Who Ubers? (719 hits)
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Rating: 0.96 on 41 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Nuggs (View user info) at 2004-07-15 23:43:23 EDT
This is a shit post, and I'm hurrying to get it in before midnight.
BUT, I've been wondering... How many people regularly read stuff on Uber? Are most of the people who come here registered? Do most people post?
OR
Are there a ton of lurkers?
What got me thinking about this? Well, for one- Snuggs said something about girls running up to him at a concert like "OOHHHH SNUGGLES", and although I'd have to call shenanigans on that, I wonder if there ARE many lurkers?
and two- one of my good friends always reads uber, she knows the social structure, etc... but she almost NEVER posts or reviews.
How many unregistered lurkers do we HAVE? How many registered lurkers never review or post?? A TON? Or like, 8?
And, to keep you all from bitching:
User Reviews
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-07-22 05:28:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
WOW you have been here forever!
Submitted by lurker at 2004-07-16 14:40:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
What makes you think us lurkers will suddenly reveal ourselves?
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2004-07-16 11:56:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I lurked for a few weeks, just reading things. I was impressed by some of the talent on here and thought I could learn a thing or two about writing, so I've posted a few things.
Submitted by wazzawazzayo (user info) at 2004-07-16 11:38:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm only on Uber at work and I've been lurking and rating for 3 months now. I'll come in, read a post, rate it and I'm out. I don't even have a computer at home if you can believe that. The reason why I don't post is that I simply don't have the time. Maybe someday.
Submitted by vodka7tall (user info) at 2004-07-16 11:09:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I lurked for about 3 weeks before I actually registered and posted on the same day. I wanted to get a feel for how things worked, so I didn't get too badly flamed on my first post. Tried hard not to break any rules, and survived the trial by fire fairly unscathed. It's been about 3 weeks since I registered (still a noob) and I've been here almost every day since (I have a lot of free time at work). I did post a couple of reviews before I registered, but I doubt anyone took them too seriously.
Submitted by Awko (user info) at 2004-07-16 10:41:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I lurked for about 4 months before signing up. I'm probably still considered a lurker due to my very few posts and only a couple of hundred replies.
I'm usually on Uber every night for 3-4 hours while I do other stuff at the same time.
I need a hobby.
Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2004-07-16 10:36:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I lurked for about a week, then posted three times in a day, before I really got the point. Then after getting raped on my first ones, I lurked for a while more. Then I started posting again. And here I am.
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2004-07-16 10:35:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I came here for three years, and registered after the Burt and Ernie story was told because I wanted to tell the writer how great it was. I lurked for a long time. I'm here everyday.
Submitted by WillZone (user info) at 2004-07-16 10:27:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i can't tell what that pic is.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2004-07-16 08:29:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
"There is a point however, where I feel that if seventy five percent of the denizens of Uber make up a good cross section of the worlds population as a whole, then we are all fucked completely."
-Mike, i have to say that unfortunately i agree.
I never lurked, well for an hour or so i did. i registered and posted the day i found this site.
what the fuck does lurking or not have to do with the price of tea in china?
Who are you, fucking Madonna? ...taking a camera in the bath with you....
By the way, i dig madonna.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-07-16 08:08:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I lurked for about 2-3 months before I registered.
I forgot my password.
I re-registered under another username.
I forgot my password again.
I re-registered again with this username, this time I checked the little "save my password" box.
I only rated for about 4-5 months before I got the stones to post something.
I am personally responsible for two dead usernames and I have been around longer than my username info would have you believe.
You have a bony knee.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 08:07:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
holy fuck, hair! Look at that.
Two peas, baby.
Two peas.
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2004-07-16 07:58:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Some prick called "Guy" stole my alternate user number that I wanted. 8581 is the backward version of my number but someone stole it and remain inactive.
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2004-07-16 07:55:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I like the way you think - http://www.ubersite.com/m/5720
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-16 07:20:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I am a lurker.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-16 07:06:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I know there's atleast 2 people that read my posts. So, there's 2 users there.
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2004-07-16 05:53:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I didn't lurk at all, I posted the first day I found the site. Hmmm, maybe I should have lurked.
That looks suspiciously like Mr. Matey bubble bath. What! No rubber duck?
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2004-07-16 02:38:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
re the 10 000 figure. bear in mind that some revolting fuckwits have probably registered as many as six different identities.
what is the average number of identities per user? two, or three?
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-07-16 01:07:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My roommate reads all the time and has even posted a couple of times...she rarely, if ever, reviews, though.
Submitted by dudette (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:49:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I come to Ubersite nearly every day.
*blushes*
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:45:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't know how I missed that post Nuggetta.
I try to pick up all yours.
I was gonna say you seem a bit PMS but thought I would say touchy.
Hang in there Grrrl.
Now as far as what makes me review or post:
I see this site like a virtual interactive magazine.
In some ways it is a bit anarchic but if you read enough of the posts and reviews it actually gives a lot of insight into how people are thinking and getting through their lives.
I post stuff because I find it amusing, interesting, entertaining or soemtimes just a bit provocative. Also like the post series I am doing at the moment it can also be a bit cathartic in a way.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:43:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Dudette: How often do you come to uber?
Mike: I am the same way... I used to read ALL the posts... it was so enthralling... my ratings meant a lot to me... if someone said something nasty I took it to heart.
I think it's funny that now my writing has evolved quite a bit (except for this post) yet NOW I don't care about rankings. Before I did.
And I'm definatly in the habit of only reading certian posters work.
Submitted by Despiadado (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:41:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I think a lot of people just register and then never return.
Plus some people have like 10 accounts for themselves.
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:40:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I lurked for about a month before I ever posted here on Uber.
I found it to be extremely fascinating at one point but now I just like to practice my writing and read some of the funny stuff others write. For the most part I just ignore the idiots even though they sometimes do not ignore me. I also don't care whether or not my posts get plussed or minused.
There is a point however, where I feel that if seventy five percent of the denizens of Uber make up a good cross section of the worlds population as a whole, then we are all fucked completely.
It's the other twenty five percent that keep me coming here.
Submitted by dudette (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:39:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
corn_nugget: whether I review or not is basically the mood I'm in.
I'll usually review if i really like or dislike a post.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:33:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
haha that doesn't help me one bit. hah... =who cares
and quack, dude, spt!! and. well that's all i got.
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:32:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
10000 users / 5 years x 365 days per year / 24 hours a day x 150% + 10 = who cares.
Submitted by quack (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:27:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i lurk. but usually only on the good posts.
why am i here?
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:27:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Daking... ha, nice of you to ask.
I am touchy today.
No no, this week.
It's a mixture of this: http://www.ubersite.com/m/36081
and some shit personal stuff going on.
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:25:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I lurk outside your window while you're undressing.
And while you're taking a bath.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:24:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
lets see... 10k users in five years. Do some math with that.
?
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:24:08 EDT (#)
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"Russizm and a few others."
I think that sort of covered all the ones I couldn't get straight off my head. It wasn't meant to be definitive.
Whats up Nugget? You seem touchy today.
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:21:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"I mean there are NOT 10,000 users that roam this site daily, and I will go farther to guarantee the probably that there aren't anymore than 3,500"
Hmmmmmm interesting. I don't believe I said that these ten thousand users all come here everyday.
The fact that over ten thousand peeps have even bothered to register to this site; can probably be extrapolated to give an Idea of the total number of people regularly viewing this site.
I don't know what the math on that would be but I am sure BART would have a traffic analysis that would give the number of page views, number of visitors, number of unique visitors etc etc etc
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:20:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Dudette... I see you've reviewed almost 70 times... which isn't much... but...
What does it take in a post to get you to bother reviewing, since you don't usually?
Submitted by dudette (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:18:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It took me about 10 mins to work out what that pic was.
I'm pretty much a lurker.
Submitted by Snuggles_The_Assassin (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:18:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
um fan club feel free to speak up now.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:15:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Daking- you left out a ton of people.
Apollo and Shandy for two.
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:14:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Most definitely not the norm Nugget.
I think that a list of regular posters of say three posts per week would probably be around thirty/fifty names.
Big Mike
Nuggs
Shitfuck
Tom
Scott James
dakingisdead
Koolmang
Spooner
Rixes
Rizzo
Method
Bargled
Anansie
Q
PMJ
Snuggles
Whataefag
DJMattb241
Ashley
Loki
Spike (slowed down recently)
Really bored
JMG114
McGinny
Spiral
chipolatte
Russizm and a few others.
Baaaaaaaaaah
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:14:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Schmoe- Yeah, I was kinda wondering about that... hah... "yes I lurk" they say, as they click "back to main list of messages" link.
I 'knew' about uber for a long time before I even lurked. At first it seemed very boring and confusing. I'm not sure what was so confusing, NOW, but at the time I remember thinking, "What the hell is this site??".
Then I probably lurked for like, a month... and then I decided to post. I didn't even have anything to post about, I just wanted to get back into writing.
Submitted by Random Schmoe at 2004-07-16 00:11:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Oh, and Dakingisdead:
That's not necessarily true. I mean there are NOT 10,000 users that roam this site daily, and I will go farther to guarantee the probably that there aren't anymore than 3,500 that come to this site on a daily basis to read posts. It's strictly a small community of users that come back. The majority register and leave within the month due to lack of interest or because of the very harsh introductory environs.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-07-16 00:11:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I lurk
Submitted by Random Schmoe at 2004-07-16 00:09:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Ahaha, Nuggs I thought it'd be really funny if this post only got like 9 reviews. Because you're asking if a lot of people just come to this site to read, and don't comment or anything like that. Well, if there ARE a bunch, what if they just read this and say, "Yes," but it'd be strictly to themselves and they didn't comment.
Thus you wouldn't really get the reaction or response you wanted. I just thought it'd be somewhat humorous to watch a bunch of people sort of struggle against their own will NOT to comment on this because they only read. Seriously, imagine it and you'll get a chuckle.
Oh, and nice...bubbles.
Submitted by lurker#1 at 2004-07-16 00:08:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I've been lurking for over 11 months.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-16 00:02:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm no good at math, so whatever you just said, all I heard was "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" and then something about reality tv.
So, then, those of us who post regularly are NOT the norm, would you say?
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-07-15 23:57:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Simple arithmetic says that with over 10,000 users and only a couple hundred or so posts (if that) a day, and the fact that it seems a very regular crew reviewing, there are a couple of zillion lurkers out there.
It is a reflection of a society fixated on reality TV. The world has become a place where people live their lives as voyeurs.
Personally that is cool for me. I would rather have lurkers than negative2men.
Nice Pic Corny. Shame it wasn't bigger.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2004-07-15 23:51:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
dude that little picture aint gunna keep me from bitching
wait damn