# How much time do you spend on the SDMB every day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888 "2003-05-03T19:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/21 "2003-05-05T06:34:57Z")
I’d say four hours a day. Longer on days when I don’t have much to do. The SDMB has become my primary source of entertainment and information, equivalent to most people’s reliance on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Mgcklmoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Mgcklmoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mgcklmoon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/22 "2003-05-05T07:24:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*No one has posted who is here more than me, but possibly no-one will so… > > \*\* 7 hours\*\* :eek: :eek: Well, I must admit - I beat you. At least on workdays. Or nights I should say. I work 11 hour shifts monitering phone lines for a call center. Most of the time I am on Graveyard shift. I can spend 8 hours off and on reading and laughing and crying and ranting with the posters on SDMB while I wait for my phones to ring. I don’t post much, because I feel like I am still a newbie and would rather be thought a fool than to post something stupid and remove all doubt.😉 Since finding this board, I no longer feel quite so lonely at night, just watching the posts go by. On my off days, I will check in from 20 minutes - 2 or 3 hours a day depending if my husband is in the mood for gaming or just in the mood! ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/23 "2003-05-05T10:41:37Z")
Normally (last couple months), about 1-2 hours. However at this very moment, I am on an 8 hour SDMB crack binge, which is way more than I’ve ever spent browsing in a contiguous period, and I think I need to stop while I still can, or at least before the sun comes up. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/24 "2003-05-05T12:13:39Z")
During exams (that is, now) I have it running in the background all day (from when I get up, about 8am, til I go to bed, midnightish). During term, I check when I get up, at lunch time, and do a solid hour or three in the evening. I don’t watch TV, except ER. This isn’t my social life, but a pleasant addition- I talk to people by IM and we send each other threads that made us laugh/wince. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/25 "2003-05-05T17:04:22Z")
About 2 hours, off and on several times a day. Unless I am having a SDMB crack binge like **neuroman** mentioned above. Those binges are few and far between for me and what usually triggers that binge are threads like, “Funniest thread/post/link/website” or “Threadspotting”. I’m totally addicted though–MPSIMS is my homepage on IE. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/26 "2003-05-05T20:52:08Z")
About an hour. Two if I’m really bored. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888/27 "2003-05-06T03:25:34Z")
I used to spend a lot of time reading the boards when I first registered here, back a few years ago when my job was pretty slow. Now, I rarely make it here during the day. I probably spend about 30 minutes or so at home reading threads most nights. But I’m not addicted to it like I used to be. Some nights though, especially if the board is moving quickly, I’ll spend a couple hours here after the kids go to bed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-the-sdmb-every-day/172888.md?page=1)