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I was just wondering what the average time was that people spent lurking around THN before actually becoming members. I, myself, spent about a year just reading posts before coming on board. I couldn't remember why I actually came in from the cold, so I looked back at my first post. It was about a potential trade for O-gun (then at Miami). How long did the rest of you lurk?

Probably about a month. Then the 2003 training camp came around and THN did such a great job I just had to join and tell them.


July 29, 2003
"You are doing a great job BossHog. It is so cool to get a fans-eye view of training camp, one that is objective and honest. Keep up the good work. We look forward to photos whenever they come in."

I probably lurked around for about two months. This was the 1st message board that I'd joined and I'm pretty happy I found out about it first.

Bout 6 months

I actually lurked for a couple of weeks and joined with a different name. The name had an "&" in it and I couldn't get it to log back in for some reason. So I gave up and lurked a few more months before finally creating this name. And believe it or not people, I brought Jansenfan here. He did not find this place on his own. I showed it to him and I don't think he's left since then.

I found out about this place from F2FA and would scan around during 5th period. But I didn't really look at the message board at that time, I just viewed the Galleries and Fun Zone and all that stuff.

But then when I found out about the Message Boards, I joined right away... And thank God I did.

ABout two months where I kept getting those error type messages trying to register we still get a lot trying to post.

As soon as I saw this board I joined....zero lurk time.

a month. followed the board from day one. there were only about 5-10 posts a day back then.... in all forums combined! i registered, and in about, ohhh, i'd say my second post ever, i broke every rule in the book. i was quickly dealt with by the boss. then a few months later i was asked to join the staff, and the rest is history.

NC43 wrote:Probably about a month. Then the 2003 training camp came around and THN did such a great job I just had to join and tell them.


July 29, 2003
"You are doing a great job BossHog. It is so cool to get a fans-eye view of training camp, one that is subjective and honest. Keep up the good work. We look forward to photos whenever they come in."

can anyone guess NC's first user name?

hailskins666 wrote:]can anyone guess NC's first user name?

NC42?

I think it was a year before joined and started posting.

When I first found out about the board I was gonna join to argue but I got to lazy and didn't. Maybe like a couple months later I joined. Between that time I only came on like twice so I'm not sure how much I actually lurked

Jumped right in

Yeah, it took me all of 2 hours or so.


Of course, at the time I was very far away from home and starving for anything Skins. I saw some of the other boards out there but didn't want to wade through chaos to get to solid Skins discussion. After seeing THN I might have waited a day before registering, but even that's a stretch.


The question that I often wonder, and will probably never get answered, is how many lurkers we have who get their news / commentary fix here at THN but have never registered. For instance, I know that my dad reads the site pretty often (I'll hear him comment about a thread from time to time); and while I think that he may have even registered at one point he never signs on (and has never posted).

I didn't lurk at all. Boss told me he added the message board feature to THN and I joined immediately "to help start threads, etc."

a week or so went bye then i got hooked and have been here ever since.

I lurked for about 2 months I think. I believe I originally joined under the moniker "guinnesscrazy" (after one of my favorite beers of course - as well as one of my dogs' names). I think I posted about 20 posts, and then switched screen names - don't ask why...I can't remember.

A little less than a week.

Back in Jan. of '04 I was searching for draft news on the Redskins and stumbled across THN. I think I joined after just 1 or 2 visit's. All the information and various opinions hooked me early on.

Shortly after Gibbs came back from retirement, I needed a place to get a Skins fix and this was it. Did a google search for a warm cozy Skins fan asylum. And wahlah.

Made 1 post as a "Guest" about the team needing a D-Tackle. Then I got drunk and started punching keys about the Brunell trade.

I don't understand how some can "lurk" for a year and not give their 2 cents. Interesting.

I only lurked for about 30 minutes before I decided to join. This was my first Skins board I ever joined, and I'm glad I joined.

oafusp wrote:Shortly after Gibbs came back from retirement, I needed a place to get a Skins fix and this was it. Did a google search for a warm cozy Skins fan asylum. And wahlah.

Made 1 post as a "Guest" about the team needing a D-Tackle. Then I got drunk and started punching keys about the Brunell trade.

I don't understand how some can "lurk" for a year and not give their 2 cents. Interesting.

Like you, I did a google search, and found THN. I added it to my football folder in my favorites list. This was during the 2003 off-season, and there really wasn't that much content on the site at that point. At my job at that time, they were very anal about internet use, so I didn't come around too much. I work in IT, so when I get home, I really don't feel like sitting in front of a computer for any longer than I have to. A year and a half ago, I accepted a very lucrative severence package, and took a year off to be a stay at home dad, when my wife went back to work. I had a lot of free time on my hands, so I started surfing the net a lot more often. In my new job, my boss (a cheesehead) has the philosophy that if you are performing your job at a high level, who cares what you do with your down time? This is the way it should be, so all is good in my world.

I joined the site as soon as I found it but I NEVER posted for 1 entire year!!

I'd be leading in posting if I had only taken my time.

I found this site lookin for free agency redskins stuff in 04. I lurked and read posts for 2-3 weeksand its been great ever since then.