Lurker demographics: Counting the silent

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 73-80

  Nonnecke, Blair ^a   Preece, Jenny ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

BBS; Demographic; Discussion list; Email; Health support; Lurker; Lurking; Membership; Newsgroup; Traffic

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC; DISCUSSION LISTS; HEALTH-SUPPORT; LURKER; LURKING; MEMBERSHIP; NEWSGROUP;

BULLETIN BOARDS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INTERNET; ONLINE CONFERENCING; SECURITY OF DATA;

HEALTH; ELECTRONIC MAIL;

ELECTRONIC MAIL BASED DISCUSSION LIST; LURKER DEMOGRAPHICS; MEMBERSHIP; NEWSGROUP; ONLINE GROUPS; SOFTWARE SUPPORT DISCUSSION LIST;

EID: 0033689625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/332040.332409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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