🕵️ Secretive or hidden 👀 A silent reader

lurky

9.9

A person who reads online posts but does not join the discussion

noun

Jargon

: observador

Many lurkeys watch the discussions without joining in.

Examples

In many online communities, a large number of users are lurky and rarely post comments.
She admitted to being lurky on the forum, reading every thread but never joining the conversation.
Although he was lurky at first, he eventually started sharing his thoughts with the group.
He's such a lurky guy in the chat room.
She admitted to being lurky on the forum, reading every thread but never joining the conversation.
In many online communities, a large number of users are lurky and rarely post comments.
He's such a lurky guy in the chat room.

Synonyms

lurker

vslurky

12 7.7

A person who hides to watch others without being seen

is specific to reading or observing online without joining in

Antonyms

participant

295 2.4

A person who joins an activity or event

contributor

136 3.6

A person who gives articles or ideas to magazines and websites

How Active

moderator

104 3.9

poster

Texting

171 3.6

commenter

Texting

126 2.8

reader

679 1.0

visitor

908 1.0

lurky

Jargon

9.9

Surface Forms

lurky singular

lurkeys plural

Morphology

lurky = lurk (semi-transparent) = lurk + y

The word is built from the verb 'lurk' plus '-y', but the noun meaning for an online observer is somewhat lexicalized and not a fully regular derivation.

Etymology

Lurky comes from lurk ('to hide' or 'watch without being seen') plus the ending -y that turns it into a person or quality. So a lurky person is like someone hiding in the online 'shadows' and reading without joining the talk.