WHY LURKERS LURK

By Blair Nonnecke, J. Preece. 2001

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The top five reasons for lurking: improving community experiences for everyone (2004, methodology): “Indeed, as previous studies have indicated, many people lurk to get a feel for the ambiance and communication style of a community (Nonnecke, 2000; Nonnecke & Preece, 2001).”
Watch, Share or Create: The Influence of Personality Traits and User Motivation on TikTok Mobile Video Usage (2020, result): “From this perspective, we empirically confirm findings of past research [67] [68] [32][47]) that found different types of motivation influence media usage.”
Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector (2004, background): “Indeed, Nonnecke & Preece (2001) maintain that lurking is an imperative aspect of an online community and should be regarded as a form of passive or vicarious participation that not only serves to increase the understanding in the lurker, but provides a sense of belonging regardless of whether they…”
Characterizing Silent Users in Social Media Communities (2015, background): “As lurkers make up a signiﬁcant proportion of users in online communities, several studies (Nonnecke and Preece 2001; Preece, Nonnecke, and Andrews 2004; Lampe et al. 2010) have focused on the reasons for lurking.”
Non-public and public online community participation: Needs, attitudes and behavior (2006, result): “Until publication of our earlier work [2, 6, 7] and several recent works [8–10], many online community researchers showed little interest in lurking behavior, preferring to focus on those who actively post.”
Influence of personality on travel-related consumer-generated media creation (2011, background): “The importance of travel-related CGM sites becomes obvious when looking at online traffic flows.”
Understanding lurkers in online communities: A literature review (2014, background): “…design) (Nonnecke, Preece, Andrews, Voutour, 2004), personal preference related to an individual’s personality (such as being too shy to post) (Nonnecke & Preece, 2001), the user-community relationship (such as fearing commitment) (Küçük, 2010) and security consideration (such as preserving…”
Why do people share their travel experiences on social media? (2020, result): “This conclusion coincides with the findings of Nonnecke, et al. (2001) , who studied the question “ why do lurkers lurk?” in depth, as well as the findings of Fogel and Nehmad (2009), who studied risks, trust, and privacy issues regarding social networks.”