March 8, 2024
A glossary of names for those involved in the internet. In this article you can find out what they mean.
Blogger
Someone who shares their thoughts, ideas or experiences on a web based platform know as a Blog.
Ego Surfer
Someone who searches the internet for references of themselves.
Flamer
A flamer is someone who makes degrading or insulting remarks on a forum or other Internet message boards, the verb of which is “flame”.
Friender
Makes and adds friends online through social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
Griefer
A player of an online game who harasses other players.
Lurkers
Lurkers visit and spend time on forums and image boards viewing content but not posting.
Noob
A new or inexperienced person, someone who does not know the rules of a website or has only recently joined. A wordplay on newbie.
Phisher
Someone who attempts to obtain private or sensitive information such as user names, passwords and credit card information through the use of fake emails from trustworthy sites.
Redditor
A person who scours the Internet for media and posts the findings on the Reddit website. Once posted, other members can upvote or downvote the material based on their evaluation of it.
Spammer
A spammer sends unsolicited email or posts many useless messages in a forum website.
Troll
Someone who attempts to gain infamy in chat or on forums by use of but not limited to links to disturbing items, bashing (fighting, put down) with others, copying or mimicking other’s real posts into perverted messages.
YouTuber
A person who produces video content for the video-sharing site YouTube
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