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Lurkers, Gods, Pinkos and More!
Private Website | Internet Time Zone...1995AD to 2004AD | Mike Reed

Posted on 01/08/2004 1:28:42 PM PST by Dallas59

I wanted to know what a "Lurker" was. I Googled the tag and came across this website...

The Lurker:

" Lurker does not participate in normal forum discourse, but he's out there...watching, reading every message. Generally, he is quite harmless. In fact, his silence usually reflects a natural reticence rather than any sinister motives. He is content to let the other people haul the conversational freight and, if a fight breaks out he will observe quietly. Occasionally, however, some mysterious impulse drives him to de-lurk and attack. Other Warriors regard his unexpected assault as an ambush, and invariably turn on him savagely. But Lurker seldom sticks around to fight it out, rather, after a brief exchange, he slips away, never to be heard from again."

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And much more....


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: forums; internet; lurker; names; people; tags

1 posted on 01/08/2004 1:28:49 PM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
DOH!

Heres the addy...

http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
2 posted on 01/08/2004 1:29:58 PM PST by Dallas59
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3 posted on 01/08/2004 1:35:25 PM PST by Support Free Republic (I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
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To: Dallas59
Then I am the Lurkus Maximus. Y'all at FR are so intelligent and witty that I can't think of anything that would sound better.

4 posted on 01/09/2004 3:26:14 AM PST by sandpit
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