lurker

lurker n.  One of the `silent majority' in a electronic
   forum; one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known to
   read the group's postings regularly.  This term is not pejorative
   and indeed is casually used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking."
   Often used in `the lurkers', the hypothetical audience for the
   group's {flamage}-emitting regulars.



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