lurkers
lurkers
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"When a lurker speaks up for the first time, this is called `delurking'.".....
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'.