Don't make me propose a thread discussing all ita, all the time, called, "Jamaican Me Crazy 1: A discussion of how wrong ita is."

How badly will I be harmed if I second this proposal?

I mean, seriously, would we create an entire thread for lurkers to stare at white space?

Ooh, can we? It could be like one of those pages in official documents that say "This page intentionally left blank."

'Cept we'd probably start posting in it and spoil the joke.

On the topic at hand, there were only two or three comments that really made me bristle, but I didn't assume any of them were from lurkers unless they were specifically signed that way. Most of them were just repeating things people have already said here.

I'm now really curious what people who are so bitter about the so-called "core" Buffistas get out of the board. I mean, if you're that angry, why are you even here?

I know. It made me sad to read -- especially the third comment (I think -- the one about agenda) on the last open response. I know I got a little snipey in the conversation here, leading up to the poll, but I'm pretty transparent, and b.org and I were on a break (much of the entire internet and I are on a bit of a break right now) at the time, and made sure to say so (here, at the time, not in the poll, I'll stop getting parenthetical, now).

The poll was awesome, y'all. Thank you so much for compiling and running it. I'll repeat my own comment here, without botching the wording, the way I did when I answered it on the poll.

In one section, we were asked which specific threads are important to our experience at b.org. I would have liked a similar question asking which types of threads (TV buckets, single TV show threads, Natter-y threads, etc.) are important to my experience. I guess we kind of answered that in question 3. I just felt question 5 was asking me the wrong question, because right now, we have few threads for shows I love, and TV is one of the reasons I post here. We can already tell which specific threads get the most use by looking at the board.

Definite thanks to everyone who had a hand in the poll. The results were quite interesting, as were the comments. I'm trying to remember if I added a comment myself - nothing pinged me when I read the comments last night. I should probably check again.

I just want to go on record that the answer #3 to question 12 was *not* me.

However, if it was you, email me and I'll send you a dollar.

I'll probably have more to say about the actual answers after I stop laughing and thinking up what caxy threads I am going to be decreeing.

Three more people and you can take it to a vote, Sean.

How badly will I be harmed if I second this proposal?

If ita promises not to hurt you, make sure she pinky-swears.

People! People! Do you NOT remember Miracle Max?

By definition, if you answered the poll, you are not really dead a lurker. You're only mostly dead a lurker. We have some chocolate-covered pills to cure that condition!

Seriously. Lurkers don't matter because they never say what they're thinking. We literally can't know they exist (or figuratively can't know, if they backchannel), and on the internet, if nobody knows you're there, you're not actually there. The moment you tell people what you're thinking, even if you only do it in years with sevens in them and only because somebody asked you nicely, you stop being a lurker and become "taciturn."

The strong silent type, really. I think Clint Eastwood is here.

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'Cept we'd probably start posting in it and spoil the joke.

It could be the all whitefont all the time thread.

Lurkers don't matter because they never say what they're thinking.

This. In past votes the number of participants has approximated the number of active participants in right hand threads. This poll is the first time I've seen lurkers chime in with responses. I don't think the added participation changed the % in the responses. So let 'em lurk.

The moment you tell people what you're thinking, even if you only do it in years with sevens in them and only because somebody asked you nicely, you stop being a lurker and become "taciturn."

If it happens in Bureaucracy, I'm going to label them "stoic."