The top five reasons for lurking: improving community experiences for everyone

By J. Preece, Blair Nonnecke, Dorine Andrews. Computers in Human Behavior, 2004

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Representations of 'trolls' in mass media communication: a review of media-texts and moral panics relating to 'internet trolling' (2014, background): “This art was lost by the start of the 21st century, and resulted in a number of research papers discussing the prevalence of non-participation, or lurking , and how this could be overcome through greater involvement of elders (Bishop, 2007; Nonnecke and Preece, 2000; Preece et al., 2004).”
Psychological Barriers: Lurker and Poster Motivation and Behavior in Online Communities (2006, background): “Although other researchers have combined analysis of different types of virtual communities together (Savicki et al., 1996; Ridings et al., 2002; Preece et al., 2004; Herring et al., 2005), this technique may not be ideal, and future research in this area should examine lurkers in specific types of ”
Why do people share their travel experiences on social media? (2020, background): “Relationship reasons represent low intimacy with other members and the fear of making a commitment to the social group leading to non-collaboration, also mentioned in the research of Preece et al. (2004) and Rau, et al. (2008).”
Increasing participation in online communities: A framework for human-computer interaction (2007, background): “A study by Preece, Nonnecke, and Andrews (2004) found the main reasons as to why lurkers did not participate was because they felt they did not need to post, they needed to find out more about the group, they thought they were being helpful, they could not make the software work and in some cases ”
Network Exchange Patterns in Online Communities (2011, background): “At other times, despite longterm affiliation with an online community, participants feel no obligation to other members (Preece et al. 2004).”
Consumer activity in social media: Managerial approaches to consumers' social media behavior (2011, background): “At the same time, although the opportunities for active involvement are good, some academic studies on the topic indicate that consumers are not necessarily as active online as it has been believed (Jones et al., 2004; Joyce and Kraut, 2006; Preece et al., 2004).”
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.”
Knowledge Collaboration in Online Communities (2011, background): “Fluidity recognizes the highly flexible or permeable boundaries of OCs, where it is hard to figure out who is in the community and who is outside (Preece et al. 2004) at any point in time, let alone over time.”
Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas over Time: An Analysis of the Dell IdeaStorm Community (2013, background): “Although their motivations to participate in crowdsourcing communities vary, individuals that actively interact by commenting on others’ ideas generally perceive more benefits, tend to feel a greater sense of community membership, and take their contributions seriously (Preece et al. 2004).”