lurkership

Noun

lurkership (countable and uncountable, plural lurkerships)

1. (Internet, uncountable) The state or quality of being a lurker.
   • I'm going back into lurkership - but I'll probably pop up from time to time, be warned!1999 March 16, TragedyTrousers [username], “Re: back home to a new world - the world of modems”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (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.2000 July 20, Samantha, “Re: Eddings pronounciation^([sic]) guide”, in alt.fan.eddings (Usenet)
2. (Internet, countable) The lurkers who frequent a newsgroup, message board, etc., taken as a group.
   • This newsgroup might have a higher lurkership than normal because of the theat^([sic]) of harassment from the cult, the general level of flammage and spam, and the controversial nature of the topic.1996 December 2, Martin Hunt, “Re: Nobody cares what cult critics think”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)
   • I should imagine we have quite a large lurkership, who have subscribed and are desperately waiting for a few meaty threads.1997 November 22, Stuart Lavin, “ABRR: Make ABRR Glorious Again”, in alt.books.robert-rankin (Usenet)