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Having been an aggressive mostly-lurker since the beginning of TheMotte on Reddit, I was absolutely surprised to see my name pop up for this.
I’d like to thank the academy etc etc etc… gets played off stage
Same here, I was practically shitting my britches when I saw the notification. Hugely honored.
I guess those dozens of hours I spent torturing myself by learning about local government dysfunction finally paid off.
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If you are a mostly-lurker and you have that itch that crosses the line that stops you from posting it's often something others either appreciate the thought behind or passion behind.
So congrats! You are now quite literally in the top percent of posters! Tens of thousands of lurkers. Thousands of posters. Dozens of AAQCs.
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It's like Lays, once you get a taste for it, you can't settle for just one.
Amazing what entirely arbitrary positive feedback does to a community, but hey, people like being appreciated for their effort, who could have guessed?
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