Let's hear from the "stalkees" - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Boromir88 · 10-25-2004, 05:10 PM

I've been viewing Heren's comedious yet, brilliant thread "Are you a stalker?" So, viewing that thread, I would like to know how the stalkeed people feel about getting stalked? I noticed Fordhim's, SpM, Davem, Nightknight...etc, a couple others names pop up a lot. So let's now hear from the stalkees.

Or to expand it to a wider group of people, how would you feel if you are one that knows he/she is being stalked by a barrowdowner?

Meela · 10-25-2004, 06:00 PM

I don't know if I'm still stalked by anyone, but I was, and it doesn't make me scared, wary, freaked, shocked, arm myself with several sharp kitchen knives, etc. Being stalked is a morale-boosting experience.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-26-2004, 03:35 PM

Meela's right. I seem to remember a line that goes something like "Imatation is the sincerest form of flattery." Our being "stalked" seems a little like that. It's very flattering to know that people are curious what you think about, and it boosts your ego to know that the same people respect what you have to say.

Fea

Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-27-2004, 12:45 PM

All right, I'll admit it, I like being stalked around the Downs as it means that I can post with relative assurance that at least somebody will read what I put up there! I also like that I can, in my own way, 'point the way' as it were toward threads that others might find interesting.

I think that's what stalking is really all about anyway -- I know that I do a fair amount of stalking, and while I do enjoy the posts of those I follow, I go 'after' them primarilly from a desire to see what threads are out there and interesting. It's like having a whole host of personalisd, living search engines! I mean, if I see davem, Bethberry, Child, Saucy, Esty and a host of others replying to threads, the odds are pretty good that I will enjoy the topics therein.

Estelyn Telcontar · 10-27-2004, 12:52 PM

I know people used to stalk me to see where I was modding, but we rarely have annoying newbies these days, so I don't have to do much of that anymore. When I was doing a lot of forum work (oldtimers may remember the closing of the Movies forum for renovation two years ago), I came on invisibly so that it wasn't as noticeable when I deleted posts and threads. They're not missed, but their authors might have been offended if they had seen them disappearing.

HerenIstarion · 10-29-2004, 01:18 AM

Ah, but there are pleasant sides to being a stalkee, you know. Per instance, one may linger on a thread one wants to be paid attention to for some hours, being almost sure that gents and ladies on 'who's online' will take notice and follow one down that thread...

Of course, bumping the thread up is a way more effective, but there is certain subtlety in luring people into reading something without posting anything there...
besides, there are times one is too busy to post at all, so merely having the page open is an only option sometimes.

*H-I hums under his nose I've got a power...

Boromir88 · 11-01-2004, 09:32 AM

Eomer, lol, what would we do without you, die of boredom? Or praise that you're gone and we now can't be manipulated by your psychological tricks? lol.

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Lindolirian · 11-06-2004, 03:49 PM

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The Only Real Estel · 11-06-2004, 04:19 PM

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Eomer, lol, what would we do without you, die of boredom? Or praise that you're gone and we now can't be manipulated by your psychological tricks?

Knowing Eomer, he would have us under his psychological power even from the grave

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Lhunardawen · 11-07-2004, 01:39 AM

Just a query...how does one know if he or she is being stalked online?

HerenIstarion · 11-07-2004, 07:07 AM

No technical means available, observation skills at your disposal - if you are on an X thread, which you just dug up from some dusty archives, and in 10 minutes time several other users are seen as 'reading X thread', that is the surest sign you are being followed around.

cheers

Amanaduial the archer · 11-07-2004, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by HerenIstarion

No technical means available, observation skills at your disposal - if you are on an X thread, which you just dug up from some dusty archives, and in 10 minutes time several other users are seen as 'reading X thread', that is the surest sign you are being followed around.

cheers

To be fair, it does really involve alot of observation skills being used, though - you just keep a-refreshin' that 'Whose Online' page and it's all dandy. I mean, this is stalking where you really do need to put your back into being stalked, y' know: takes some effort

10-25-2004, 05:10 PM	#1
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,519	Lets hear from the "stalkees" I've been viewing Heren's comedious yet, brilliant thread "Are you a stalker?" So, viewing that thread, I would like to know how the stalkeed people feel about getting stalked? I noticed Fordhim's, SpM, Davem, Nightknight...etc, a couple others names pop up a lot. So let's now hear from the stalkees. Or to expand it to a wider group of people, how would you feel if you are one that knows he/she is being stalked by a barrowdowner? Last edited by Boromir88; 10-25-2004 at 05:34 PM.

10-25-2004, 06:00 PM	#2
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	I don't know if I'm still stalked by anyone, but I was, and it doesn't make me scared, wary, freaked, shocked, arm myself with several sharp kitchen knives, etc. Being stalked is a morale-boosting experience. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

10-26-2004, 03:35 PM	#3
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Meela's right. I seem to remember a line that goes something like "Imatation is the sincerest form of flattery." Our being "stalked" seems a little like that. It's very flattering to know that people are curious what you think about, and it boosts your ego to know that the same people respect what you have to say. Fea __________________ peace

10-27-2004, 12:45 PM	#4
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	All right, I'll admit it, I like being stalked around the Downs as it means that I can post with relative assurance that at least somebody will read what I put up there! I also like that I can, in my own way, 'point the way' as it were toward threads that others might find interesting. I think that's what stalking is really all about anyway -- I know that I do a fair amount of stalking, and while I do enjoy the posts of those I follow, I go 'after' them primarilly from a desire to see what threads are out there and interesting. It's like having a whole host of personalisd, living search engines! I mean, if I see davem, Bethberry, Child, Saucy, Esty and a host of others replying to threads, the odds are pretty good that I will enjoy the topics therein. __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

10-27-2004, 12:52 PM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I know people used to stalk me to see where I was modding, but we rarely have annoying newbies these days, so I don't have to do much of that anymore. When I was doing a lot of forum work (oldtimers may remember the closing of the Movies forum for renovation two years ago), I came on invisibly so that it wasn't as noticeable when I deleted posts and threads. They're not missed, but their authors might have been offended if they had seen them disappearing. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

10-29-2004, 01:18 AM	#6
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Ah, but there are pleasant sides to being a stalkee, you know. Per instance, one may linger on a thread one wants to be paid attention to for some hours, being almost sure that gents and ladies on 'who's online' will take notice and follow one down that thread... Of course, bumping the thread up is a way more effective, but there is certain subtlety in luring people into reading something without posting anything there... besides, there are times one is too busy to post at all, so merely having the page open is an only option sometimes. H-I hums under his nose I've got a power...* __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

11-01-2004, 09:32 AM	#7
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,519	Eomer, lol, what would we do without you, die of boredom? Or praise that you're gone and we now can't be manipulated by your psychological tricks? lol. .

11-07-2004, 01:39 AM	#10
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Just a query...how does one know if he or she is being stalked online?

11-07-2004, 07:07 AM	#11
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	No technical means available, observation skills at your disposal - if you are on an X thread, which you just dug up from some dusty archives, and in 10 minutes time several other users are seen as 'reading X thread', that is the surest sign you are being followed around. cheers __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!