re: maybe not

• Hi there lurkers! by John Suler, 7/26/97
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    • re: a bad term indeed--maybe not by Wanda Hill, 3/19/98
      
      

Some dictionary definitions do give "lurk" a hostile or sinister connotation, but you're probably right, Wanda. It's a matter of semantics.

I like your description of different types of lurkers. I'd also add what I call the "distant" lurker - someone who mostly skims the titles of a newsgroup or mailing list, and only infrequently reads the messages. Or someone who hardly looks at the posts to a mailing list at all, but still decides NOT to unsubscribe.

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