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Oh dear, I don't know another word for that. I lurk a lot, unless I see something to contribute to. To me , it means I skim the list for the information I want. Recently I have posted more that I usually do. Usually have nothing much to say. Nita Joe Thome wrote: > Recently I have seen the word "lurker" used numerous times on this > list to describe those members of the list who read the list but > don’t contribute to it, or at least not very often. That word has > such a negative connotation. To me, it implies there are people who > read the list for sinister purposes. If there are, my opinion they > constitute a tiny minority of the list members and it is not fair to > describe the other members who have reasons of their own for reading > but not contiubuting as "lurkerers". Surely there must be a more > appropriate word to use than "lurkerer" in describing all who read > by don't write to the list. > > Joe, CG for Ruth, 68/10 > >