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

[Oren Golan]

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From: "Jacob Hecht" <hecht_j at netvision.net.il>
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> WOW!!!
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>> 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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