As of December 17, 2019, Lurkmore contained over 9000 articles. It was one of the most popular humor and internet meme-related websites on the Russian internet, and as of Feb 2024, (the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine), the website's content is no longer available with only a black screen covering all its pages. Recently, the phrase "остановите войну", which translates to "stop the war" in Russian, written in blue and yellow (the colors of Ukraine's national flag), was added to the top of the black screen.

In 2025, when I tried opening the website, it was getting blocked by popular anti-virus software.

1. Content and Style

Lurkmore was started as a knowledge base of internet memes centered on 2ch.ru, the first popular Russian-language imageboard. With time, the project evolved to encompass the broader Runet subculture. It has been called an "informal encyclopedia" about everything. Currently, Lurkmore comprises a wide range of articles, but a considerable share of them are still about Russian internet culture.

Lurkmore articles use a distinctive style, distinguishing themselves with a general informality, semi-seriousness, sarcasm, the free use of foul language, and impudence, as well as by sharp criticism of the shortcomings of the considered phenomena. The articles are also characterized by a specific slang —"lurkoyaz" (луркояз)—consisting of Internet slang, assorted words used by padonki and Kashchenists, and Lurkmore's neologisms.

2. Rules and Policies

The entire text of the Lurkmore policies page reads as follows;

Our rules are very simple and comprehensible;

• Everything for the Lulz
• But facts come before the lulz
• Do not lie
• Be yourself
• The Creator of the Internet is always right

3. Audience

A remarkable feature of the project is the concealment of IP addresses of anonymous participants in the editing history of articles for all users except administrators. The inscription of "Anonimus" is displayed instead of an IP address. The registered participants have a flag of the autoconfirmed participant and also have an opportunity to leave any editing not under the name, and anonymously.

4. Fleeting block in Russia

On 11 November 2012, the IP address of Lurkmore was added to the Russian Internet Blacklist by a decision of the Russian Federal Surveillance for Mass Media and Communications, making it inaccessible to most Russian ISPs. 

A "lurkmore.to" owner told journalists that he had not received any communication from Roskomnadzor or the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia before the IP address was blacklisted. "Lurkmore.to" was removed from the blacklist on 13 November 2012 after the website administrators deleted two marijuana-related articles. In 2015 Homak declared on his Facebook profile that the project will be frozen and become a "culture memorial" due to increasing pressure from Roskomnadzor and other law enforcement agencies, and he left Russia due to general development of situation in the country.