Well the difference is I'm technically around but I usually don't have things to say.
Or are lurk!scum because it's a legit strat on motk I forgot how to be scum after Sailor Moon.
Once I actually have things to say I usually start posting a whole bunch :D This is why Esuna was super town 9000, I had two very strong scumreads and was able to articulate why they were scum for once, and YET PEOPLE DIDN'T AGREE WITH ME so I had to yell at them all the time.
When people either just go "eh" or actually kind of agree with the case already, suddenly there's not much to talk about. :T
In this case the issue will be more that when you ask me questions or when deadline's coming around, I might not be there to answer for 12~18 hours. Of course, I'll be guaranteed to have several hours every day where I'll be around, since I don't get like... 12 hour shifts or anything. But, when I work 12~8, I'd basically only be around for a little catch-up in the morning and a couple hours before bed in the night. On, say, the last 24 hours of a day with deadline coming up, that's a really small amount of time to be around/able to contribute to conversation. Or a long time I'd be disappear'd before deadline comes up. So it's a thing :T