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How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?

Poll: How long did you lurk before joining AF.org?
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I never lurked.
67.86%
 19 67.86%
I lurked for some number of hours.
14.29%
 4 14.29%
I lurked for some number of days.
3.57%
 1 3.57%
I lurked for some number of weeks.
0%
 0 0%
I lurked for some number of months.
10.71%
 3 10.71%
I'm still lurking.
3.57%
 1 3.57%
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How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
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#21
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 28, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Around eleven years, and no, I will not share the plans to my time machine.

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#22
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 28, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Jumped right in. Saw the intro forum and did a post right quick like.
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#23
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 28, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Maybe 5 minutes? I did a search for atheist forums, did a quick comparison between a few of the top results, and decided that the people here were better.
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#24
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 3:50 am (This post was last modified: August 29, 2015 at 3:51 am by ignoramus.)
Just did a quick google search for people I can relate to and went to the first recommended site...



































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#25
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 3:58 am
Like many others, googled "atheist forum", this was the first hit. Joined, posted my intro, and then became mod.
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#26
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 4:53 am
(August 29, 2015 at 3:58 am)pocaracas Wrote: Like many others, googled "atheist forum", this was the first hit. Joined, posted my intro, and then became mod.

Hahaha! That simple, eh?
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#27
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 5:39 am
(August 29, 2015 at 4:53 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:
(August 29, 2015 at 3:58 am)pocaracas Wrote: Like many others, googled "atheist forum", this was the first hit. Joined, posted my intro, and then became mod.

Hahaha! That simple, eh?

I fail to see the difficulty in any of the listed steps Sleepy
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#28
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 5:45 am
instructions unclear, got lynched on day one
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RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 6:00 am (This post was last modified: August 29, 2015 at 6:09 am by Excited Penguin.)
(August 28, 2015 at 12:09 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Pretty much impossible for me to have lurked considering I have the first ever post. Tongue

Care to link that if it's still available? I'm insanely curious about the first signs of activity this site ever saw.


I too found this site by searching google for atheist forums. I checked out a few forums, including this one, but then bailed and only decided on this one and joined after a few months.

I started posting instantly. I had a few hundred posts after only a couple of days, if I remember correctly, so I guess I liked the site well enough. I toned it down a little after I hit a thousand. A big chunk of those are Mafia related though.

I'm still trying to fit in, oddly enough. Or maybe I just hope to change the environment, lest it be the other way around.
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#30
RE: How much pre-joining lurking did you do before you joined AF.org?
August 29, 2015 at 6:05 am (This post was last modified: August 29, 2015 at 6:06 am by Lucanus.)
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.

Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.

Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.

Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.

Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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