# How often do you check in at SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 16, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172 "2016-03-16T15:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/21 "2016-03-17T05:27:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m here so often, I should pay rent. I see that you are a charter member. You _are_ paying rent! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/22 "2016-03-17T06:27:48Z")
There are about four online socialising spots I visit each day, multiple times a day. Most of them are also based around info-tainment of some kind. Then there are a few that I participate in less frequently (weekly or so). Most of my internet entertainment involves the social side. I also will comment at some sites, including YouTube and Google+, and I’m a heavy Twitter user. Though I’m not on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/23 "2016-03-17T09:18:56Z")
Visit? A tab with SDMB is always open in my browser. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/24 "2016-03-17T12:12:04Z")
A little more often than I should. 🙂 Like many others, I check more often than I did before I owned a smartphone. I don’t mean to get scatological, but, well, you know…many a posting gets made while a certain daily “business” gets accomplished… ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/25 "2016-03-17T12:29:06Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > I typically only check in once every few months, but I’ve been a member for 13 years and have far too many posts, so I would think I would count. True dat. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/26 "2016-03-17T12:54:42Z")
I’m thinking of taking snapshots of the results every 100 responses or so as a reference for how this tally progresses. Since it’s staying open and late-comers can be in on it as we go along it ought to be helpful in whatever attempt(s) we make to see who all is really an “active member” of the board. That said, would anybody like to take a stab at when we will get to the 5,089 (or so) that the stats say are our Active Group? In our lifetime? Next month? For that matter, how many will have posted to the poll by the end of today? 🙂 I will probably not be around for the 24th hour of the poll (couple hours from now) so if anybody wants to do the grab at that time, it would be cool with me. 😉 ETA: We’re at 73 at this moment… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/27 "2016-03-17T13:26:29Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > Visit? A tab with SDMB is always open in my browser. Let’s put it this way - I don’t have the SDMB bookmarked. I don’t need to. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/28 "2016-03-17T13:53:52Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Let’s put it this way - I don’t have the SDMB bookmarked. I don’t need to. if you write the letter “B” on the browser’s address bar in any computer I used for longer than an hour you get “[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/)” ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/29 "2016-03-17T15:27:07Z")
I only sign-in if I’m going to post but I lurk several times a day, every day. ETA: If you’re my supervisor, I categorically deny everything. My workstation has been hacked. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/30 "2016-03-17T15:51:04Z")
24-hour snapshot: View Poll Results: How often do you check in at SDMB? ```auto more than once a day 61 73.49% once a day 15 18.07% more than once a week 5 6.02% once a week 0 0% more than once a month 1 1.20% once a month 0 0% more than once a year 1 1.20% once a year 0 0% other (please explain) 0 0% ``` Voters: 83 I’ll try to grab the 100 Voters point next. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/31 "2016-03-17T16:42:58Z")
Wait, where is the check multiple times every HOUR response? ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/32 "2016-03-17T17:09:28Z")
I’m in the “it depends” category, though I selected more than once per week. For me, it all depends on my workload. If things are quiet around the office, I’ll probably swing by here or one of my other regular online hangouts most days. If things are busy around the office, I can go weeks without a visit. I currently don’t have internet access at my house so I almost never visit outside business hours. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/33 "2016-03-17T17:13:09Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Wait, where is the check multiple times every HOUR response? Yeah. Short-sighted of me for sure. Sorry not to have all options covered better. I would certainly average over 10 times per day myself. What’s going to be fun at some point will be to look at people’s profiles and compare their **Posts Per Day: 5.16 (mine just now)** with how they have responded to this poll. 😃 To be fair though, in my case especially, that average is not telling the real story, because it includes periods of months in a row where I didn’t even log in! ETA: I just checked yours: **Posts Per Day: 1.95** See what I mean? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/34 "2016-03-17T17:26:30Z")
Hey, just because I don’t post doesn’t mean I’m not always watching wazowski…aaallllwaaayyysss waaaaatching ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/35 "2016-03-17T17:31:24Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Hey, just because I don’t post doesn’t mean I’m not always watching wazowski…aaallllwaaayyysss waaaaatching Good point. Wonder what it would take to add such a number to the **Profile** do-lolly… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/36 "2016-03-17T17:45:14Z")
On weekdays I practically live here: I check in several times a day, as part of mini mental breaks while I’m working or when things are quiet (yes, my boss knows; no, she doesn’t care). Evenings and weekends, though, I rarely visit. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/37 "2016-03-17T22:54:21Z")
Several times a day, except when traveling with poor access. I love the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/38 "2016-03-17T23:37:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 24-hour snapshot: > > View Poll Results: How often do you check in at SDMB? > > ```auto > > more than once a day 61 73.49% > once a day 15 18.07% > more than once a week 5 6.02% > once a week 0 0% > more than once a month 1 1.20% > once a month 0 0% > more than once a year 1 1.20% > once a year 0 0% > other (please explain) 0 0% > > ``` > > Voters: 83 > > I’ll try to grab the 100 Voters point next. I’m afraid I might miss the 100th Voter, so here’s where things stand at 99: ======================================================= View Poll Results: How often do you check in at SDMB? ```auto more than once a day 74 74.75% once a day 16 16.16% more than once a week 7 7.07% once a week 0 0% more than once a month 1 1.01% once a month 0 0% more than once a year 1 1.01% once a year 0 0% other (please explain) 0 0% ``` Voters: 99 ========================================================= ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/39 "2016-03-17T23:45:52Z")
I just knew it would happen! :o So here’s the breakdown at 100: ===================================== View Poll Results: How often do you check in at SDMB? ```auto more than once a day AHunter3, Alessan, Arrogance Ex Machina, bibliophage, BigT, Blackstock, blondebear, burpo the wonder mutt, Buttercup Smith, Chefguy, crowmanyclouds, DCnDC, ddsun, Dr. Drake, dracoi, duality72, Duckster, Ethilrist, FairyChatMom, Frodo, G0sp3l, Grrr!, GuanoLad, Happy Lendervedder, Hari Seldon, harmonicamoon, Heracles, Idle Thoughts, Iggy, iiandyiiii, ISiddiqui, Jack Batty, JKellyMap, JohnGalt, kayT, Knorf, koeeoaddi, kopek, Listycake, Little Nemo, Mind's Eye, Watering, Misnomer, mistymage, Mona Lott, N9IWP, Nefario, Nelson Pike, not what you'd expect, Princhester, Procrustus, pseudograph, Qadgop the Mercotan, RealityChuck, Rhiannon8404, Richard Pearse, Sahirrnee, samclem, SCAdian, silenus, Sir T-Cups, Sofrito, spamforbrains, SpoilerVirgin, standingwave, Suburban Plankton, Tabby_Cat, The Stainless Steel Rat, ThelmaLou, thelurkinghorror, Trinopus, Twoflower, WordMan, XT, Zeldar, ZipperJJ 75 75.00% once a day Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor, DrumBum, Freddy the Pig, Graymalkin, guestchaz, Helena330, Hook, Larry Borgia, Mr Downtown, NeonMadman, Periwinkle, running coach, sandra_nz, snowthx, TheChileanBlob, urban1a 16 16.00% more than once a week carnut, Der Trihs, Enright3, jerseymule, Mithrander, Mr. Accident, Roland Orzabal 7 7.00% once a week 0 0% more than once a month GreenElf 1 1.00% once a month 0 0% more than once a year Ephemera 1 1.00% once a year 0 0% other (please explain) 0 0% ``` Voters: 100 ===================================== ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172/40 "2016-03-18T00:28:14Z")
For Dopers who have more than a passing interest in board/membership statistics, and who may be unaware of this other thread, I’d like to direct your attention to =========================================== > **[Another look at "active users" at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632686)** > > Rather than add more complications to the current thread What happened to some of the more prominent posters? which was started 11-19-2011, 10:30 PM by Uncommon Sense – and to which I contributed this post, this post, this post, and this post – I’ve... Another look at “active users” at SDMB 11-26-2011, 01:01 AM Zeldar #126 03-17-2016, 06:56 PM Zeldar ============================================ And specifically to these posts: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19188846&postcount=124](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19188846&postcount=124) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19189285&postcount=125](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19189285&postcount=125) Please add your ideas and wish list to that thread for **Voyager** to add to a Do List. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-in-at-sdmb/749172.md?page=3)