but the reason for my lurking was pretty much the same! It seemed like every time I would google a question or idk anything about chickens this site would pop up in my answers so one day I got curious and started hardcore creepin on the site. There was so much info being thrown at me I was like well, this is it. I have found the holy grail of chicken sites. I knew from then on I never had a reason to look anywhere else for my chicken needs. I downloaded the app and started the registration process. Not gonna lie I stayed in limbo under the “lurker” status for quite a while literally just because I hate introducing myself. I know it’s not like public speaking class or anything but still being the introvert that I am it still makes me a bit nauseous. So yeah. Anyways; There’s my story of why I was a BackyardChickens.com lurker
That's such a great story! I love reading / hearing them!!!Well I’m about 6 months into the backyard chicken scene and I’m gonna try my best not to copy and paste exactly what @Sussex19 posted
I’m gonna say a shit ton of people skip the intro
I almost did but I swallowed my anxiety down and leaped into it. It was rough but I didn’t die
Can't get off after you sign up.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!"
...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 want off.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:
View attachment 3009257
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!"
...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)
Where is the log out button...?
I’m sorry you’re not enjoying BYC.
I’d love to help with anything you need. We’d love to have you here, but this is how you log out if you would like to do so:
