Can we talk? What's causing all this noise?

Can we talk? What's causing all this noise? I may have mentioned it in the past, but we have our share of lurkers. How do I know? Well for one, the software purchased by the channel owner tells me so. Second the e-mails I receive from folks tells me so. And finally the links that folks send me about the discussions that are first posted here end up on two gossip blogs tells me so.

I look at the lurkers snooping around here as flattery. Especially when they take articles that first appear here and redo them.