26.3.11

ONLINE LURKER

I know you have heard of this word before but let's ask our ever reliable Wikipedia for its definition.

In Internet culture, a lurker is a person who reads discussions on a message board, newsgroup, chatroom, file sharing or other interactive system, but rarely or never participates actively. Research indicates that "lurkers make up over 90% of online groups". Lack of trust represents one of the reasons explaining lurking behavior.

We were all lurkers once and may still be as long as we discover new things via surfing the net. I remember curious self lurking in lifeout.com. They have this chat feature you can access and you can lurk through different user webcams for as long as they allow you. I have also done this using camfrog and I find it cool that they really call uninvited users as lurkers. Actually I only have viewed women's cams in camfrog I would like to try watching men too I just don't know if it will be equally entertaining as girls performing. I'll let you know.

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