On Lurkers

I know you’re out there.
A month or so back, someone approached Velvet (I think it was) in a train station. The conversation was along the lines of, “I know you. You have that blog …”
Then I got a PM on the forums today from Liberty Bill, saying he enjoyed the blog. He then expressed surprise when I told him he was welcome to comment.
Granted it’s not, upon reflection, completely transparent to a new user that anyone visiting here can comment. You just need to register, meaning you have to set up an identity in Typekey to sort of establish that you are a human being, not a spambot, and then sign in. The instructions are actually down in the comment section, but maybe not obvious.
It’s painless, commercial-free, and secure. And free, of course.
Once you’ve done that, you can comment away. And, in fact, you are welcome to.
It is odd, though. The folks who comment here are all (with the exception of the two individuals mentioned at the top of the post, and the former only comment once, I think) people I know in RL. Having virtual presences show up here is to be expected, but still a bit different. (At least for this blog.) I haven’t kept it a secret, nor have I publicized it (though if anyone clicks on the “www” button beneath one of my posts on the Alliance forum, they come here). It’s just been hazy barrier between the IC and OOC world, as much in my own imagination as in reality.
But now I can’t get over the feeling now that there are others, just out of sight, watching from the shadows (a la The Mark of Gideon). So, if you are … comment. Say hi. Set down and chat a spell.