[Air-l] "lurking"

[Christopher Berg]

I agree: "lurk" has a negative ring, and not without reason: when the 
expression came into being, it was inconceivable that someone would sit 
on a BBS and do nothing but lurk in the message section.  Now, however, 
people spend days at a time online doing nothing but lurk in the 
bandwidth.  Perhaps we should change the word, to reflect the changing 
time: I'm in favor of "wallflower."

Chris Berg
TA - English Dept., NC State University
Ph.D. Student - CRDM
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