Stalking = Scary; Lurking = Informative

Date: 2013-05-09 04:48 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: Robot dog from old Doctor Who (k9 to the rescue)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
I was surprised to see you describe the read-only accounts like [personal profile] metanewsmods as "reading/stalking" journals. Stalking defines a scary power relationship, where the stalked has no control over the stalker's behavior.

When I saw "reading/stalking journal" I had zero idea what you were talking about — and I'm a community mod who uses a read-only/mods-only journal.

Someone who reads and doesn't post has been known as a lurker for at least twenty years online. Please consider using that terminology instead.
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