I Am The Guy Who Reads Your Blog and Never Leaves Comments (AKA The Lurker)

I read tons of posts every day. Most of them excellent reads providing me with inspiration, perspective and knowledge I didn't have the previous day.
And, I never leave comments. I read and leave. Vanishing deep into the backwoods of the blogosphere with the only trace being one more lifeless, hollow unique visitor stat. Regular victims include Seth Godin, Fred Wilson, Louis Gray and Tim Kawakami.
To all the bloggers out there that I have "read and run": Sorry.
I'm here to say that there is hope for us lurkers reducing our lurking behavior and continuing the conversation via the comments instead. Why the optimistic outlook? Because I've been a lifelong lurker and I'm starting to leave a few comments here and there. On blogs, especially ones with Disqus (Proof). On FriendFeed (Proof). On Twitter (They call them "Replies").
I can't tell you what exactly has caused me to reduce my lurking behavior but it is reducing. And, that should be a welcome sign for conversation starters all over the web.
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