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Hmmm, @Juliawww there were a lot of registrations lately, maybe robots.

Are you a real person?

I saw it on a TV show and didn’t know anything about it.

I don’t quite understand how it works so I might not even stay on it.

Well, we're happy you tried it out anyway @Rose77

You've already got the hang of it.

Rose77 says

I saw it on a TV show and didn’t know anything about it.

Which TV show, @Rose77 ?

Sad I wasn't welcomed, but happy I wasn't suspected of being a bot.

Stout says

Sad I wasn't welcomed, but happy I wasn't suspected of being a bot.

The bots are real here at times unfortunately. Patrick hates google, I don't blame him. The weird lettering bot box to prove you're a human might help with that. I don't know those services though, I know google is the major one.

You are welcomed though. Semi moderator here, but I generally don't touch flagged comments. I am an ass hole though if you cross me ;) Joking aside, welcome. Some new regulars would be awesome. If you hang out I swear a lot. Just a warning. Maybe you've already been lurking and already know. I know some of the slightly or more religious users don't like it. They take it in stride... I think?

WookieMan says

Stout says

Sad I wasn't welcomed, but happy I wasn't suspected of being a bot.

The bots are real here at times unfortunately. Patrick hates google, I don't blame him. The weird lettering bot box to prove you're a human might help with that. I don't know those services though, I know google is the major one.

You are welcomed though. Semi moderator here, but I generally don't touch flagged comments. I am an ass hole though if you cross me ;) Joking aside, welcome. Some new regulars would be awesome. If you hang out I swear a lot. Just a warning. Maybe you've already been lurking and already know. I know some of the slightly or more religious users don't like it. They take it in stride... I think?

I lurked and stole memes for a while first. There was one guy I really wanted to /ignore though so I signed up.

Lol, that's great! Never occurred to me that someone would register just to be able to ignore another user.

And thank you for stealing memes! They are meant to be stolen.

Stout says

There was one guy I really wanted to /ignore though so I signed up.

Let me guess. That was me.

Patrick says

Lol, that's great! Never occurred to me that someone would register just to be able to ignore another user.

And thank you for stealing memes! They are meant to be stolen.

Welcome @ConservativeT22 !

How did you find this site?

And welcome to @conservativelady too!

Patrick says

Maybe women are put off by the tits thread, or the argumentative nature of the site.

I suppose I cannot know about the effects of the cheesecake thread, but I am going to say it's not because of the "argumentative nature".

I have been observing and participating with this site since the real estate focused days. I say this place has done a really good job. Interactions are mostly, relatively, constructive (and not uncommonly informative, funny and entertaining). I do not remember this site ever devolving into endless, insufferable flaming, from barely literate troglodytes, for example.

Tell me where a person can find better.

@Kep Thank you!

Let me know if you see a way I can get the site more visibility.

Welcome @mwhite949

We're glad you're here.

Welcome @ekaterine

How did you find this site?

Kepi says

Interactions are mostly, relatively, constructive (and not uncommonly informative, funny and entertaining).

Me:



Also me:

Welcome @askedladd

Welcome, @BillyPitts

Welcome, @donnieG

Say newbies!

Is that a pager in your pocket or you just happy to be here?

Welcome @RoidedGoon

How did you find this site?

I'd be interested to know how long the PatNet members lurked before registering (try before you buy period). I'll start - I think it was close to 10 years. @Patrick you might be able to confirm this, but probably not, since I've had a major geographic change in the last 20 years - You'd have to have a really long IP history cached.

I lurked for 5 years. Joined and didn't make a comment for about 3 years. 13k+ comments and 9 ignores later.

I miss some of the older petty users that always wanted to argue, but when found wrong they cut and run. Have had two long timers recently do it. Just own what you type here. If you're wrong you're wrong. It's not the end of the world. Just don't dox yourself is my biggest suggestion and second is don't get butt hurt. Sometimes it's best to ignore a post.

It's not a bad thing, but some users you're never going to convince or convert here even if you're 100% right.

WookieMan says

don't get butt hurt

stereotomy says

I'd be interested to know how long the PatNet members lurked before registering (try before you buy period). I'll start - I think it was close to 10 years. Patrick you might be able to confirm this, but probably not, since I've had a major geographic change in the last 20 years - You'd have to have a really long IP history cached.

@stereotomy I don't keep very old log files, so I don't have any way of telling how long people lurk. I supposed I could keep records of all the old IP addresses, but it doesn't seem worthwhile.

I was able to tell how long people go between registering and making their first comment, because the database has registration date and all the comments have a date. 84% of users make their first comment on the day of registration. The longest lag between registering and commenting was 4117 days, which is over eleven years.

For those that took a day or more, here is a log-log graph:

I lurked around since Obama's real estate crash and started to value the quality and substance of some of the commentators. I think I finally registered when my brain disconnected from the MSM matrix during the Trump years.

I lurked for a few years starting in 2007 and then joined one day when my toilet broke.

Welcome, @Wvs

Welcome @tjArg

How did you find this site? It's not on Google.

Welcome @SharkyP

How did you happen to find this site? It's not on Google.

Patrick says

How did you happen to find this site? It's not on Google.

Likely the TD exposure. The site was mentioned multiple times on the show. Not sure what network, but you'll still get 500k to 1M viewers on those crime shows. That's a ton of hits. No one watches in real time anymore so you'll have residual users for years.

Patrick says

The longest lag between registering and commenting was 4117 days, which is over eleven years.

c'mon - who was this?

https://patrick.net/user/Robert%20Blumen

I actually know the guy well.

Patrick says

https://patrick.net/user/Robert%20Blumen

I actually know the guy well.

Beat me. I think I was roughly 1,200 lurk and 1,200 days after registering before my first comment. I could be way off. Either way lurkers, make a damn comment. I'm still the spring chicken out of this group.... I think.

@WookieMan I just calculated 1391 days for you after registering before your first comment. So 1200 is a pretty good guess!

I was one of those that registered just to post after reading for a long time. There use to be a libby fuck always arguing with Dan but arguments had no rational thought process and no basis in observational fact. I forget the posters name but my user name is literally my response to it.

Lurking since 2008 when this was a real estate blog. I still remember Patrick's article on why you should not buy a house. Rediscovered Patnet during the Trump years. I think my first comment was in the Vax Era- I was just stunned by the number of people I knew lining up to get injected with an unknown substance, barely tested, for an illness that had an almost zero chance of hurting them. I read Patnet to reassure myself there are some sane people who saw through the psyop, and I come for the memes!

Patrick says

Welcome SharkyP

How did you happen to find this site? It's not on Google.

Wonder what else is out there that google is hiding? Any lists of sites hidden by google?