Date:         Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:44:34 EST
From: "Metaphor, Thy Name is Legend" <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      [WRITERS] FILLER: Writers POLL: Why Lurk?

[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