# How much do you read the board - according to Discourse? Bragging allowed **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320 "2021-02-20T00:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/1 "2021-02-20T00:45:21Z")
One of the philosophies of Discourse is that reading the forum is important to the health of the community. If people only posted and didn’t read, there probably wouldn’t be as much activity overall. One of the metrics that Discourse logs is how much you read the board. To find this, go to your icon in the top right corner, hit the icon that looks like a person on the top right of that menu, then select summary. On that menu, you’ll see your read time stats. Mine says 12d read time 4d recent read time 2.5k topics viewed 40.4k posts read While I’m not exactly sure how this is calculated, it looks like an interesting metric. Your turn. How many posts have you read? (people can see your choice) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/1))_ Feel free to brag. . . or not. Now when people say they’re lurking, you can see if they really were. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/2 "2021-02-20T00:50:08Z")
169K posts read, 3.3K days visited. Holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/3 "2021-02-20T00:57:00Z")
- 995 days visited - 11d read time - 3d recent read time - 3.1k topics viewed - 77.1k posts read I’m pretty confident I haven’t actually read 77,000 posts. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/4 "2021-02-20T00:59:23Z")
38.9K posts read. That can’t be right. Also 93 topics created. Definitely not right. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/5 "2021-02-20T01:00:33Z")
- 2.5k days visited - 13d read time - 4d recent read time - 9.6k topics viewed - 112k posts read ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/6 "2021-02-20T01:00:46Z")
Yeah I’m curious about that counter. Says here I’ve read 96.0k posts in 10 days’ reading time. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/7 "2021-02-20T01:03:36Z")
custom user title checks out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/8 "2021-02-20T01:08:39Z")
6.7k days visited 26d read time 5d recent read time 39.9k topics viewed 164k posts read 1.6k topics created 88.8k posts created An hour here. A decade there. It adds up. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/9 "2021-02-20T01:15:16Z")
A decade or two. But who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/10 "2021-02-20T01:38:25Z")
1.2k days visited 6d read time 4d recent read time 3.3k topics viewed 34.4k posts read 50 topics created 6.3k posts created I can barely remember any topics I created, I’m surprised it’s more than half a dozen. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/11 "2021-02-20T01:42:44Z")
- 17d read time - 4d recent read time - 9.6k topics viewed - 85.2k posts read …I may need to re-evaluate how I spend my time. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/12 "2021-02-20T01:47:52Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I may need to re-evaluate how I spend my time. If people ever ask me how I spent my time during the lockdown, I will point them to the post I wrote earlier today in which I spent eight paragraphs discussing the meanings and connotations of a single word. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/13 "2021-02-20T01:54:48Z")
3.6k days visited 18d read time 4d recent read time 15.9k topics viewed 111k posts read 517 topics created 32.1k posts created _Tagged over 1000 threads_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/14 "2021-02-20T02:08:14Z")
114K posts read. I actually thought it would be higher. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/15 "2021-02-20T02:23:22Z")
2.2k days visited 25d read time 5d recent read time 6.5k topics viewed 91.0k posts read 35 topics created 6.0k posts created Just shy of being in the top category ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/16 "2021-02-20T02:23:29Z")
41.8K read (3 of them were really good). 18.3 created. 4.9K days visited. 1 bookmark. Wonder what that was. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/17 "2021-02-20T02:28:34Z")
It looks like I should have added finer gradations between 50k and 100k, but I had no idea how this was going to go. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > 41.8K read (3 of them were really good). Which ones were they? /s > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > 1 bookmark. Wonder what that was. You can check it out by hitting the bookmark looking icon which is two icons over to the left of the person looking icon that you hit to check the stats. Or maybe it’s best not to know. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/18 "2021-02-20T02:33:39Z")
- 2.7k days visited - 17d read time - 3d recent read time - 27.0k topics viewed - 139k posts read That’s what it says, but I don’t recall reading any of those posts. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/19 "2021-02-20T02:44:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > 169K posts read, 3.3K days visited. Holy crap. You’re still in the lead! . . . of the people who posted in the thread so far. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320/20 "2021-02-20T02:51:56Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > You’re still in the lead! . . . of the people who posted in the thread so far. I think it must be including activity from the old board; 3300 days is just over 9 years, and we’ve only had Discourse for, what, 8 months? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-read-the-board-according-to-discourse-bragging-allowed/933320.md?page=2)