snarg
17-Jul-2003, 05:12 AM
lurker n. One of the `silent majority' in a electronic forum; one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking." Often used in `the lurkers', the hypothetical audience for the group's flamage-emitting regulars. When a lurker speaks up for the first time, this is called `delurking'.
The creator of the popular science-fiction TV series "Babylon 5" has ties to SF fandom and the hacker culture. In that series, the use of the term `lurker' for a homeless or displaced person is a conscious reference to the jargon term.
--The Jargon Dictionary
Shedding Light on Lurkers in Online Communities (www.ifsm.umbc.edu/~preece/paper/ 16%20Shedding%20Light.final.pdf)
Hi everyone. I've been lurking for some time now, and thought this would be a good way to "delurk". I'd like to thank all you non-lurkers for providing useful information, insights and entertainment. On behalf of the lurking community, we salute you :D (Well, it's not as if anyone's going to protest.)
Back I sink into the deeps...
The creator of the popular science-fiction TV series "Babylon 5" has ties to SF fandom and the hacker culture. In that series, the use of the term `lurker' for a homeless or displaced person is a conscious reference to the jargon term.
--The Jargon Dictionary
Shedding Light on Lurkers in Online Communities (www.ifsm.umbc.edu/~preece/paper/ 16%20Shedding%20Light.final.pdf)
Hi everyone. I've been lurking for some time now, and thought this would be a good way to "delurk". I'd like to thank all you non-lurkers for providing useful information, insights and entertainment. On behalf of the lurking community, we salute you :D (Well, it's not as if anyone's going to protest.)
Back I sink into the deeps...