What constitutes a lurker?

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Sharkie May 2012 5:06pm, 31 May 2012 2,057 posts	0 Sharkie If you are 'watching' a thread does it register you as a lurker any time to click on? Does every click onto a thread register a lurker until they go somewhere else? I'm just interested.
Stumpy May 2012 5:12pm, 31 May 2012 14,069 posts	0 Stumpy didn't lurker used to be the number of people reading/accessing the thread in the previous X minutes? in which case, yes, if you watch it, it will count you when you enter the thread. but if you enter twice it won't count you twice. i assume?
runnerbean May 2012 5:15pm, 31 May 2012 42,754 posts	0 runnerbean yeah people who had a look at the thread i believe...i just lurked you Sharkie;-)
Sharkie May 2012 5:16pm, 31 May 2012 2,059 posts	0 Sharkie Not sure ... but interesting that as I type - for instance - there are 9 lurkers. Seven other people currently reading the thread then? I seem to be down as a watcher - presumably because I started the thread?
Sharkie May 2012 5:18pm, 31 May 2012 2,060 posts	0 Sharkie Aargh, no, 13 now which is ten once you minus you, me and Stumpy. I can do sums me.
Sharkie May 2012 5:19pm, 31 May 2012 2,061 posts	0 Sharkie No fifteen minus three which is twelve ...or perhaps I am registering my own clicks? Not an issue. Just wondered like.
JenL May 2012 5:20pm, 31 May 2012 21,851 posts	0 JenL "Lurker" suggests to me someone who not only came in for a look but hung around a while saying nothing. there should be another term for those who take a quick look, think "Not my kind of thing" and make a sharp exit, I think.
runnerbean May 2012 5:21pm, 31 May 2012 42,755 posts	0 runnerbean there you go i'm a watcher too now...just to keep you company like...
JenL May 2012 5:22pm, 31 May 2012 21,852 posts	0 JenL perhaps there should be a "popper" category?
Johnny Blaze May 2012 5:22pm, 31 May 2012 15,002 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?