# List your top ten internet uses here **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398 "2001-05-24T19:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/1 "2001-05-24T19:38:58Z")
# 10 games # 9 cyber # 8 downloading files # 7 weather news # 6 entertainment news # 5 internet dating # 4 research # 3 Web surfing # 2 Straight Dope Message Board # 1 chat ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/2 "2001-05-24T19:50:09Z")
1. research 2. Straight Dope 3. ICQ 4. other message boards 5. on-line comic strips 6. on-line newspapers (oxymoron there, folks) 7. reading Shakespeare 8. shopping (okay, browsing and wishful thinking) 9. strange sites (other than ‘weird earls’) 10. general surfing (fun stuff) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/3 "2001-05-24T20:37:00Z")
1). E-mail 2). SDMB 3). Napster 4). playstation cheat codes 5). porn 6). porn 7). porn 8). porn 9). porn 10). porn ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/4 "2001-05-24T22:40:22Z")
1. Straight Dope 2. [PriceWatch.com](http://PriceWatch.com) 3. Paying Bills 4. Job Searching 5. Entertaining myself at work 6. Music Downloads 7. E-mail 8. Chat 9. School Research 10. Porn! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/5 "2001-05-24T23:17:02Z")
I feel so enlightened. Porn does not show up once on my list. Thank you, graham crackers. 1. [Sparknotes.com](http://Sparknotes.com) 2. Simpson sites. 3. Movie sites. 4. Rolling stones sites. 5. [games.com](http://games.com) 6. Schoolwork 7. E-mail 8. Chatting via IM 9. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) 10. The SDMB ---
**Author:** ![aoty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@aoty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aoty)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/6 "2001-05-24T23:18:06Z")
1. Email to family and friends 2. ICQ 3. Downloading music 4. News on current events 5. [http://www.X-Entertainment.com](http://www.X-Entertainment.com) (not porn) 6. [http://www.Somethingawful.com](http://www.Somethingawful.com) 7. Online dating (personals) 8. warez 9. [http://www.cinescape.com](http://www.cinescape.com) 10. porn (no, it really is #10) ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/7 "2001-05-24T23:22:33Z")
1. email 2. SDMB 3. YahooMessenger 4. SDMB 5. nurses.medscape 6. SDMB 7. Blackboard 8. SDMB 9. MSNMessenger 10. SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/8 "2001-05-24T23:44:09Z")
1. email 2. AIM 3. web comics 4. SDMB 5. stalker net (the online student directory @ school) 6. random surfing 7. satisfying random curiosity 8. weather 9. music 10. research ---
**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:** [May 25, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/9 "2001-05-25T00:22:37Z")
10- Research for work 9 - Wasting time 8 - Research for personal 7 - Star Wars updates 6 - Star Wars message boards 5 - SDMB 4 - Porn 3 - Chat 2 - Work (Web Site Design) 1 - Movie update websites ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/10 "2001-05-25T00:59:42Z")
1. IMDB 2. Music (Lyrics and so forth) 3. Wasting Time 4. Chatting 5. Personal Website 6. Reading News 7. SDMB 8. Other Research 9. Genealogical Research 10. Email ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/11 "2001-05-25T03:17:32Z")
!) Email with friends,family and Number One 🙂 2) SDMB 3) [Rajahwwf.com](http://Rajahwwf.com) 4) [Wrestlecrap.com](http://Wrestlecrap.com) 5) [Smarks.com](http://Smarks.com) 6) WWF Hotties on MSN-don’t remeber the link off the top of my head 7) [Viewaskew.com](http://Viewaskew.com) 8) Search for guitar tabs 9) Searxh for lyrics 10) Number One’s webpage These are all listed in my favorites on Webtv so they’re just a click away.The WWF Hotties site has the best pic of Jeff Hardy I’ve ever seen-well until the new issue of Rolling Stone came out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/12 "2001-05-25T03:28:16Z")
Well, is this in terms of Total Time Spent Online or Relative Importance of Function? I’ll do it by time: 1. EverQuest 2. SDMB 3. Sports-related message boards and Web sites 4. Research and personal interest 5. Reading newspapers 6. E-mailing friends and family 7. Finding and pricing products 8. Entertainment related websites (e.g. The Onion) 9. Pornography 10. Other Web-based video games ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/13 "2001-05-25T11:04:53Z")
1. Brunching board + Brunching Shuttlecocks 2. SDMB + The Straight Dope 3. research for work 4. news — mainly from the BBC news site and the Guardian site 5. research for personal interest 6. tech news — from [theregister.co.uk](http://theregister.co.uk) 7. MSN messenger 8. shopping (mainly for books, cds and clothes) 9. other entertainment (Weird Earls, Flash animation sites etc) 10. paying bills online ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/14 "2001-05-25T12:03:25Z")
I don’t have as many as ten different uses… 1: Email 2: [Rottweiler.net](http://Rottweiler.net) 3: SDMB 4: News What is this “porn” you speak of? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/15 "2001-05-25T12:12:16Z")
1. General Questions 2. Great Debates 3. MPSIMS 4. In My Humble Opinion 🙂 1. email 2. acquiring freeware and shareware (ftp / web) 3. Timbuktu’ing to one of my other computers / working remotely from home 4. newsgroups (usenet) browsing / browsing web pages other than SDMB 5. maintaining / modifying my own web sites 6. Instant messaging with my girlfriend & other friends ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/16 "2001-05-25T16:15:43Z")
[list=1] [li]SDMB[/li][li]Livejournal (username=rayniday Oooh, I’m so creative)[/li][li]AIM[/li][li]Napster[/li][li]ROMS[/li][li]Manga pictures[/li][li]email[/li][/list=1] I think that’s it… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/17 "2001-05-26T00:52:24Z")
1: email/IM 2: boards 3: espn/yahoo 4: research (which is, on the rare occasion, porn, just a kinda strange kind of porn) 5: web design 6: random searches 7: ICQ 8: random shopping ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/18 "2001-05-26T01:46:36Z")
1. The Straight Dope 2. Research 3. My University’s webpage 4. ICQ 5. **sold.com.au** or **ebay** 6. Melbourne Tribe (a site about fashion/clubs/restaurants etc. in Melbourne) 7. MSN Gaming Zone (Alchemy, alchemy, alchemy!) 8. Looking up train/bus timetables 9. Email 10. Online newspapers ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/19 "2001-05-26T04:55:10Z")
EBAY E-MAIL EBAY MESSAGE BOARDS NAPSTER GAMES EBAY PEOPLE SEARCHES EBAY RESEARCH ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398/20 "2001-05-26T05:04:01Z")
In no particular order: 1. TRAVEL! Plane tickets, tourist info, researching best deals on hotels, etc. I can’t fathom how I ever got by planning trips (or just dreaming about them) before the internet. 2. Medical research (as a consumer) – what should I know about this prescription, could I have this strange disease, does this look infected to you? 3. Academic research – online journals, online library catalogs, professor’s online websites for lectures, courses, etc. 4. Work research – especially visiting college & university webpages, downloading info from fact pages, news releases, etc. 5. Consumer research – price comparisons, reviews ([Epinions.com](http://Epinions.com) is a favorite), safety information 6. Parenting – is Cranky Jr. normal? How do I handle this problem? How bad have I already screwed him up? What are they gonna ask me at the next doctor visit? 7. Shopping – Ebay, books, music, baby products, cars, drugstore items, etc. 8. Keeping in touch – friends, family, Dopers, etc. 9. Entertainment & information (this should be two categories, really)-- general surfing, news, weather, gardening information, home repair advice, time-wasting, playing Scrabble with my Mom, trying to flirt on SDMB and failing miserably, etc. 10. Wedding planning – not my own, anymore. But I keep a couple sites going on wedding planning (small weddings and destination weddings) for other people to peruse. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-ten-internet-uses-here/66398.md?page=2)