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wilsynet on July 29, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Threads users down by more than a half

To lurk, to be in the state of lurking, and to be a lurker — has been around since the BBS days. Thanks for calling it out!

pmontra on July 29, 2023 [–]

I learned some English vocabulary with videogames. The first time I saw the word lurker was the lurker above in Nethack (or did rogue and hack already had it?) https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Trapper

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