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Rollo Tomasi
Since 17 Mar 2005
983 Posts
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Sun Jun 25, 06 6:38 am |
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Woof... _________________ Send It! (>-----πββοΈ |
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dangerD
Since 27 Jun 2005
223 Posts
Bingen Heights
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Tue Jun 27, 06 10:00 am |
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Im coming ouT! YES I love to watch you post. Does this make me a freak? Sometimes I REALLY enjoy your site 'cause I know nobodys looking and you are so pretty... Im just so scared that you'll bash me when you all show up at my favorite spot. I need help... Im not sure if I can even push the 'post' button. What if no one reads this? Am I just here to hear myself talk? Help me.. I think youre really cool
Sincerely
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archkiter
Since 18 Dec 2005
32 Posts
p-town
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Tue Jun 27, 06 12:19 pm |
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Well I am a bit of a lurker but I have posted a few times!
I moved to pdx about 8 months ago and found this forum. I have never kitesurfed but I have tried my hand at landboarding and buggying. I own a few foils (big and small) and like to kite at the coast. I planned on learning to kitesurf this summer but I took a spill off my landboard and tore my ACL so I wont be able to get out on that water until next summer.
Just thought I'd say hi! I've meet a few peeps from this forum and hope to meet more of you
Stace |
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Onad
Since 04 Mar 2005
1435 Posts
Coast<<PDX>>Gorge
XTreme Poster
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Tue Jun 27, 06 1:21 pm |
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And I thought pkh made up the term LURKER
Suppose itβs better than being a stalker??
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurker Last edited by Onad on Tue Jun 27, 06 2:44 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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tonski
Since 11 Jun 2005
332 Posts
NW Portland
Obsessed
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Tue Jun 27, 06 2:35 pm |
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Thanks Onad - that's hilarious - here's the text:
History
The term dates back to the mid-1980s, when most people did not have access to the internet, but used BBS chat rooms and message boards instead.
Many internet communities advise newbies to lurk for some time to get a feel for the specific culture and etiquette of the community, lest they make an inappropriate or redundant comment, ask a frequently asked question, or incite a flame war. This leads to the tongue-in-cheek command to "lurk more". The verb to "de-lurk" means to start contributing actively to a community having been a lurker previously.
There are also some who lurk on a forum habitually, and rarely, if ever, contribute. It is generally difficult to guess how many such lurkers are present, due to their silence.
Malevolent lurkers
Some lurkers may attempt to heavily involve themselves in the administration of a moderated forum by repeatedly alerting moderators to comments which offend their political or moral point of view, but refrain from participating in the discussion directly. Some of these lurkers occasionally post comments praising moderators, usually in a vain effort to curry favor.
Benign lurkers
Most lurkers however, may simply be somewhat shy, not feeling adequately educated on a given topic, or just not good at expressing their thoughts in written form on email lists. They enjoy reading others posts and responses to them, but refrain from adding their own contributions. They have been known to send comments off-list, to individual posters, frequently positive.
Constructive lurkers
The constructive lurker is a person who regularly reads online forums but rarely posts. These individuals may have a high degree of sophistication within the topic of any given forum, but lack the time or willingness to post the detailed replies they feel that the topic at hand deserves. Lurkers of this sort are not shy about posting, but instead prefer not to start a discussion they do not have the time to finish. When these lurkers do post, they often provide well thought-out and detailed contributions to the discussion at hand. A constructive lurker is often a veteran of several previous online discussion forums. Having been involved in many heated online discussions in the past these lurkers are often willing to allow the more active forum members to hash out the obvious and may only contribute when the discussion takes a novel turn.
Smart-Ass lurkers
The "smart-ass lurker" is a person who watches a discussion take place, only to intervene with a derisive comment or "gotcha" gag-link that sends up the active participants (from a smug, detached position). |
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Mike Hawk
Since 20 Mar 2006
179 Posts
say that 3 times fast DONT FEED THE TROLL!
Stoked
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Tue Jun 27, 06 8:25 pm what about trolls!?!?!?! |
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Internet troll
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Internet Troll:
In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who comes into an established community such as an online discussion forum, and posts inflammatory, rude, repetitive or offensive messages designed intentionally to annoy and antagonize the existing members or disrupt the flow of discussion.
DO NOT FEED THE TROLL!!! _________________ the porn star brother of the famous Tony hawk |
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Onad
Since 04 Mar 2005
1435 Posts
Coast<<PDX>>Gorge
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Tue Jun 27, 06 9:03 pm |
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Good One Hawk...
Yes, the youngsters must learn that they could easily loose a hand feeding the Troll! |
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jahmbi
Since 28 Jul 2005
622 Posts
MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN
River Troll
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Tue Jun 27, 06 9:13 pm Re: what about trolls!?!?!?! |
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Mike Hawk wrote: | Internet troll
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Internet Troll:
In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who comes into an established community such as an online discussion forum, and posts inflammatory, rude, repetitive or offensive messages designed intentionally to annoy and antagonize the existing members or disrupt the flow of discussion.
DO NOT FEED THE TROLL!!! | mike you fit right in with #5 on the list... LOL...let it be known a TROLL..is completely different ,from THE RIVER TROLL ALWAYS FEED THE RIVER TROLL,JUST ASK THE ONES WHO KNOW ME |
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
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broadbandito
Since 26 Apr 2005
342 Posts
CSO headwaters
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Wed Jun 28, 06 12:06 pm |
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With so many kite freaks lurking and posing--I mean posting, we need some "conslutting" from the ecommerce world. Click, click$, baZAM.
Work it, Phil!
As the benevolent ruler of this society, you need ad revenue. If you can't live with spending all the loot on new equipment for yourself, you could use the fat bucks to sponsor local launch improvements like dry land, non-neoprene restrooms, cold beverages, and kite caddies! "Can I launch your kite for you now, sir?" Yeah!
Red Bull has those pimpy vanfuls of hotties and promo shwag--shouldn't NWKite have the same?
I think I clicked through at least twice on the old NWWeather site... |
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
Honored Founder
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Wed Jun 28, 06 12:41 pm |
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broadbandito wrote: | With so many kite freaks lurking and posing--I mean posting, we need some "conslutting" from the ecommerce world. Click, click$, baZAM.
Work it, Phil!
As the benevolent ruler of this society, you need ad revenue. If you can't live with spending all the loot on new equipment for yourself, you could use the fat bucks to sponsor local launch improvements like dry land, non-neoprene restrooms, cold beverages, and kite caddies! "Can I launch your kite for you now, sir?" Yeah!
Red Bull has those pimpy vanfuls of hotties and promo shwag--shouldn't NWKite have the same?
I think I clicked through at least twice on the old NWWeather site... |
Well I won't rule it out completely for the future, but if I ever did have advertising it wouldn't be all spammed up and flashing like kiteforum.com or nwweather.com (sorry george, but it was terrible! ) Google adsense usually pays real well, and the Ads are very subtle.
I run another site that has Google Adsense and it makes an okay bit of money. But it gets a lot more unique visitors than this one. Forums are notorious for lots of hits, but poor Ad revenue as most visitors are the same people and they ignore Ads 99% of the time.
Mostly I love having this site because I love hanging out here, and the last thing I would want is to have to look at is a bunch of Ads every time I clicked on. You know how the saying goes, don't shit where you live...
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