Excal, I'm not foolish enough to vote based solely on lurking, not a chance. I tend to use it as a decider, though, if I really can't make a decision on a vote, and that's happened in... pretty much every game I've played, at some point. As it happens, that was just a prod to generate some discussion, and it seems to have worked a little, at least.
As for the activity thing, that's just a simple warning. I've been known to be stupidly active in the other games I've played, so don't want to be accused of the same thing I was talking about.
And Kiro, the hidden status thing wasn't serious, don't worry. And neither was the stereotype.