lurkershipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

lurkership (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 lurkerships)

1. (uncountable, Internet) The state or quality of being a lurker.
   • 1999 March 16, TragedyTrousers [username], “Re: back home to a new world - the world of modems”, in uk.games.computer.quake2, Usenet‎^[1]:

     I'm going back into lurkership - but I'll probably pop up from time to time, be warned!

   • 2000 July 20, Samantha, “Re: Eddings pronounciation^[sic] guide”, in alt.fan.eddings, Usenet‎^[2]:

     Sorry, have to come out of my state of lurkership to respond, completely off-topic, and say as far as I know it's actually only America (maybe Canada?) that has a silent 'h' in herbs.

   • 2001 April 5, Tom Wallis, “RE: New venue announced for discussions of Akinicity.”, in rec.heraldry, Usenet‎^[3]:

     I was just starting emerge from lurkership into this discussion group when it has lately become swamped by this non-controversy.

2. (countable, Internet) The lurkers who frequent a newsgroup, message board, etc., taken as a group.
   • 1996 December 2, Martin Hunt, “Re: Nobody cares what cult critics think”, in alt.religion.scientology, Usenet‎^[4]:

     This newsgroup might have a higher lurkership than normal because of the theat^[sic] of harassment from the cult, the general level of flammage and spam, and the controversial nature of the topic.

   • 1997 November 22, Stuart Lavin, “ABRR: Make ABRR Glorious Again”, in alt.books.robert-rankin, Usenet‎^[5]:

     I should imagine we have quite a large lurkership, who have subscribed and are desperately waiting for a few meaty threads.

   • 2000 May 5, Gilligan, “Re: .asa lurkership expanding”, in alt.sailing.asa, Usenet‎^[6]:

     The lurkership has expanded because I've given each of my flying monkies^[sic] computers!