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This has been bothering me for a long time. Some people just want to come here and watch; sometimes these people even decide to participate and post.
Either way, they are welcome guests. People who are influenced by our ideas, our discussions, and our information. People who need not come here and listen, but who do.
Calling them 'Lurkers' is perjorative, wrong-minded, foolish, offensive, and contraproductive.
We WANT these people here; I started out as a.....well, let's call it VIEWER. I didn't feel confident at first to post, not feeling that I had anything of sufficient importance to offer these extremely knowledgeable people (my standards have lowered considerably since
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So, I say an end to the word 'Lurker.' Let's call them 'viewers' or 'guests,' or something, almost anything, else.
What do the rest of you think? Walt
Either way, they are welcome guests. People who are influenced by our ideas, our discussions, and our information. People who need not come here and listen, but who do.
Calling them 'Lurkers' is perjorative, wrong-minded, foolish, offensive, and contraproductive.
We WANT these people here; I started out as a.....well, let's call it VIEWER. I didn't feel confident at first to post, not feeling that I had anything of sufficient importance to offer these extremely knowledgeable people (my standards have lowered considerably since

So, I say an end to the word 'Lurker.' Let's call them 'viewers' or 'guests,' or something, almost anything, else.
What do the rest of you think? Walt