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Well, if you are I’d never find out anyway. If you are a regular online surfer, and are averse to posting comments–you’re a lurker. I used to justify it by believing there was never anything worth commenting about. But I think there’s more to that Let me just say I love how social media is not only engaging, but in the case of online support groups a good thing. For being such an open society, we certainly have a large number of support group site visitors who don’t contribute, preferring anonymity.IMHO I believe lurking to be a bit more justified on these types of sites. Nothing wrong with visiting one and not posting–not everyone is open enough to share their deepest issues/problems with total strangers. You’d think that non-participants in these groups don’t gain value–after all, isn’t that the point to be supportive? But I adjusted my point of view after reading an article about it.
Albeit a bit dated, this article is nonetheless interesting. So lurker or not, most people can gain real life value from social media.

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