What Does Lurker Mean?
A lurker is an Internet user who, rather than participating in interactive websites such as social media platforms, only passively observes information and does not reveal information about himself or herself. These passive users may view text and images, download information, visit other people’s profiles or request information through the Internet, but do not post, update their profiles, share links, use social media indicators or otherwise create an online or social media footprint.
Techopedia Explains Lurker
The idea of looking at “lurking” online behavior is central to all sorts of social media analysis, online marketing, research on the psychology of Web users, and other aspects of evaluating the Internet and how people use it in their lives. Lurking is essentially a big question mark in Web use — it makes the individual a lot more difficult to trace through his or her Web footprint, while allowing that person to still acquire a lot of information through various Web sources.
