I know! If there were no lurkers, how would 21st century fandom be different?
In the days of zines, they bought copies and contributed funds to zine publishers. But now they're like people who stand in a bookstore, reading the books. They don't help the bookstore's business. Even reading a library book contributes something--to the circulation statistics, or the door count.
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Date: 2010-03-21 03:27 pm (UTC)In the days of zines, they bought copies and contributed funds to zine publishers. But now they're like people who stand in a bookstore, reading the books. They don't help the bookstore's business. Even reading a library book contributes something--to the circulation statistics, or the door count.