it is in one of the tabs almost all the time and I just hit refresh when I feel like reading something new or just checking how my comments are doing.
Poll: How often do you visit HN?
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#3210+ times a day? That seems an awful lot!
~8:20 am: Check HN on iPhone while getting ready for work. Make mental note of top stories.
9:00 am: Load HN in a tab at work
12:00 pm: Check HN before leaving for lunch. Usually a quick peruse as I finish up my tasks before my coworkers and I head out. Again, I take a mental note of the top stories of the day.
12:45 pm: Now that I'm back from lunch, I will read a few of the stories, sometimes leave a comment or two, before delving into my afternoon projects.
5:30 pm: Home from work! Time to check HN (and Reddit, etc).
So I guess that's five times per day, during the workday. When I get home, I easily refresh another five times.
But, hey, that must be awesome for pg's analytics, right?!
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#33I usually just pull it up on my phone a few times a day and bookmark relevant links to read later (Opera Mobile syncs with my desktop). It depends on how many times I am in a position to randomly check on my phone more than anything and it´s not too often that I get on from my computer.
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#34About 50 times a day, on bad days.
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#352 or 3 times a day. I am preparing exam now. After that, maybe 5 or more times~
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#36too much!!
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#37Am 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 coming from how some of us check HN. I'm actually reading an article only very rarely, and only commenting even more rarely. Usually it's just a quick skim of the headlines to see if anything interesting is happening in the world.
How many times do some of you glance out the window when you're sitting at your desk? More than 10?
Maybe a better analogy is: how many times do you glance at the clock? The clock is meaningless to your work, it's just a status update about your surroundings. Same thing, at least to me, about HN. It isn't about actually reading anything, it's just about getting a quick status update about what's going on.
I'd bet that >70% of my visits to HN are less than a minute long.
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#38In my case by following @newsyc20 on twitter amount of visits dropped sharply - but it is still high!
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#39It needs an option for "Way too much." Unless that's meant to be covered by 10+ times a day. It's time well spent though.
I don't see how HN 10 times a day could be considered time well spent. That's a LOT of interruptions. [disclosure: I picked 5-10 times a day]
You could set it as your browsers home page.
I mean mine is set to Google, but I could always just use the search bar.
Re: Poll: How often do you visit HN?
#40Am 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…
Yes, I contemplated using the amount of time users spent on HN rather than the number of sessions in this poll. However, the former is probably harder for users to estimate.