Read-only user
jargon
Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information.
See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
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