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However, some communities encourage newbies to lurk. [11] By lurking, newbies can learn more about the culture of the community, understand the community's social norms, and become familiar with the key members of the community. [12] Lurkers are also viewed positively in present-day communities because they provide an audience for the mass ...
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.
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]
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 ...
Lurk, lurker, or lurking may refer to: Lurker, a person who often reads discussions on internet networks but seldom contributes to them. Lurk, a single long pole held with both hands, used in telemark skiing; Lurking variable, or a confounding variable, in statistics
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.
If you do well, you can hold up your head; but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master." and adds as a footnote: Demon lurking: in Hebrew, robes, literally "croucher," is used here, like the similar Akkadian term rabisu, to designate a certain kind of evil spirit.
A spider-eyed bat-winged horror lurking within the Congo River. M'Nagalah [23] The Devourer, The Cancer God, [24] The Eternal: A mass of both entrails and eyes, or a massive blob-thing. [25] Mnomquah Lord of the Black Lake, The Monster in the Moon: A very large and eyeless lizard-like creature with a "crown" of feelers. Mordiggian