"I think lurking is classified as a crime for someone of my gender and age."
WOW! I'm speechless!!! Hopefully, not all of these lurkers are of your gender and age:)
Have you ever thought for one second that perhaps people just don't feel comfortable enough posting on a public forum? or that they are just simply shy??? or they just don't think they know enough about orchid growing to chime in??? or they are simply just starting the hobby and are still desperately learning??? or they are just simply already so busy with life???
There could be tons of reasons why people lurk, and not posting... I was one of them, I'm a very private person, and frankly, I've seen so many negative comments on so many forums that scare me away from posting... after lurking here for a while, I thought this place is "safe", I see a lot of nice and down to earth people here, and I just commented to Kathy the other day that I feel comfortable posting here... sigh...
The way I look at it, I would be honored if people would even come and read my comments...
