# "new posts" how many pages do you go back? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 11, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430 "2012-09-11T20:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/1 "2012-09-11T20:53:08Z")
if you are trying to keep up on the SD by clicking on “new posts”, how many pages do you go back? and how often do you do that - once a day? twice? I’m trying to cut down on my internet time & wondering what is the most efficient way to scan here & not miss anything good. it might be going into each forum, seems like, but I thought I’d ask. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/2 "2012-09-11T21:38:09Z")
I will look at them all. Now that I’m between contracts, I check many times a day - whenever I’m bored. But usually I check when I get home from work and once or twice in the evenings. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/3 "2012-09-11T22:15:31Z")
When I check in as I usually do at 1500hrs on weekdays, ‘‘new posts’’ will usually show me about 16 pages. In 2008 it was 18 pages - so regularly that I thought it was a glitch or something. I’ve never figured out why there are now two pages less. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/4 "2012-09-12T00:04:49Z")
Just the top page usually, occasionally the second one. After that, I just take a look in the individual forums. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/5 "2012-09-12T04:08:41Z")
Each night around 10:30, all 350-400 new posts. Sometimes also in the morning when I should be working. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/6 "2012-09-12T11:50:15Z")
couple times a day; number of pages varies depending on how much time I have and whether I’m interrupted or not; not usually more than about 10 pages, though. also, the new posts page is pretty much the only way I navigate the site. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/7 "2012-09-12T12:20:35Z")
I guess I am the only one who surfs the Dope forum by forum. I find it hard to shift gears from GQ’s to politics to sports to movies to pointless stuff and back to politics again. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/8 "2012-09-12T18:07:50Z")
I go forum by forum, and I skip over some forums. The ones I read, I read only the first page of new posts. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-how-many-pages-do-you-go-back/634430/9 "2012-09-13T12:11:56Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I guess I am the only one who surfs the Dope forum by forum. I find it hard to shift gears from GQ’s to politics to sports to movies to pointless stuff and back to politics again. no, I sometimes prefer by forum as well. you are not alone!