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Karen, On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:50 PM, Karen wrote: > a 'lurker' is someone who 'lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose. b : to move furtively or inconspicuously etc' I believe most references will give more insight into who is a lurker. I think you will find that in listserv parlance, "lurker" may be mildly pejorative (but not necessarily so) but has no implication of nefarious intent. The "inconspicuously" part applies in that it simply means those who read but do not participate in the conversation. Gunnar ---------- Gunnar Swanson East Carolina University graphic design program http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/soad/graphic/index.cfm Gunnar Swanson Design Office 1901 East 6th Street Greenville NC 27858 USA [log in to unmask] +1 252 258 7006 http://www.gunnarswanson.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------