Me either....(neither?)....LOL!

I just don't want to look like the addict that I am! It's the anons that freak me out.

I just figure they're newbies who haven't dipped a toe in the water yet. Future friends!

Kriston,
I hear what your saying, but for example, the "How did you find us" thread has 105,000 and some odd views. Only 39 replies. Who are these 105,000 people and why don't they put in their 2 cents.

Dottie, I'm with you sister, it slightly freaks me out as well.

Incog

I'll grant you, 105,000 is a lot of views. But those views include every time *anyone* has looked at it. So if I post once but read the comments 4 more times that day to see what others said, that's 5 views for just me.

That's still a lot of anonymous viewings, but it should hopefully make you only 20% as freaked out as you were.

Yes, I know, but still slightly creeped!!!!!!

We're a reality show, .

I think a lot of this is non-creepy. For instance, I sort of wonder about multiple tabs open in a browser - something that I tend to do if I'm replying. Do I count as two users then? Though, I wouldn't be anonymous at that point. Besides, I'm another person who leaves the browser open while off taking care of life.

Also, there are some threads that I refer back to frequently. For example I go back to the introductions one when I can't remember the age or situation of someone's children in a post I'm reading.

One thing about the Who's Online, there is a delay. Often I don't show up as online until I log out! So I take it with a grain of salt.

Now, I'm worried that I am creeping people out. I often hit check who's online details when I'm trying to decide whether to leave the computer and go do something useful, but sense there might be a great post on the way. I'll look to see if someone looks like they are writing something. If it's pretty quiet, I leave, but forget to close the page. I just realized that on that screen, my browser refreshes every minute. So it looks like I'm checking in on everyone every minute (and that would seem creepy). But I'm actually off buying groceries or doing laundry or even at work for 10 hours (with my browser refreshing every minute!) Yikes, I'm sure I look like a stalker! Sorry!

That would only be creepy if we were checking every minute, and that would make US paranoid, ROFL!

I wish I had a clock like Mrs. Weasley's from Harry Potter, that had hands that said who was where.
I leave the page open, but I'm usually not infront of the computer.
I try to be done by 9:30 pm EST, but feel that I'm missing the best parts! Sleep must come first. BTW, I'll be traveling, and AWK (away from keyboard) from Christmas until New Years. ((shake))

Grinity