FILLER: Writers POLL: Why Lurk?

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original posting: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:44:34 EST

[and for those in the shadows...]

Why do you lurk?

1. I have nothing to say.
2. Shy/intimidated/feel like an outsider
3. To learn
4. You exhibitionists need voyeurs
5. Nothing worth responding to
6. Don't know
7. I'll tell you when I feel like it

tink

[in re Lurkers, p. 30] "They follow the action but rarely jump in.They read but do not post. They are the voyeurs of cyberspace..."

Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town by Stacy Horn (1998) ISBN 0-446-51909-X