Posted by Jenny Berki on November 07, 2006 at 14:01:38 from 217.205.198.23 user JennyB.
In Reply to: Re: Lurking, was Strange Mystery--off-subject-sorry! posted by Rick Bridge on November 07, 2006 at 12:26:04:
Lurking implies something dodgy - skulking in the shadows and not wanting to be seen. Which is, of course, the AR usage of the term - whenever anyone lurked or was urged to lurk, they most definitely didn't want to be spotted by the enemy.
There are usually no ulterior motives when people lurk on a website or message board, they are just interested spectators.