RFD website-Lurkers not welcome!

[leela]

1336 viewing (630 members and 706 guests)

I think with the numbers above, unless you are a member, you should have to pay to browse this site. I am not referring to those of you that are previewing for the first or second or third time. It irritates me when I see these many guests browsing this site and they cannot take the time to register, or to contribute positively to RFD. Don't be users! Register and contribute with your post and suggestions.
There is a wealth of information availlable that can be conducive to even greater success of RFD. As a community, we can accomplish more; but isn't it time all you lurkers register or get arrested for sneaking around someone else's property!

[z3r0]

Theres nothing wrong with being a lurker. How come you're so angry?

[cheapbastage]

I normally check the site from work where I dont want to log in due to being on a shared PC. How many of us "so called lurkers, arent really lurkers?"

[yayawhoo2003]

If people ae lurking then they automatically have those ads on the forum right? So RFD makes money that way. I think thats how it works right?

[Siefer999]

i was a lurker at one point for a few month prior to becoming a member...

I normally check the site from work where I dont want to log in due to being on a shared PC. How many of us "so called lurkers, arent really lurkers?"

yea, sometimes i dont viewing while im not logged in so i guess that would show up as a guest...

[Donkey_boy]

Mabey he has had a bad experience with a LURKER!!

Theres nothing wrong with being a lurker. How come you're so angry?

[blizzah]

Back when I played Starcraft, I hated Lurkers, cuz I hated Zerg, and I'd run into them sometimes.

[nfnx]

1336 viewing (630 members and 706 guests)

I think with the numbers above, unless you are a member, you should have to pay to browse this site. I am not referring to those of you that are previewing for the first or second or third time. It irritates me when I see these many guests browsing this site and they cannot take the time to register, or to contribute positively to RFD. Don't be users! Register and contribute with your post and suggestions.
There is a wealth of information availlable that can be conducive to even greater success of RFD. As a community, we can accomplish more; but isn't it time all you lurkers register or get arrested for sneaking around someone else's property!

gotta give it to him for looking out for the community though

[Shaner]

gotta give it to him for looking out for the community though

How is that looking out for the community??? When a person clicks on an advertisement or uses a sponsored link, it creates revenue for RFD. It doesn't matter whether that person is logged in or not. If anything, the more people post on RFD, the more it costs Ryan and Derek to run the site.

Lurkers are not hurting the site any and even if they were, it's not your business to tell them they aren't welcome. It's up to Ryan and Derek who is welcome and who isn't.

[Shaner]

Mabey he has had a bad experience with a LURKER!!

How can you have a bad experience with someone who isn't even logged in? They may as well be a ghost, because they don't even have an online identity.

[Amourek]

What's the difference between a unregistered lurker and a registered user with 0 posts?

[xPiercedx]

ever think people just want to look? seriously, you got issues. would you rather everyone sign up? so then there will be thousands of inactive accounts on the servers? very lame thread.

[Derek]

We'd prefer people to sign up, be a part of the community, and contribute deals and insight of course. But for those that don't feel inclined to, we don't want to force them to. Odds are that if they keep on lurking and reading the forums, one day a particular thread will catch their attention and they'll go and register

So you can try to stay away, but eventually, we'll getcha

[Spidey]

I was lurking about 10 minutes ago. Was ona users PC I was updating. I usually go to RFD when a PC is taking a longtime to do something. I dont sign in though. SO I lurk frequently when Im away from home or my office

Does that make me a bad person

[deep]

I was lurking...Does that make me a bad person

No, driving that busload of nuns off the highway makes you a bad person. Lurking makes you EVIL.

Regsitered users are vital to the community of course, but lurkers lead to revenue in most of the same ways, which improves the community as well. (And Derek's summer house, but that's another matter)

What's the difference between a unregistered lurker and a registered user with 0 posts?

The lurker isn't trying to scam you via PM.