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

[Jacob Hecht]

WOW!!!
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From: "Ulf-Dietrich Reips" <ureips at genpsy.unizh.ch>
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Subject: Re: [Air-l] we need a better word than lurking


> Hi Barry, all,
> you might be interested in the following two works:
>
> Stegbauer, C. & Rausch, A. (2002). Lurkers in mailing lists. In B.
> Batinic, U.-D. Reips, & M. Bosnjak (Eds.), Online Social Sciences
> (pp. 263-274). Seattle: Hogrefe & Huber.
>
> Bosnjak, M. (2001). Participation in non-restricted web surveys: A
> typology and explanatory model for item non- response. In U.-D. Reips
> & M. Bosnjak (Eds.), Dimensions of Internet Science (pp. 193-208).
> Lengerich: Pabst.
>
> While the first one is from the area of social network theory, the
> second one proposes a highly useful typology of non-responders in
> online research. In Bosnjak's view, lurkers are just one of seven
> types. While created for online research, the typology seems useful
> for other purposes as well.
>
> Best --u
>
> At 15:48 Uhr -0400 7.5.2007, Barry Wellman wrote:
>>John Veitch gave us a useful post that showed that most people Lurk.
>>Altho John didn't explicitly say so, the general implication is that
>>Lurking Is a Bad Thing.
>>But imagine if everybody was actively contributing all the time. We'd be
>>filled with noise. (As it is, I wonder about some of the posts on this
>>list, including mine;-))
>>I absolutely don't want my 13-year old cousin (whom I love dearly) to
>>contribute to the Social Networks article, or probably anything else. Nor,
>>in fact, do I want some ignorant person to contribute.
>>I am not for credentialism, but I am for knowledge and expertise.
>>
>>Indeed, 99% of the time, I am a Reader only of Wikipedia articles. I try
>>only to contribute when I actually know something, like Social Network,
>>Bronx High School of Science, and Barbra Streisand.
>>
>>YMMV
>>
>>  Barry Wellman
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