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photolurking

photolurking noun: the practice of viewing online photos, especially those of strangers, without leaving comments, but possibly discussing them with third parties.

Noun

photolurking (uncountable)

  1. The practice of viewing online photos, especially those of strangers, without leaving comments, but possibly discussing them with third parties.
    • Another interesting phenomenon that emerges from photolog is photolurking. The activity of photolurking is rich involving both personal browsing and searching and also social activity. Photolurking is browsing and looking at people’s photographs without participating in discussion or addressing the...2007, H Khalid, Alan Dix, “I know what you did last summer: what can we learn from photolog”, in Workshop: why CSCW
    • But perhaps most disturbing of all was the detection of a phenomenon known as “photolurking” which involves an obsession with browsing the online photo albums of complete strangers.2007 January 23, “Online snappers told to beware photolurkers.”, in The Guardian

Examples of photolurking in a sentence

  • Another interesting phenomenon that emerges from photolog is photolurking.2007, H Khalid, Alan Dix, “I know what you did last summer: what can we learn from photolog”, in Workshop: why CSCW:
  • With the indulgence of photolurking, the viewer experiences engagement and emotion, the viewer experiences engagement and emotion2012, Roderick Weener, Photolog Viewing on Facebook, (Masters Thesis - Universiteit van Amsterdam):

Origin of photolurking

From photo + lurking.

Questions about photolurking

What does photolurking mean?
Photolurking means the practice of viewing online photos, especially those of strangers, without leaving comments, but possibly discussing them with third parties.
How do you use photolurking in a sentence?
Another interesting phenomenon that emerges from photolog is photolurking.
What part of speech is photolurking?
Photolurking is a noun.

Words near photolurking in the dictionary

  1. photoluminescent
  2. photoluminesces
  3. photoluminescing
  4. photolurker
  5. photolurkers
  6. photolurking
  7. photolyase
  8. photolyases
  9. photolysable
  10. photolysate
  11. photolysates

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