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[1] [2] [3] The exact definition depends on context. Lurkers make up a large proportion of all users in online communities. [4] Lurking allows users to learn the conventions of an online community before they participate, improving their socialization when they eventually "de-lurk". [5]
Pie chart showing the proportion of lurkers, contributors and creators under the 90–9–1 principle. In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a general rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an Internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively create new content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk.
There are two major types of participation in online communities: public participation and non-public participation, also called lurking. Lurkers are participants who join a virtual community but do not contribute. In contrast, public participants, or posters, are those who join virtual communities and openly express their beliefs and opinions.
Wikipedia has many lurkers. If you see an account that seems to know Wikipedia policy and formatting well for a new user, don't assume it's a sockpuppet – the user may well be a lurker, or a friend could have taught them about Wikipedia. Some users may well be friends/acquaintances of another editor, and not sockpuppets. They may also have a ...
December 8, 2023 at 3:53 PM In the mountains of Ecuador lurked a scaly creature with a white “collar” around its neck. For years, the distinctive animal had managed to go unnoticed or, when ...
There are many varieties of "lurkers", some of whom are more obvious than others. If you look at the profile of users allegedly targetted by the secret mailing list cabal, most of these don't really qualify as "lurking". Off the top of my head, I can think of many legitimate reasons an new editor seems more knowledgable than "they should be".
Lurcher is an old English term for a crossbred dog; specifically, the result of mating a sighthound with a dog of another type, typically a working breed.The term was first used with this meaning in 1668; it is considered to be derived from the verb lurch, apparently a variant form of lurk, meaning lurk or steal.
Additionally, discussions indicate that both lurkers and posters had distinct motives for lurking and might modify their engagement behaviours based on how they understand the community from various online groups, despite the fact that engagement between those who post and those who lurk was different in the communities studied. [19]