commenters
Those who remark
Commenters are people who leave comments, especially on internet content.
The word appears almost exclusively in digital contexts—blog posts, news articles, social media, video platforms: The commenters were divided on whether the policy made sense.
A commenter may offer insight, criticism, or trolling, depending on the platform and topic.
Printed wall advertisements
- trollsDeliberate online agitators
- lurkersThose who observe unseen
- repliersThose who answer
- bloggersWeb content creators
vloggers · tweeters · users · subscribers · followers · participants · contributors · members
Discussion group members
- debatersThose who argue formally
- discussantsPeople engaged in dialogue
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- interlocutorsPeople talking together
respondents · contributors · participants · voices · speakers · pundits · talking heads · roundtable
Those who assess work
- punditsExpert commentators on affairs
- analystsThose who dissect data
- columnistsRegular opinion piece authors
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
assessors · detractors · naysayers · skeptics · judges · critics · scrutinizers · nitpickers
Those who broadcast views
- editorialistsWriters of opinion pieces
- voicesSounds producing speech
- perspectivesAttitudes toward situations
- viewpointsIndividual ways of thinking
takes · hot takes · remarks · observations · reactions · feedback · input · two cents
Those who peruse text
- viewersPeople who watch
- listenersThose who attend aurally
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- observersThose who watch events
followers · fans · subscribers · public · onlookers · witnesses · bystanders · lurkers
posters
Printed wall advertisements
bloggers · vloggers · tweeters · users · subscribers · followers · participants · contributors · members · forum
panelists
Discussion group members
- debatersThose who argue formally
- discussantsPeople engaged in dialogue
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
interlocutors · respondents · contributors · participants · voices · speakers · pundits · talking heads · roundtable · dialogue
reviewers
Those who assess work
- punditsExpert commentators on affairs
- analystsThose who dissect data
- columnistsRegular opinion piece authors
evaluators · assessors · detractors · naysayers · skeptics · judges · critics · scrutinizers · nitpickers · carpers
opinionators
Those who broadcast views
- editorialistsWriters of opinion pieces
- voicesSounds producing speech
- perspectivesAttitudes toward situations
viewpoints · takes · hot takes · remarks · observations · reactions · feedback · input · two cents · responses
readers
Those who peruse text
- viewersPeople who watch
- listenersThose who attend aurally
- spectatorsThose who observe events
observers · followers · fans · subscribers · public · onlookers · witnesses · bystanders · lurkers · gallery
- internet usersusers, browsers, surfers, daily users, power users
- fansfan, sports fan, superfan, superfans, die-hard fan
- readershipreaders, subscribers, audience, book readers, newspaper readers
commenterslurkers
Those who observe unseen
observers · bystanders · spectators · watchers · browsers
commenterscontent creators
People making online media
authors · publishers · bloggers · broadcasters · moderators
commentersbroadcasters
Those who transmit programming
speakers · presenters · hosts · moderators · curators