# How often do you post on Facebook each day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412 "2014-02-03T14:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/21 "2014-02-03T17:11:39Z")
I check FB once or twice a day when I’m online anyway but I update my status only once every three months or so. I’ve blocked the ‘friends’ who post constantly about mundane stuff or overtly political crap but I have some friends who post everyday who tend to share interesting content. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/22 "2014-02-03T18:58:45Z")
I love how these threads get progressively more and more hipstery, the further they go along. “I post a couple times a day.” “I post once a month, TOPS. If I even remember that I have an account.” “I can’t even remember the last time I posted. I only log on to Facebook to mock the plebeian lives of my friends and relatives.” “I don’t even have an account, and if I did, I would not post on it.” “I’ve never even heard of Facetube. What’s a bookface?” “I don’t even use the Internet. I communicate using sticks and rocks.” “I try to use no more than two stick-and-rock messages per week.” I think the winner is the person who reveals that they have no communication with other human beings whatsoever, in any format. ---
**Author:** ![Weeping\_Wyvern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/23 "2014-02-03T19:02:58Z")
I go on Facebook quite often, but I’ve only made one status update since Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/24 "2014-02-03T19:06:00Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I love how these threads get progressively more and more hipstery, the further they go along. > > “I post a couple times a day.” > > “I post once a month, TOPS. If I even remember that I have an account.” > > “I can’t even remember the last time I posted. I only log on to Facebook to mock the plebeian lives of my friends and relatives.” > > “I don’t even have an account, and if I did, I would not post on it.” > > “I’ve never even heard of Facetube. What’s a bookface?” > > “I don’t even use the Internet. I communicate using sticks and rocks.” > > “I try to use no more than two stick-and-rock messages per week.” > > I think the winner is the person who reveals that they have no communication with other human beings whatsoever, in any format. 😃 (does a smilie face count as social communication?) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/25 "2014-02-03T19:23:02Z")
I didn’t vote because I fall into the zero to 1 category. Personal updates probably once a week or so. Usually trying to say something amusing with occasional success. I’ll share interesting articles I found slightly more frequently. Sometimes with comment sometimes without. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/26 "2014-02-03T19:57:41Z")
I put 1-2 times/ day, but I’m including hitting “Like” on other people’s stuff. For myself, it goes in spurts depending on how busy or bored I am. Once a week is average, I’d guess. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/27 "2014-02-03T20:05:37Z")
I put in zero, since it’s maybe a post or two a month. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/28 "2014-02-03T21:10:34Z")
I voted 1-2 which is true most days. Sometimes i might go a few days without posting anything. but other days i might post 3-5 times. As i’ve said in another thread about facebook, in my circle of friends i would say it is our primary means of communication/way of pulling together plans or parties. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I love how these threads get progressively more and more hipstery, the further they go along. I don’t even own a computer or smartphone. All the money i save can be put toward more scarves & mustache wax. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/29 "2014-02-03T21:25:53Z")
I average less than once a day. I’m of the theory that facebook is for making others jealous so I only post when I have something interesting that I’ve done or made. I just block people who blather all the time. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/30 "2014-02-03T21:47:26Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > 😃 > > (does a smilie face count as social communication?) No. It just encourages people to talk to you. I limit my interactions with people to: :mad: :rolleyes: and :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/31 "2014-02-03T22:09:21Z")
I post on average once or twice a week. Some days I’m feeling especially creative and let loose 3-4 posts. I “like” things 3-4 times a day probably. I log onto facebook constantly though. Probably a good 4-5 cumulative hrs a day. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/32 "2014-02-03T22:37:21Z")
_Maybe_ once a week, typically in response to something one of my sisters said. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/33 "2014-02-03T23:54:49Z")
Just about once every blue moon, I think. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/34 "2014-02-04T00:06:26Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I love how these threads get progressively more and more hipstery, the further they go along. > > “I post a couple times a day.” > > “I post once a month, TOPS. If I even remember that I have an account.” > > “I can’t even remember the last time I posted. I only log on to Facebook to mock the plebeian lives of my friends and relatives.” > > “I don’t even have an account, and if I did, I would not post on it.” > > “I’ve never even heard of Facetube. What’s a bookface?” > > “I don’t even use the Internet. I communicate using sticks and rocks.” > > “I try to use no more than two stick-and-rock messages per week.” > > I think the winner is the person who reveals that they have no communication with other human beings whatsoever, in any format. I post a lot here, but I’ve never used either Facebook or Twitter (and I’ve never sent a text either :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/35 "2014-02-04T03:03:44Z")
Does it count if I respond to stuff people put on my wall? If not, then over the past year, about 1/183rd of a post per day (i.e., I’ve made two posts). One was to thank people for wishing me a happy birthday, and one was to post my picture with Ke$ha. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/36 "2014-02-04T04:23:52Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > No. It just encourages people to talk to you. I limit my interactions with people to: > > :mad: > :rolleyes: > and > :smack: I’m very tempted to buy the mug on thinkgeek that says: You read my mug. That’s enough social interaction for today. I post somewhere between once a month and once a day. It’s definitely lessened as facebook has started leaning on the developer of my preferred facebook modifier to make it less effective and therefore less useful to me. I also have moved to some extent to tumblr. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/37 "2014-02-04T06:36:58Z")
I said 1-2. If something amusing happens, I might post about it. I will post funny CTA pictures that I take, or a video here and there, usually of a cat at the shelter, but sometimes mine at home. If something really annoying happens, I might gripe about it on FB, or if people might find something useful, I’ll post that. I get into conversations occasionally, generating 20-30 entries under one post - like a Super Bowl conversation last night about the recloseable Bud Light bottles. [Here’s the kitten video I posted from work tonight.](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=624632377572453&l=19140390305057971) Anyone can see this regardless of account. He’s been loose in the office for about a week and I just discovered that he fetches. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/38 "2014-02-04T20:15:52Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I love how these threads get progressively more and more hipstery, the further they go along. > > “I post a couple times a day.” > > “I post once a month, TOPS. If I even remember that I have an account.” > > “I can’t even remember the last time I posted. I only log on to Facebook to mock the plebeian lives of my friends and relatives.” > > “I don’t even have an account, and if I did, I would not post on it.” > > “I’ve never even heard of Facetube. What’s a bookface?” > > “I don’t even use the Internet. I communicate using sticks and rocks.” > > “I try to use no more than two stick-and-rock messages per week.” > > I think the winner is the person who reveals that they have no communication with other human beings whatsoever, in any format. Particularly when it’s all happening on a message board, which is really just Facebook with strangers and no puppy pictures. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/39 "2014-02-04T21:14:57Z")
I post a lot, but don’t have any rules for myself. So one day I might post 5-6 times in a few hours if I’m sitting at home alone and I’ve read some interesting stuff I feel like talking about, other days I post once or twice or just share a funny picture, some days I don’t post at all. When I’m busy or on vacation I don’t have any motivation to interact with FB, but during a normal week I spend a lot of time bored at work. Whatever I put up is something I find funny or interesting, I don’t get people who post boring personal details all the time with ‘drinking x beer’ or ‘gym time’ or ‘my day was bad’. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412/40 "2014-02-04T21:42:08Z")
Sometimes I go a week or two without posting a status…and sometimes I post 2 or 3 a day…although it’s usually things I’m doing (like saying what game I’m playing or show I’m watching) or meandering thoughts about something that has currently happened newswise. Average, I’d say I make a status a day or every other day, maybe. Apologizes to **MsWhatsit, Suburban Plankton, Rhiannon8404, storyteller, IvoryTowerDenizen, and Inner Stickler** , who are all FB friends of mine and probably have me hidden by now on there. : p [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412.md?page=3)