would probably be sometime in May or possibly April, because there's too much going on in Febuary and March and January's half over already (though my opinion may yet be swayed).
Then I spent entirely too much time worrying that it might be a really stupid idea and that no one would ever accept it on LJ. So I decided, to heck with all of that! I'm celebrating Lurker Day on my LJ regardless of whether the rest of the world does or not! And anyone else who wants to celebrate is more than welcome to do so!
...Of course, it's entirely possible that there's already a day like this and I just haven't heard about it, but if that's the case, I figure I'll find out eventually and I can celebrate it then or something.
And that's my possibly stupid idea that I'm rather fond of. Opinions? Date suggestions? Anything?
Edit: Lurker Day is a go! It's currently set for March 2nd, unless someone can convince me otherwise. (I have yet to decide whether it will be a set date (i.e., March 2nd every year) or a set day (i.e., first Thursday of March every year). I have yet to decide a lot, actually, but the first one this year will be on March 2nd.)
Edit 2: As of August 20, 2006, I've made Lurker Day biannual/semiannual/happening twice a year, to fall on the second of March and September. (Still somewhat debating duration of the holiday, especially when it falls on weekends.)
We have good reasons for it. We're shy, we don't interact well with people, we just wanted to check this person out then stayed too long and don't want to seem like a stalker now, we're comfortable with not directly interacting with the people at the places we lurk. Let's face it, we creep around places and get to look at art or read fics and we don't have to do anything to get 'em; it's good to be a lurker most of the time.
But... Sometimes it's a little lonely, too. Sometimes I, at least, want to say to some of my favorite authors, "Hello! I'm here! I like your work and please don't hate me or think I'm a stalker or something!" Just to come out of hiding and participate a little. To feel comfortable enough with myself to finally speak up on something. To be acknowledged and accepted as a fan and a reader. I really want that.
So I thought, well, why not spend a day celebrating lurkers? I can spend the day coming out of hiding and saying what I've always wanted. It could be just like Library Forgiveness Day (which we don't have here, more's the pity ;_; ) And then I thought, well, that's nice, but it doesn't do anything for those who would rather stay lurkers. I respect that. I respect that a lot. So I thought to myself, I know! On that day, I could post a gift of some sort just for the lurkers here (few though I'm certain you are) ^_^ And that way I could celebrate all of my favorite aspects of lurking--delurking and continuing to lurk! And I would call it: Lurker Day! And it would probably be sometime in May or possibly April, because there's too much going on in Febuary and March and January's half over already (though my opinion may yet be swayed).
Then I spent entirely too much time worrying that it might be a really stupid idea and that no one would ever accept it on LJ. So I decided, to heck with all of that! I'm celebrating Lurker Day on my LJ regardless of whether the rest of the world does or not! And anyone else who wants to celebrate is more than welcome to do so!
...Of course, it's entirely possible that there's already a day like this and I just haven't heard about it, but if that's the case, I figure I'll find out eventually and I can celebrate it then or something.
And that's my possibly stupid idea that I'm rather fond of. Opinions? Date suggestions? Anything?
Edit: Lurker Day is a go! It's currently set for March 2nd, unless someone can convince me otherwise. (I have yet to decide whether it will be a set date (i.e., March 2nd every year) or a set day (i.e., first Thursday of March every year). I have yet to decide a lot, actually, but the first one this year will be on March 2nd.)
Edit 2: As of August 20, 2006, I've made Lurker Day biannual/semiannual/happening twice a year, to fall on the second of March and September. (Still somewhat debating duration of the holiday, especially when it falls on weekends.)
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Date: 2006-01-19 04:15 pm (UTC)Anyway, I hope you have a good time on LJ ^_^ Lurking is a good way to start out for many people, at least until they get the gist of what different LJs are about. Communities especially 9_9 Very important to follow rules there--written and unwritten. Unwritten are harder to pick up on sometimes, sadly, which is why lurking at first is a good idea; more time to pick up on them.
...Turning of lecture mode now, really.
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