How much time do you spend on the Internet

[Katie77]

I dont know if there has been a similar poll to this before, if there has, maybe its time to have another poll on the subject.

[Lynne]

Hey there, Sue!  This is a good poll!

My stats say I have spent almost 99 days online, so I'm closing in on 100, which I'd hoped I'd reach by my third BetterMost anniversary, but I didn't quite make it.

I voted 1-3 hours/day, though there have been 16 hour days online as well as a week or more that I disappear, or at least don't post.

It really depends a lot on what's going on in my life - especially work - and my mood.  I've had jobs that took very little of my concentration, so it was easy to check in frequently throughout the day.  At the moment, I feel like work is much more challenging, so I typically only check in once from work and then spend a few hours online in the evening.

In addition to BetterMost, I've recently started participating on Facebook, which I'm enjoying.  Usually I have BBM Radio or www.pandora.com playing music in the background whenever I'm online.

My only other online activity is checking emails, which I'm really bad about, primarily because I usually first see emails on my Blackberry.  I frequently read them and forget them unless it's something very crucial that requires an immediate response.  I should try to do better in this regard.

PMs here or Facebook messages are definitely the best way to get in touch with me.

[Brown Eyes]

Are these hours per week?  Anyway, I spend hours an hours.

[injest]

I refuse to answer on grounds it may incriminate me.

[Lynne]

Are these hours per week?  Anyway, I spend hours an hours.

I interpreted it as hours per day, but I don't know what Sue intended...

 

I checked my posts and I post 5.15 posts per day...It's kinda a goal of mine to average 5 posts per day, but as I said before, some days I fall way  short and others I post like a maniac.  I think that my non-posting or absent days can mostly be accounted for because I work at a computer for a living.  Sometimes enough is enough.

 

It's a shame that our stats feature doesn't give an average of time online per active day...you could compute time online per membership days if you wanted...I like the graph of my activity hours...apparently the only times I'm relatlively quiet is between 4 and 7 am.

 

I refuse to answer on grounds it may incriminate me.

I think most of us are incriminated by this one.

[Katie77]

Yes I did mean hours per day, and have changed the poll to state that now.

Yes, I agree, I do feel guilty at times when I end up sitting here for the most part of the day and sometimes into the night.

The good thing is, if I cant sleep, I can always find something to do on the net.

The first thing I do when I wake up, is turn my computer on, and while it is going thru the motions of getting itself organised, I make myself a cup of tea, then sit down with a ciggie, my cuppa and my laptop.

Emails first......I check them every day, so I only have new ones. Most are just funny jokes that people send me.

Then I go to the news page and read the latest news headlines.

I keep Bettermost for last, because I know once I come in here, I could be here for hours. Because I am asleep when a lot of the activity is going on here, there are usually lots of replies to my posts, and lots of posts since last visit. So that keeps me busy just reading. Some I reply to straight away, and some I keep for later to reply to.

In the middle of all that, I play poker tournaments on AOL....not real money ones, just fake money, but I enjoy them. I sometimes flick from poker to Bettermost, if the poker is moving a bit slow and do the two at once.

I go back to my emails throughout the day to see if there are any new ones, also check the news regularly, also check my bank account, pay bills etc.

My AOL instant message with my buddy list comes up automatically when I log in, so I regularly get a friend on there, buzz me and we have a chat, or if I see someone online on my list, I buzz them.

I go from Bettermost, to poker, to emails continually throught the day. If I am sitting down at home, I always have my lap top on my lap. If I'm not sitting down I am doing chores around the house.

I am registered with Facebook but dont go into it unless I get an alert telling me that someone has written to me.

So I guess my vote up top there will be over 8 hours a day, but maybe I am kidding myself, because I know that some days, I spend much more.

[CellarDweller]

I picked 4-6 hours a day.  That includes time a work between actually working.   

[min]

I picked 1 to 3 hours per day not at work, but sometimes it can be more.  There are cases in NZ of people getting fired for using the internet at work too much for personal reasons during worktime.  They can be pretty strict here.

[Katie77]

This is for Jess....who will not disclose her internet habits.........

[Katie77]

I picked 1 to 3 hours per day not at work, but sometimes it can be more.  There are cases in NZ of people getting fired for using the internet at work too much for personal reasons during worktime.  They can be pretty strict here.

I have often wondered how many paid work hours are spent on the internet for personal reasons. I know I get several emails from people while they are at work, I have played poker on the net with people who are at work, and I know even here on Bettermost, people click in while they are at work.

It must amount to millions of hours a year.