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English
Etymology
From lurker + -ship.
Noun
lurkership (countable and uncountable, plural lurkerships)
- (uncountable, Internet) The state or quality of being a lurker.
1999 March 16, TragedyTrousers , “Re: back home to a new world - the world of modems”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet):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 guide”, in alt.fan.eddings (Usenet):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):I was just starting emerge from lurkership into this discussion group when it has lately become swamped by this non-controversy.
- (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):This newsgroup might have a higher lurkership than normal because of the theat 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):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):The lurkership has expanded because I've given each of my flying monkies computers!