I like to lurk now actually tbh.
People are likely to get distracted on other things and it allows me to remove myself from the situation and try to figure out what is going on from an outside perspective. I like to play villager nowadays by responding to the events that happen in thread. I think there is a lot of power in playing from behind because you're reading how everything is playing out.
It just sucks because I want people to post more...I actually like reading 10+ pages of new content, mostly because I know how to phase through it