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I too took way to long from the time I signed up to my first post... 13 months.

I was to intimidated to say anything for fear of answering wrong, either through my own inexperience or because I misunderstood the intent of the poster....and ending up getting flamed for my efforts

Well, I finally got the nerve to start commenting and answering and guess what....I have gotten flamed on more than one occasion (sadly, usually anonymously) and I probably learned more from those flames than anything....mostly about reading the question a couple of times to see if I misunderstood and ESPECIALLY about reading my answer more than a couple of times to see if it was cluefull, or at least attempted to be.

All in all, I regret the time I spent lurking because I have learned so much more by participating and as an extra bonus I have made some great acquaintences such as Limbic~Region and Merlyn that I would never have had I not had the nerve to step up and offer my opinion

Perhaps we need our own support group, "Hi, my name is Bill and I'm a Perl Monks lurker"

In reply to Re: On Two Years of Silence... by phydeauxarff
in thread On Two Years of Silence... by tunaboy

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