#Lurking, or passive observation, is a valuable form of #SocialMedia participation.

The current changes at #Twitter / X and elsewhere reinforce #privilege, as not everyone can afford a subscription. Moreover, restrictions on reading and the unavailability of #free tools have further limited lurking.

The future of #academic social media relies on platforms that prioritize and facilitate lurking as a central part of the #onlineCommunity.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2023/08/18/building-an-alternative-to-academic-twitter-relies-on-centring-the-experiences-of-lurkers/
#Monetisation #API

#eris #lurking #health #auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-10/covid-variant-eris-eg51-in-australia-symptoms-cases-vaccines/102707970?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abc_news_newsmail_pm_sfmc&utm_term=&utm_id=2180631&sfmc_id=223395461

@jgordon They saved the best until last... #lurking

From what I have gathered in #lurking, it is also proper etiquette to introduce your #catsofmastadon very shortly after yourself. So I shall do exactly that in this thread.

new here to Mastodon. #lurking

I've been #lurking for a few days trying to figure this whole #Mastodon thing, because before this week it was a metal band in my world. Since im on a book server lets start with #whatimreading #TimeAfterTime , #JackTheRipper, #HGWells and his #TimeMachine... what could possibly wrong? ABC canceled the TV series so I guess I have to read the book for my ending. :0)

#ArtMatters - Please share art with the world

ART🌻 HANG IT, WEAR IT, SIT ON IT

Stormy weather is here - dark really fast today....thinking of this painting with the darkness

"DISTANT SHADOWS"

Have A Look : https://lynnie-lang.pixels.com/featured/distant-shadows-black-and-white-abstract-painting-collage-art-lynnie-lang.html

Hope I #MadeYouSmile

#MastoArt #mastodon #art #artistsonmastodon #artist #abstract #abstractart #prints #painting #fediart #AYearForArt #storms #rain #weather #staysafe #darkness #shadows #lurking

@maitriearthfire

You said it!
Oops 😊😇🤣 … #ME2

Shhh! ain't silence but silencing 🤐🤷🏾🫣

#lurking ain't silence but hidden fear

#silentsunday is a happy new yeah baby!

An unherd shout #Spirited Peeps :ablobcatwave:

📿🧿🪬🪅🪄🖤💔❤️‍🔥:ablobwave: :hearthands: :blobthanks: :blobcatmeltlove:

#Newprofile #Lurking #starter

#Newprofile #Lurking #starter

@svsalon

I was stalked thru the #interweb for years … years. They were just mad and lonely but some things can not be helped through the net. yes I would suggest an avatar. :blobcoffee: :rust: 🤭🪷🦞

Now that I am thinking of taking up #Stalking #Lurking and #Trolling as new yearly revolutions … maybe I should not be so helpful …

ah well … #MustDryHarder :fedi: :ablobwave: :hearthands: :thisisfine:

I won’t be posting much, if at all, on this site. I’m here to read and learn. I left #TheBirdSite last year, fed up with seeing all the vitriol being flung far and wide. I came here out of curiosity, stayed because I’m now able to calmly read about current events from many viewpoints. Also for cat and dog pics, parody and humor. #lurking #likes #boosting

Beware, you are being watched from above. #lookup #cat #catsofmastodon #lurking #blackcats

More and more I use #Mastodon, the more I get it. I've never been trying to get popular on #socialmedia, just responding to people in comments and mostly never posting and just #lurking. Mastodon is kind of a distilled version of that, where I can just talk to people without trying to get #popular. The people I talk to tend to be the same way.

There's not a lot of #clout to chase on here for the attention seekers. That's what makes it genuine.

Suuuuuper simple basic #script to get rid of those nasty .DS_Store #files we always find #lurking around our #filesystem on #Linux because of #Windows :blobcatknife:

Sometime #code doesn’t need to be long and complicated to do the job. But you #free to build on.

https://github.com/FraYoshi/fura-utils/blob/main/bin/fura-dsstore-remove.sh

Just realized I've been #lurking and not posting anything. I'm an observer. Sitting back and watching is what I do best.

@anniegibson77 has joined #NanaimoGang and is #lurking in the shadows.

@ryn
@KaliKatz
@ginasmexican

#Nanaimo

set up a listener, a webserver, a collaborator instance, whatever, grep access logs or what have you for user agent strings matching /http\.rb.+Mastodon\/[\d.]+/

update your profile with a url pointing to your listener and wait.

from mastodon import Mastodon
import mastodon
import json
class StreamListener(mastodon.StreamListener):
        def on_update(self, status):
                print(json.dumps(status, indent=4, sort_keys=True, default=str))
m = Mastodon(
        access_token = "",
        api_base_url = "https://<server>"
)
listener = StreamListener()
m.stream_public(listener) # no creds required for public timeline
#m.stream_local(listener)
#m.stream_user(listener)
#m.stream_hashtag("#hiddenhashtags", listener)

• public timeline, no authentication required
  curl -X GET -sS "https://<server>/api/v1/streaming/public"

• local timeline, use token
  curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>" -sS "https://<server>/api/v1/streaming/public"