Re: How do I know if a member is reading our content
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I do wish that folks wouldn't try to impose blanket judgments universally.? There are other perspectives.
For many/most groups lurking may not make much difference -- however, IMO, that depends on what sort of group it is.? Some here appear to view groups as sorta like social media.? But others of us have different uses.? Here's an example that I would guess doesn't match hardly anyone else's:
Many of the groups I am an owner of are "consciousness work" groups.? (These fall within the personal growth realm.)? Everything in that organization is considered an opportunity for growth and learning, whether it's supporting one's transformational work, being a team member, or stepping into a leadership role.? In such groups, it's energetically funky if someone who is a member of such a group isn't active (or even seen).? This even applies to our work teams.? (I won't go into how collective energetics works.)
And there's always the notion that the observer, merely by the act of observing, affects or alters the thing being observed.
So, depending on what sort of group it is, "silent viewing, non-viewing, and leaving the group" can all have different effects, regardless of whether you can perceive them.
Yours,
Cal
From: "Peter S. Shenkin via groups.io" <shenkin@...>
To: "GroupManagersForum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 2:36:57 PM
Subject: Re: [GMF] How do I know if a member is reading our content
On a group that I co-own, the founder was upset when someone who recently joined didn't contribute and was concerned that?he might not even be reading postings. In fact, I? pointed out to him that several people whom we both know who are experts in the subject matter monitor the group ("lurk", as one of them put it) but don't contribute. Somehow he didn't feel the same way about them.?
I really could not fathom why he was upset about this. If a lurker leaves, or a member doesn't even lurk, it doesn't make him more invisible. They don't?affect anything that?the active participants are doing. He eventually accepted my way of thinking.?
I can understand it better if it's a free group about to reach its 100-member limit,?or if there are enough silent participants to?seriously?affect the?membership charge for a large paid group. But aside from that, as far as I can see, silent viewing, non-viewing and leaving the group all have absolutely?no effect on?what active participants are doing and getting from the group. Someone said it's unfair if someone hangs around and doesn't read postings, but the original poster felt it was fair if they do read postings but don't contribute. I just don't see the difference.?
-P.
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