Poll: How often do you visit HN?

Post by solipsist » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 5:25 AM UTC

aero142 wrote: post #59

What I really want is to get the data from the server and compare the poll response with the actual number for each user. As in, "you reported that you check 1-5 times, but you average 12.7 on work days."

Post by forkrulassail » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 5:57 AM UTC

Post by jerf » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 6:00 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #60

roadnottaken wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is that surprising? Those options have the same frequency.

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Post by solipsist » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 6:17 AM UTC

jerf wrote: post #65

[deleted] wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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(roadnottaken's subtle point is that you have a typo in your first post when you compare the 1-5 times vs. the 5-1 times, missing zero.)

Post by nopinsight » Tue, Jan 11, 2011, 7:31 AM UTC

blhack wrote: post #37

Am I the only person that doesn't really think that 10 times is that much? It wouldn't surprise me if I check it more than 30 times on days that I check it a lot. Wake up and lay in bed for a few minutes...check HN. Waiting in line for coffee or something? Check HN... On hold on the phone? Check HN... Load HN on my computer and maybe skim an article or something... and so on. I think that the confusion might be comin…