Today is a very special day in the spanking blogosphere. Love our Lurkers day is the brainchild of Bonnie, and this is the third year she’s organised it – with a record number of bloggers. So you’ve probably already heard what this is about.
Just in case you haven’t, Love Our Lurkers is the day when all the silent readers of spanking blogs are encouraged to say hello.
It’s funny how commenting is as much a matter of habit as intention. There are some blogs I find it very easy to comment on, and some I rarely do. The difference has very little to do with how much I enjoy reading, and much more to do with how much I’ve already chatted to the blogger. The more you talk, the easier it is to talk. And I’ll be using today to say hi to the bloggers I’ve been enjoying for the past few months, but haven’t taken the first step to let them know I’m there.
Maybe you don’t usually have time to comment, or don’t feel you have anything to add. Maybe you’re worried about staying anonymous. Maybe it’s just that you’ve never commented before, and are shy of intruding on a clique where everyone else seems to know each other.
Well, let me tell you now: you ARE part of that clique, inasmuch as it exists at all. By reading, by your interest, you’re already one of us. You can post anonymously if you like – make up a pseudonym, and you don’t have to include a valid email address if you don’t want to. I, for one, would love to know you’re out there. And once you’ve made the first step, you may well find that joining into the conversation is a little easier the next time. For me, dialogue and engagement is the whole point of blogging – I’d have given up long ago if I thought I was shouting in an empty amphitheatre. And maybe it makes me shallow, but the more responses I get the more motivated I am to write. Which has to be a good thing, right? 
Those of you who were at Night of the Cane on Saturday will have realised by now that I didn’t make it after all. I’ve been flattened for the last few days with a stinking cold, and it was with great regret that I asked Tom to cancel our plans for the weekend. So I want to extend an extra special welcome to all of you who hoped to say hello to me on Saturday. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there. But I’m here now, and since I’m still off work sick, for once I have time to stop and chat. Come and find me in the talkbox in the blog side bar, I’ll be checking in on it all evening
As an extra incentive, if I get more responses this year than I did two years ago, I’ll post the next photo from this series from Sound Punishment, and show you all what happens when I overcome my shyness and the white cotton panties come down …
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Pandora, I’m a big fan!
(You’re the reason I joined Northern Spanking! Just to watch you getting the cane.)
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well, I hope you’re feeling better soon.
Regards
RPT
Hiya!
I think I left one or two comments here before, but it’s always good to officially announce that I read this blog, isn’t it?
Hope you’ll get over that stinking cold soon. Colds are the worst. I’d rather break a leg than have a cold… Get well soon!
Hugs,
Irelynn
Have only commented a few times… but do enjoy your blog (linked to it shortly after finding it).
Todd & Suzy
Happy LOL Day!!
Not exactly de lurking here but hi anyway and get well soon.
Prefectdt
I’ve only commented here once or twice, but I do read this blog quite a lot – so I guess I’m a sort of lurker.
Hi Pandora!
That’s an excellent post. Your persuasive words make me want to delurk, and I wasn’t even lurking!
I hope your cold disappears quickly, and in the meantime, I hope you get lots of lovely lurkers.
Thanks for joining in!
Hugs,
Bonnie
Hi Pandora,
I read your blog regularly atlough must admit i have only posted comments on a few occassions.
Get well soon.
Hi,
So how many posts were there last year? We need the target as well as the (lovely) incentive
Hi eveyone! Thanks for saying hello and for the good wishes – I really appreciate it. Hopefully I’ll feel better soon, although the temptation to stay up late answering comments is strong…
Al, I think there were 32 comments in my first LOL post, including my replies. I didn’t manage to join in with LOL last year as it fell during my break from blogging, so I think we have some making up to do!
xxx
Hello Pandora
I am not sure if I am a lurker or not. I visit yhour blog daily – but cannot remember whether or not I have responded before. Hoever – thank you for your blog 0- always a most inetersting and thoughtful read even when you are now do infrequent in postings. Please keep up the good work – and don’t forget to aff some photos from timw to time.
Hi Pandora,
I read your blog, but I don’t think I’ve commented before, though I did mean to on your post on hairbrushes… my nemesis. What an awful photo of them! It makes me shudder to see all that wood stacked up in a window
Hope the cold is clearing up.
Eliane
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Well, it is such a good cause, that I will force my exhausted fingers to type one more de-lurking comment on another regular read! Keep up the good work. I loved the storefront picture of the brushes – although I was glad they were behind a secure window across the big water!
Hi!
I read your blog for several months but I’ve never commented before.
Get well.
I’m definitely a lurker. I never comment. I love your blog and always look forward to your next post.
Get better soon.
I’ve been reading your blog for several months. I came for the pictures, stayed for the whole blog. Its actually the only spanking blog that I _read_. Its good to have some insights into spanking. I’ve been married for 12 years. However, I only recently realized the extent of how much my wife enjoyed being spanked. . .
- Hastur
pandorable
i don’t lurk
i linger
oliver t
What’s this “Lurker” nonsense?
People blog because they want, because they have something that they want to say.
So why then give the people who read them, who “fulfill the other part of the contract” if you will, a slanderous nickname?
If bloggers don’t like people rading their stuff then why post it in such a public place?
It is , I think, an example of shifting perspectives.
I say to all bloggers “post or not as you please but don’t whinge if you don’t get a response”.
Colin Mann
ps I love your blog, I really hope we get to see the next pic.
Please keep up the good work.
Is there an official badge for a lurker? Who knows…
Great blog Pandora, always popping by for inspiration for my work and see the latest michief and adventures.
LCN
Hi, Pandora! I hope you’re feeling better soon. I just wanted to wish you a happy LOL Day!
Dr. Ken,
Spanking Minnesota
Thanks for all your thoughtful statements – you may be proud of writing one of the best blogs written by a spankee.
A fascinating blog. Hope to see more photos of you. Oooh you naughty girl…
I’m not really alurker. I comment and, even worse than that, I’ve cyber-stalked you with emails (not really stalked, folks, I promise.)
So instead of just leaving a comment, I’ve given you a well deserved We Love Your Big Sexy Brain Award over on my blog. Go and check it out!
And hello to all the lurkers – Pandora’s kinda addictive, isn’t she?
Have something to get us closer to the target post count.
I make this No.31.
Lets try for 50.
Pandora is worth it.
Colin Mann
ps I don’t like to be Anon but I don’t know how to work the options.
Second attempt.
Ha, sussed it.
ps No.32.
Thanks for the great blog! Its a unique perspective that I really love
Wotcher — a day late and all…
Still, that’s a segue into Yet Another Reason People Don’t Comment: some of us have an unfortunate habit of reading blogs sporadically, for whatever reason. And if you happen to be running late, sometimes it doesn’t seem quite as, well, relevant to comment.
Of course, that’s not always true, but “get well” wishes for last week’s ailment is a bit odd!
Oh dear! I hope I’m not too late!
Pandora’s Blog… a nice place to lurk, where a guy can skulk about in the shadows and occasionally compliment a woman’s attributes without having the dogs set on him.
I’m a regular reader!
Hugs,
Hermione
Hello Pandora,have been unable to comment before or after this,but have to now.You are easily the best bottom on the net and your blog is viewed most days.Get well soon and keep up the good work,thanks.
Hi Pandora–better late than never? I have commented here before but I think it has been a while. I read your blog regularly though and enjoy it immensely!
Kallisto
Love the blog! I have never commented before, but every morning before I start work I look to see what you have posted. Only now have to find someone else to share my interests!
Tim
Hello Pandora
I’m always lurking on your blog and lots of other spanking blogs too.
Thanks for all the posts and pix; can we have more please of you with knickers up?…love that!
Hi Pandora,
I’m a lurker – not sure if I’ve commented. But I really appreciate your blog and your blogroll and guided me elsewhere too.
C x
p.s. and the word verification is domaces which is fabulous because my Dom calls me Ace! It was meant to be!
Hehe, I catch up on reading here every couple of weeks or so. It makes up for no longer living in the Cave and sitting on the sofa being told about your modelling exploits. Ah, bohemia was fun…
Was good to see you at H&J's wedding a few months back as well. I should see you more, I miss you & your Doms. I must try and get to London sometime. But my girl in Oxford is a wicked distraction
Bysie!
Jus a _few_ days late to leave a comment, but better late than not at all..
I love your blog and I read it often.