Recent Examples on the WebHowever, Gahan adds that as more social media users become creators not lurkers, competition for eyeballs could become more fierce.—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 TikTok’s duet and stitch features, which allow users to easily react and respond to other videos, can encourage lurkers to become content creators.—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 For the first two decades of the social internet, lurkers ruled.—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 But one small problem with that stat is that most of that growth is coming from lurkers, or users who are not logged into Reddit.—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 May 2024 Some members are lurkers who joined to keep abreast of the conversation.—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024 With 110 million buyers, sellers, collectors and lurkers roaming through Discogs every year, the 23-year-old online music marketplace’s forum threads are not exactly full of emotional support.—Steve Knopper, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024 To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 Working out at home has benefits, including exercising in the comfort of your home (hello, Cozy Cardio) or simply having privacy and not worrying about lurkers staring at you across from the gym from their treadmill.—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
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