Hey, all you lurkers! (I mean YOU!) Register and talk to us! - 2022 Edition

[cynikyle]

Also sometime before I joined, I would just read the Fluffy Butt Acres and do nothing else. Then I realized I was old enough to make an account and so I did.

 

[Anime2lover]

Just took this

 

[Chikyboy]

About 14 year ago a wonderful member of our community noticed that there were a TON of people "lurking" (browsing BYC as non-members) and asked: "How can there be 100+ people lurking on BYC right now?"

Well, a LOT has changed since then... and as I type, I see this listed on the homepage of BYC:

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YUP, that's almost 20 TIMES as many "lurkers" as we saw online 14 years ago!

So, I'd like to echo the perfect words spoken 14 years ago: "C'mon, y'all, sign up and talk to us!

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...and once you join, reply here and let us know why you were lurking, what convinced you to sign-up, and what we (as a community) can do better to convert more lurkers to members.

(oh, and if anybody notices a larger number of lurkers than the current record of 1,832 please screenshot it and post it here)

I once was a lurker. I love poultry genetics. My favorite forum was the Exhibition, Genetics, and breeding to the SOP. Before I knew it, I knew a TON about the genetics. But I was hungry for more. I wanted to make threads of my own, so I could ask my own questions, and help people who wanted to now more about genetics like myself. But obviously I needed an account. So I did!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

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I feel like I'm being watched.

 

[topochico225]

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You so fancy!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I feel like I'm being watched.

Don't feel like that! I just wanted to show that only 6% of people on the forum now are actually members!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

You so fancy!

I like making graphs/charts!

 

[HuffleClaw]

 

[Naisha]

I was a lurker without an account for some time until I realized I had more questions besides all I had read, and I also wanted to comment on pictures. I used to say to myself “ooh that’s so cool!” things like that. So I thought maybe I should write all those thoughts instead! This forum is so much fun <3