The Singularity

I participate in a number of boards, interact via chat and messaging, and of course use all sorts of web-enabled tools to communicate.

What I find interesting is how many people lurk.

Make no mistake, I lurk, too. But I find that the purpose of lurking is simply to figure out approximatelythe best time and place to open my bigmouth. I have failed at this as often as I have succeeded.

Perhaps my favorite expressions related to chat/forum lurking are the oneslike “I just stand in the back and list...