# What one hour of the day, on what day, could we expect to find you here? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647 "2006-02-15T16:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/1 "2006-02-15T16:57:05Z")
As one whose Dope schedule is pretty much daytime, pretty much every day of the week, I have observed that some Dopers have one of these schedules: 1. strictly “from work” during business hours 2. strictly “at night” after business/school hours 3. weekends only 4. work week only 5. totally random and unpredictable Whatever Option 6 (and up) may be I have yet to determine. So I’m asking. Using either GMT or your own time zone as a reference (please specify), what time and day in the typical week is it most likely that you would be at least browsing the threads here, if not posting as well? I would love to see whatever statistical chart has been constructed that would show: 1. Hot Time – hours of the week that have heaviest login activity 2. Hot Space – what area of the globe is most active at a given hour 3. Hot Membership category – which posters are most active among Members, Charter Members, Moderators, Guests, Other ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/2 "2006-02-15T17:01:40Z")
I am like The day Of The Lord. You never know when (or even if) I’m gonna be around, but when I am… The Moon will be as blood, the Sun will darken, the seas will give up those dead in them, and the Great Dragon will be chained and abyssed. what the hell was that about? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/3 "2006-02-15T17:14:58Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I am like The day Of The Lord. You never know when (or even if) I’m gonna be around, but when I am… > > The Moon will be as blood, the Sun will darken, the seas will give up those dead in them, and the Great Dragon will be chained and abyssed. > > what the hell was that about? Dunno, but it was cute. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/4 "2006-02-15T17:43:04Z")
My computer at home is always on, and Netscape is always open, so I’m always logged in. Even if I’m not reading the boards, it looks like I’m always here. I look at the fora from the time I get up until I go to work, and then log in from work and read periodically through the day. Then again at home until I go to bed. I do all kinds of stuff in the meantime; the Dope is not the only thing I do with a computer! If you were trying to get my attention, you could post something and I would see it before long. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/5 "2006-02-15T17:48:51Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I am like The day Of The Lord. You never know when (or even if) I’m gonna be around, but when I am… > > The Moon will be as blood, the Sun will darken, the seas will give up those dead in them, and the Great Dragon will be chained and abyssed. You too?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/6 "2006-02-15T18:10:03Z")
I’m a Cat1 poster - the most likely for me would be between 4:00pm and 5:00pm (PST) on a Thursday. I never have any “real” work to do on Thursday afternoons. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/7 "2006-02-15T18:14:23Z")
Number 5 - random and unpredictable. I’m a housewife with insomnia. I come and go as I please. That said, like **fishbicycle** , I’m logged in pretty much all the time, so it probably appears as though I am here, even when I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/8 "2006-02-15T18:16:44Z")
I’m usually on from work. I’ll still browse from time to time when I’m at home too, though, but I seem to have the best opportunity to do so at work. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/9 "2006-02-15T19:05:47Z")
I used to be on at home all the time. Now that I’m working a lot I’m on at work, and don’t find I have the time to even be on the computer much at home, which is a drag, because I have a lot of projects backing up there. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/10 "2006-02-15T21:57:24Z")
I’m usually on the boards between about 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM Central time Monday - Thursday. This is right after I get home from work, but typically before my husband gets home and unwinds. Of course, I sometimes work overtime, which’ll skew this a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/11 "2006-02-15T22:10:22Z")
I get home from work around 10 pm (EST) so I usually post at night. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/12 "2006-02-15T22:17:32Z")
Lesse… Over breakfast. All day while at work. An hour or so before bed. So, yeah…just about all day long, from 9am to 1am. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/13 "2006-02-15T22:17:49Z")
Totally random. I post from work between classes, I post when I get home, weekday, weekend, it doesn’t matter. But you can generally bet that I will be online and logged onto the Dope around 5pm Pacific any given day. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/14 "2006-02-15T22:19:40Z")
Whoops…just noticed the time zone request. So, let’s change this: > [@Hal Briston](#): > > So, yeah…just about all day long, from 9am to 1am **EST**. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/15 "2006-02-15T22:21:52Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Lesse… > > Over breakfast. > All day while at work. > An hour or so before bed. > > So, yeah…just about all day long, from 9am to 1am. don’t forget “while making love to sheep” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/16 "2006-02-15T22:23:51Z")
i’m also rather random, as well. i’m in new york, and i usually stay up late. i check the dope in the morning along with my email/fantasy sports rituals. i’m on a lot. probably too much. …nahhhh ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/17 "2006-02-16T00:04:45Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > My computer at home is always on, and Netscape is always open, so I’m always logged in. Even if I’m not reading the boards, it looks like I’m always here. I thought that ‘this member is on/offline’ colour button thing (high technical jargon term) only indicted when a member was actually perusing the board. I have no way of checking this, of course, because I can’t be in two places at one, try as I might. If my computer is on but I am elsewhere in cyberspace, does that green light thingy show me as being here? Anyhow, to answer the question: I turn on the computer at about six in the morning and it stays on until around midnight. I try to avoid visiting the Dope for the first time in a new day until I know I have at least two hours free because of the huge number of messages which will have been posted while I was sleeping. And getting timed out and all the posts appearing as ‘read’ is a pain in the bum. I return to the Dope periodically throughout the day, but there’s no real pattern. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/18 "2006-02-16T00:12:53Z")
Evenings when I’m home, mostly. I can’t imagine having enough time in my work day to be here. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/19 "2006-02-16T01:08:52Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I thought that ‘this member is on/offline’ colour button thing (high technical jargon term) only indicted when a member was actually perusing the board. I have no way of checking this, of course, because I can’t be in two places at one, try as I might. If my computer is on but I am elsewhere in cyberspace, does that green light thingy show me as being here? If your browser is open and you are logged into the Dope, your green light is on. Even if you’re not home but you left your computer on and browser open and were logged in, you appear as online. The light only goes out when you log out. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-hour-of-the-day-on-what-day-could-we-expect-to-find-you-here/344647/20 "2006-02-16T01:15:42Z")
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