[Air-l] we need a better word than lurking

[Michael Gurstein]

I've always preferred the term "monitoring" rather than "lurking" 

MG

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Once I asked my group mate why she didn't post in blogs and forums and
she answered that she was a "looker". "Lurker" - I said correcting her
as she was not much aware of Internet terms. "No, I prefer "looker" as I
rather prefer to look at others' posts than write myself" - she said. It
seems like she anticipated this discussion although she is absolutely
profane in Internet and Internet-related research. Alexander Semenov.
P.S. I've always known that Erving Goffman is "the must" sociologist to
apply for Internet-research =).

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