• fedi_daddy@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    No offence but I never understand this lurker hate.

    Wasnt the hole idea of the web to have a website and be able to share your knowledge? Iam pretty sure that most people would just stop putting out content, if literally no one is reading it.

    Just seems wrong to call those visitors of your publicly accessible site/blog/forum/whatever lurkers, or speak of them as if they would steal from your garden.

    • tehmics@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      You’re assigning a connotation to the word that I don’t really agree with. There’s nothing wrong with being a lurker.

      There’s encouragement to not be a lurker in the fediverse simply because engagement drives adoption and traffic, but I think the goal is ultimately to attract more lurkers