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Post by tenbsmith on Oct 20, 2016 13:37:31 GMT -5
I'm asking this question to inform a paper i'm writing about cancer survivors using a specific cancer survivor social networking site. A lurker only reads, never posts. What do you call someone who posts content. I'd call them a poster, but that's too easy to confuse with something you hang on a wall.
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Post by Cory Trese on Oct 20, 2016 13:38:41 GMT -5
Contributor?
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Post by ntsheep on Oct 20, 2016 13:52:32 GMT -5
Registered Member
Site User
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Post by tenbsmith on Oct 20, 2016 14:12:52 GMT -5
i like contributor. registered users and site members can be lurkers. On the site i'm referencing, there are a lot of registered users who never make one post, but do visit and read. they didn't need to register for that, but they did anyhow. I do think there are many more lurkers who never registered, but we didn't invite them to participate in our survey.
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Post by poryg on Oct 21, 2016 6:12:09 GMT -5
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Post by grävling on Oct 21, 2016 11:49:25 GMT -5
'Paticipating' seems to be the antonym for 'lurking'. And people have a 'participatory presence'. Did you participate in the discussions, or did you just lurk? In some circumstances, they are known as 'content providers'.
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Post by tenbsmith on Oct 21, 2016 14:28:48 GMT -5
participating is pretty good. but i think you could make the argument that people listening to a discussion participated.
I really like content provider as the most exact. I had considered something like that previously, but it seems a bit long and clunky for something I'll have to many times in the paper.
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Post by ntsheep on Oct 21, 2016 14:42:47 GMT -5
I'm surprized contributor hasn't had something to say about this  |
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Post by grävling on Oct 21, 2016 14:57:54 GMT -5
participating is pretty good. but i think you could make the argument that people listening to a discussion participated. I really like content provider as the most exact. I had considered something like that previously, but it seems a bit long and clunky for something I'll have to many times in the paper. Then you might want to distinguish between producers and consumers of information. The lurkers only consume. |
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Oct 21, 2016 15:22:56 GMT -5
I'm surprized contributor hasn't had something to say about this But he's a lurker, why would he respond? :-p contributor for president! |
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Post by ntsheep on Oct 21, 2016 17:05:41 GMT -5
Yeah right lurker! You think changing your name is going to make a difference. I saw what you just did contributor |
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Post by contributor on Oct 21, 2016 17:05:47 GMT -5
"sigh" now you've all gone and made me self-conscious for being a non-lurking lurker. But no more, I am now a contributor. ...surely this will wreak havoc on those trying to tag me. Edit: ntsheep, you are a forum ninja. You saw it coming and posted before I could! I see now how you can destroy the front end of an SUV and walk away with minor injuries. |
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Post by ntsheep on Oct 21, 2016 17:06:53 GMT -5
Stick a torp in it  Edit: contributor, I have many clones on here. The Lab sheeps, a few grunts, if one doesn't see something, another will.  WE ARE EVERYWHERE  |
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Post by poryg on Oct 22, 2016 0:46:53 GMT -5
Instead I would say slayernz has been a lurker on this forum... Lately. Logging in, but never saying anything... |
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Post by AA on Oct 22, 2016 0:54:10 GMT -5
Yes he definitely has been... Torping slayernz to try to get him to torping me back! |
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