When you wander in and out of your favourite forums which of the below describes you best?
Threadstarter: you take a look at what's been posted, maybe make a few replies and if there's not much going on you start a new thread yourself to get people chatting. You like conversation and you're not afraid to be labelled an 'attention seeker' by starting your own threads to get the ball rolling.
Firestarter: you like chatting but secretly you thrive on adversity. You hate threads in which everyone agrees with each other, you like a good debate. You don't necessarily set out to start a ruck but you like when there are strong differences of opinion even if things sometimes get out of hand. OR, you just like a good ruck.
Keen Observer: everyone else is in the garden having a chat and there you are peeking over the fence to see what's going on. Maybe you have a lot to say but you're quite shy. You occasionally post replies but you'd never start a thread of your own but nonetheless you enjoy reading what other people have to say about things.