I used to spend more, but I'm trying to wean myself off it. The problem is there's a lot of interesting stuff on here.
Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
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Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#22Other than the karma requirement for downvoting, are any HN algorithms driven by karma scores? I don't know what karma gets you here.
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#23I just buy my karma from dang. YC is obviously having some hard times at the moment so it's a win-win really.
You are obviously getting ripped off, you should be able to strike a better deal. I know you can if you use the right words.
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#24I’m curious what the distribution of karma is on HN, but I haven’t bothered to write a polite scraping method of reading through user’s profiles to grab counts that’s only a little more GET-y than just a human reading HN yet. I’ve been curious about this for a long time though, already having pulled statistics like distributions of GitHub followers and stargazers.
> a polite scraping method
Shouldn't be needed, there's an API.
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#25About 5 minutes * 20 times a day * 10+ years.
I mostly use HN when I'm waiting for things (meetings, people, test runs, etc.) I pretend to myself that this is actually improving my productivity.
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#2622k, been here since 08. a lot of of that karma in the last 7 years though. Sometimes I could be on here for an hour or so, sometimes will go weeks without doing so much as checking once a day.
It's probably directly related to how busy I am, or how interesting the project I'm on is.
Ultimately though I get far more out of HN than I put in. I've worked from home, for myself, for most of the last 10 years. HN has been my connection with with wider tech wold, and an opportunity to talk about things I'm interested in that I would be hard pressed to find people to talk to about in the local Pub.
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#27Submission karma >>>> comment karma, I've only ever submitted 4 articles, one hit it big, and it's a third of my karma
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#28I just buy my karma from dang. YC is obviously having some hard times at the moment so it's a win-win really.
Maybe YC should launch dangcoin...
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#29Posting - maybe 5 mins a day. Reading perhaps 20. Many days zero.
It’s a 2010 account though so many years of light activity really
Re: Ask HN: For users with 10k+ karma, how much time do you spend on HN?
#305.6k karma (so I don't qualify), but I thought it'd be interesting for comparison.
My karma is exclusively from comments. There is no continuity, but I'd say I spent 15 minutes/day in average.
15 minutes per day spent in thoughtful and respectful (as possible :)) arguments, which is part of the HN culture, is some of the most productive time I ever spend.
I don't spend time reading articles in realtime - I store the most interesting from an RSS feed, and read them asynchronously; I don't consider this HN time.