What do you call people that read message boards but dont comment?

[MultiM]

I prefer "Curious". If there's nothing interesting, I don't even bother signing in. OOps! Broke my own rule.......

 

[DiamondMac]

Nubers

 

[lag1090]

I think that "lurkers" is the most appropriate term for such people.

 

[DoFoT9]

I prefer "Curious". If there's nothing interesting, I don't even bother signing in. OOps! Broke my own rule.......

curious could work i guess.

im constantly signed in, im always on my computer, kinda sad really..

Nubers

😕 wth are they lol!?

 

[sushi]

Nubers

What's that?

Where did this term come from? Curious?

 

[DoFoT9]

What's that?

Where did this term come from? Curious?

oh i think i get it now.. n00b->nub->uber->nuber

haha.. makes sense to me!

 

[c-Row]

"PCs" 😀

 

[DiamondMac]

What's that?

Where did this term come from? Curious?

My head? 😱

 

[sushi]

oh i think i get it now.. n00b->nub->uber->nuber

haha.. makes sense to me!

Hmmm.... You might be right with that.

My head? 😱

Now we understand! 😀

 

[duncyboy]

Shy

 

[mscriv]

Forum Voyeurs.

Webster defines voyeur as:

a prying observer who is usually seeking the sordid or the scandalous

I think we can all agree that MacRumors can easily be sordid and scandalous. 😀

 

[-hh]

Yeah, I prefer to call myself a "reader" rather than a lurker.

But since you've now posted, you no longer quality. Now you're a Poster


(you can go back to lurking now 😀 )


FWIW, I don't know its actual history, but I can verify that the term of "Lurker" has been around for at least a decade on USENET discussion groups, and was probably pre-Web1.0

-hh

 

[DoFoT9]

Hmmm.... You might be right with that.

how were you pronouncing it?? my head was saying it as in n00ber.. not nuber.. eh..

 

[sushi]

how were you pronouncing it?? my head was saying it as in n00ber.. not nuber.. eh..

Like rubber. 😀

 

[DoFoT9]

Like rubber. 😀

oh wow really??? you need to practice your 733+ciation man! (leet-ciation for you nubers haha).