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How many minutes or hours a day do you spend on DU? (Original Post) trumad Oct 2015 OP
Going in waves for me too! leftofcool Oct 2015 #1
So what do you think--30 min? 1 hour? trumad Oct 2015 #3
I am going to go for the 1 hour. leftofcool Oct 2015 #4
Some days a lot madokie Oct 2015 #2
Some days too much. Got to get busy, see ya! B Calm Oct 2015 #5
Rarely underpants Oct 2015 #6
Snarf trumad Oct 2015 #8
Good underpants Oct 2015 #12
Getting old. trumad Oct 2015 #13
Yeah, but it beats the alternative underpants Oct 2015 #15
Are you kidding? I live here. NV Whino Oct 2015 #7
About an hour, most days. femmocrat Oct 2015 #9
ummm...let's see now... PearliePoo2 Oct 2015 #10
I don't have cable and I took the satellite dish down and I'm retired tularetom Oct 2015 #11
I used to spend a lot. Now probably 15 minutes. Too much poo flinging. nolabear Oct 2015 #14
Depends: I only have a desktop PC, no laptops or smartphone Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #16
I am amazed at the number of posts some users have. 30,000 or more vinny9698 Oct 2015 #17
Close to 40 grand--- trumad Oct 2015 #18
I've got 40,000+ over 11 years, Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #21
Quite a lot, Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #19
Depends. On a slow work day, close to 8 hours. KamaAina Oct 2015 #20
I'd guess an hour more or less. phylny Oct 2015 #22
About an hour a day on the weekday. Nothing on the weekends. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #23

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
1. Going in waves for me too!
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 09:57 AM
Oct 2015

Have to fit DU n between the art work, campaigning, meetings, raking leaves, the dog, the husband, charity work etc..........

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. Some days a lot
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 09:58 AM
Oct 2015

some days hardly any. Most days some though

Where else can I get a pulse on what’s happening?

underpants

(182,721 posts)
6. Rarely
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 10:10 AM
Oct 2015


Actually I hired an intern to update whenever I awake in the night. It usually goes something like this:

"Okay, 1/2 support Hillary and 1/2 support Bernie. Something happened and there were 27 separate threads about it. You had 4 jury alerts."

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
10. ummm...let's see now...
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 10:41 AM
Oct 2015

The answer would be hours!
When I'm home and not at work or not outside, my computer is ALWAYS on.
I shit-canned my TV and sat. dish years ago, so all my news and current events info comes from either the internet or Sirius XM radio.
I always have two DU tabs open: "Latest Threads" and "Greatest Threads".
I have at least 4 to 5 other tabs going at all times too. Weather, local news, a couple of Facebook pages, some science sites and various other stuff I'm interested in.
If the power goes out or my computer goes down, I am in a real, real bad way!

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
11. I don't have cable and I took the satellite dish down and I'm retired
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 10:43 AM
Oct 2015

How else am I going to find out what's happening?

DU is my source for news so I'm here for maybe an hour or so every day.

More if something interesting is going on.

nolabear

(41,956 posts)
14. I used to spend a lot. Now probably 15 minutes. Too much poo flinging.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 11:38 AM
Oct 2015

I like debate and conversation. The invective is toxic.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
16. Depends: I only have a desktop PC, no laptops or smartphone
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 01:59 PM
Oct 2015

During the workweek, maybe 45 minutes/day

Days off, more. anywhere from 2 or 3 hours/day.

vinny9698

(1,016 posts)
17. I am amazed at the number of posts some users have. 30,000 or more
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 02:33 PM
Oct 2015

I wonder how long will it take to get into the 30K Club, users with over 30,000 posts?

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
21. I've got 40,000+ over 11 years,
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:30 PM
Oct 2015

but a lot of those are in the photo group, or "kick" during the contests. Since Sarah Palin dropped out of the picture, I hardly ever start threads. Unfortunately, I was kind of the resident SP expert in 2008.

phylny

(8,375 posts)
22. I'd guess an hour more or less.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:43 PM
Oct 2015

I have a routine

I click through and look at "My Subscriptions" and clear them, then I click on "General Discussion" and click on the posts that interest me, then I read from there.

More info than you wanted, I know

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
23. About an hour a day on the weekday. Nothing on the weekends.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:46 PM
Oct 2015

About an hour a day on the weekday, collectively-- throughout the course of the day rather than all in one bunch. Never on the weekends. Explains my (relatively) low-post count for having been here since 2001.

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