How Long Do You Spend Online

[Zac1405241526 0]

I spend roughtly 6 to 8 hours a day online.It's bad for my eyes, but what the heck.I have to keep all my stuff up and running.xD

[illini319 0]

I can't imagine any job, these days, that doesn't require the use of the internet for some tasks. I'm online before work (checking email), during work (10-12 hrs) and after dinner (checking email/surfing/working; 1-2hrs). Is this bad?

[HeLLRaiSer 0]

I spend almost 3 to 4 hours a day online.I know It's bad for my eyes, but who caresBecause My first priority have to keep all my Dataf up and running.I dont use msn and other chat clients but my PC is almost always on the internet whether it be me.. or my brother..

[wutske 0]

I completely agree. I am pretty addicted too and I really should give it a rest. I tend to get on to "just check my email" and then spend an hour and a half chatting. This would be ok except that I am also on when there is no one to chat with and all I do is look at the same things over and over again, forum, email, chat list, forum, email, chat list etc. I am too addicted to actually give it up. I spend about three hours after school each day and maybe 5 on weekends and though that includes work I don't do too much work online.
Maybe you should just try getting out more...read a book, play some sports, run around, do something. I certainly need to try it. It will be interesting to see how long student spend in front of the computer screen in the future.

Sounds very familiar. Every morning I go only to check my e-mail (I the f*ck even have to do this because people start to rely on it . Wtf, printing reports in the morning just because those lazy f*ckers started to late ).
Anyway, an hours ago or something I was about to clean my room (yeah, exams are over so it's a real dump in here), an hour after I'm still online .

[lenbot 0]

The Computer is many tools in one. If you look at all the way people use computers and perhaps you use computers, most people would realize that they are doing several things on there computer and each requires a bit of time. I usually spent an hour reading news, I wouldn't consider that compture time because most people read the news. I just refuse to pay for it and am happy to get second rate news online even if sometimes it is biased. I may also spend hours learning new software, someone recently introduced me to Blender 3d. with all the tutorials online I probably spent 24 hours working with the software in the last 2 Day. Alot of time perhaps sitting at a compture but I am accomplishing something so I do not mind. I also do Photo editing or digital editing in Adobe Photoshop which adds to more hours online. If MSN is on then atleast another 2 hours chatting with friends online. If your fixing your computer that is countless hours. I find that alot of people view that all there time spent on there computer is unproductive or in efficient, or that spending all that time on the computer cannot be good for anyone. As getting outside is important so is excersing your mind, despite all the Porn found on the internet there is a alot of information and knowledge out there than anyone can use. I have spent countless hours on http://www.howstuffworks.com/. The site has plenty of knowledgable information for everyone, including adverts but if thats what they need to keep it up then so be it. In this day in age if your not spending close to 5 hours on your computer, if you have one, it seems almost useless to have one. It is a device that can do many many things and why not enjoy all it's tools. Most people would probably be appauled if I said I spent something like 16 hours aday on my compture. But it isn't I use my time wisely and efficiently. I learn new things every day, work in applications so I am more desirable to an employer if I should be hired. Also writing skills are important and I find forums are a great way to excercise them. Even if you can't wright well at first, just simple reading and doing it every day will make your posts more informative. And spending time on a computer shouldn't be viewed as a bad thing, but as a good thing since even if your looking at porn and getting virusus and getting rid of them you learn something. I really doubt the computer will be going anywhere in the next 100 or even 1000 years and I think our time interacting with them might be less, we will never be without spending time on them.You can unfortunatly spend hours and hours looking for something on google, but with time and use from everyone google will get better. And who knows eventually you might get a Stove that has a connection to the internet and you just tell it to find you an interesting Recipe with all the things in your fridge and it would go on the internet and find it for you. Instead of you looking. So yay to computers and our time spent on them for by using them we will actually eventually have to use them less. So in conclusion the internet is full of a number of things I am sure we should all be as happy as kings. As for me I spend a minumum of 8 hours on computers if I am not working. but for me it's all time well spent, and honestly I think if you weren't using the computer you would be staring at that boob tube that since in most living rooms. Not that the tv is not a place to seek some knowledge just most of the time people will turn it on and watch something just for the sake that there to lazy to go off and do something. Cheers to all those who use computers and all there wonderfull things!-Lenbot

[Arbitrary 0]

@lenbot, I sort of agree with you. I think that how efficiently your time is spent on the computer depends mostly on you. If you have a lot of self control (aka, you won't be like me and keep Gmail on so you can check email 24/7), then you probably are using the Internet wisely to obtain the information you need and then leave. On the other hand, lots of your time can be squandered away just by remaining on for long periods of time doing repetitive actions of "check forum #1", "check email", "check forum #2", "chat to friends", "check email", etc.

 

Also, you need to prioritize. A human being isn't capable of being "on" 24/7 and receiving information 24/7. We need to decide which pieces of information are important to us most and thus retrieve those pieces first. If visiting a certain forum is important to you, then it's okay to dedicate a few hours a day to that forum. On the other hand, if you know you must get a certain job done, you probably need to priortize that job before the forum. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time. (And those of us without self control, like myself, find ourselves wasting a lot of time )

 

And I do think that computers are far more educational than TVs. After all, TVs are mostly visual/graphic, so not much reading is required. THe Internet isn't filled 100% with pictures, so you actually use your mind a bit to process the info. Though, there are also plenty of ways to waste your mind resources--I've met forum users elsewhere who spam and waste their time posting nonsense. Sometimes I wonder how they get so much time on their hands...

 

HowStuffWorks.com is a very educational site. But that's only one site to make up for the many other non-educational sites. And it mostly depends on the user--I wouldn't expect a 10 year old to gladly pour their time into HowStuffWorks.com--they'd be bored because they can't understand certain points to the site. On the other hand, they might be more attracted to a chatroom--the features there are far easier to understand, but obviously far less educational as well. Thus, HowStuffWorks isn't really for everyone, so the educational range of the Internet is limited. It depends solely on the user and their willingness to learn.

 

I don't think having a computer nowadays and not using up to five hours a day is a waste of the computer. It depends on what you need the computer for. If all you need is some access to news, then devoting 2 hours to reading the news isn't going to be a waste of the computer in your opinion. It'll be quite useful. So, once again, it's your priorities and how the computer serves those priorites that counts.

 

The Internet, IMO, is good if used moderately. But if overdone, the Internet can be hazardous. Staying up to use the Internet regularly isn't a good thing--that's an obssession gone overboard. It's like any other drug--use with caution, but, unlike any other drug, do use it.

 

EDIT: I forgot to mention my Internet usage time...hahaha

 

Anyways, I spend about 3-5 hours online on school days. I try to stay away from the 5 hour end, as this leaves me starting my homework at around 9PM, which means sleeping at midnight. I'm aiming for 2 hours on school days, but that's impossible as some of my homework needs to be done on the computer, meaning that all the distractions are right in my face. On weekends I spend every spare minute on the computer, and how that adds up I'm not sure. But probably 6-7 hours.

Edited June 26, 2006 by Arbitrary (see edit history)

[xboxrulz1405241485 0]

Everyday I spend an average of 5 hours at least. If I average all of that out in one week, I would spend a total of 35 hours a week. This is of course not including XBOX Live!xboxrulz

[winniwitch 0]

hyai believe that i would spend approximately 4 hours per day surfing the internet, my computer probably has a connection to the internet for 14 hours of the day. this time i don't think is excessive, although i laughed when transgrx posted he was on the internet 80 hours per day, it often feels like that here. i haven't included work in this calculation.i'm not sure wether a person is able to become addicted to the internet..................let me run a google search hehe.bye 4 nowwinnie_the_witch

[mustra 0]

when im on the computer im online...so i guess about 8 to 10 hours a day,to much....

[lenbot 0]

Well Arbitrary, I just wanted to mention that I forgot this was about how much you spend online. I actually probably spend 2 hours checking stuff out , email, forums, news and videos (I love you youtube.com and google videos). maybe if everyone is online and chating in msn perhaps 4 hours actually online. Sorry about the confusion. Cheers-lenbot

[saggi 0]

i spem almost 8-12 hours normaly on internet some time not more than 2 hours it depend on mood and also the the freinds who are online on IM and if got some thing to find

[BluePwNaGe 0]

How Long Do You Spend Online

To be honest im always online, if not on the computer im on xbox live which is still online lolz.

i'd have to say i spend probly 6 hrs and up a day being online or xbox live, probly more. if im not online im spending time with my girlfriend.

[Chesso 0]

Yeah I'm pretty much online all the time as of late. Playing slavehack and modding the forums.Been programming my own forums in PHP/MySQL and working on a few Delphi projects for the fun of it.

[iGuest 3]

I think I spend....around 10 hours daily. Oh wait. 10 hours at daytime, and around 3-4 hours at night(or early morning)So, I spend half of my day online. Yes, I'm addicted. Sometimes I can't sleep at night thinking of a new script that I can't get working or thinking about a new design for my website. Hmmm....may sound like I'm a lonely and very unhappy person, but amazing, I still have a life. A good one actually=)One of the reasons why I spend so many hours online is that my favourite person is very far away from me right now, and the net keeps us closer.

[Chesso 0]

Yeah a bit like me except my misses is usually right next to me , certainly can't complain about that or well maybe sometimes....