{"id":3055,"date":"2005-01-05T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2005-01-06T02:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/05\/de-lurker-day\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T07:59:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:59:45","slug":"de-lurker-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/05\/de-lurker-day\/","title":{"rendered":"De-Lurker Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9354,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/andshesaid.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hugedomains.com\\\/domain_profile.cfm?d=andshesaid.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9355,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/papernapkin.typepad.com\\\/papernapkin\\\/2005\\\/01\\\/come_on_people_.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090421072156\\\/http:\\\/\\\/papernapkin.typepad.com:80\\\/papernapkin\\\/2005\\\/01\\\/come_on_people_.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 19:14:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 19:14:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/01\/graphics\/_photos_uncategorized_stranger.jpg\" height=\"153\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Don't be a stranger...\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, the day&#8217;s actually almost over, but I just now found about about this thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/andshesaid.com\/\" title=\"And She Said\">Carla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/veronica_moser.html#c18961\" title=\"I'm stopping by to say hi...\">saying hi<\/a> &#8212; today&#8217;s been declared <a href=\"http:\/\/papernapkin.typepad.com\/papernapkin\/2005\/01\/come_on_people_.html\" title=\"Come On People Now, Smile On Your Brother\">De-Lurker Day<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  I know you&#8217;re out there. My stats tell me you&#8217;re out there. And today you have a once in a lifetime chance to let your presence be known.<\/p>\n<p>  Well, okay, technically you have that chance everyday, but today is\u00a0De-Lurking Day! A special day celebrating lurkers, and exhorting you to muster the strength and bravery to click on that comment button and end the deafening silence.<\/p>\n<p>  So say hi, or tell me your wish for 2005, or what you&#8217;re having for lunch, or your diabolical plan for world domination&#8211; whatever.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds good to me &#8212; so&#8230;who&#8217;s out there?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DTear Garden, The%2526albumTerm=To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide%2526songTerm=Crying from Outside%26partnerId%3D30\">Crying from Outside<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DTear Garden, The%26partnerId%3D30\">Tear Garden, The<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DTear Garden, The%2526albumTerm=To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide%26partnerId%3D30\">To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide<\/a><\/em> (1996, 7:03).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the day&#8217;s actually almost over, but I just now found about about this thanks to Carla saying hi &mdash; today&#8217;s been declared De-Lurker day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[599],"class_list":["post-3055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-weblogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}