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Using similar reasoning, I guess that coming out of lurk mode announces to
the world (the list, anyway) that you aren't that busy and can afford the
luxury of not only reading the thread but composing a timely and pithy
(sometimes) reply.
Who would admit to that?
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Another reason why some lurkers lurk is because of their company's policies
against external e-mails. If the lurkers need to post a question, they do it
at night from their personal e-mail address. That might happen once in
awhile do to busy personal schedules.
Another reason why some lurkers lurk is because of those 'bots' out there
that harvest our e-mail addresses, and then send us ads or very embarrassing
t r i p l e X messages. Not fun on a corporate server!
*Side Note:* Deb, if there's any way to hide our e-mail addresses, a la
Yahoo! eGroups, that would be lovely. If posters want a personal response,
they could type their address in the signature line.
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