A day in the life of you - on the Internet!

Started by Nihilego July 23rd, 2012 1:02 AM
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Hybrid Trainer

Age 28
Him/Them
«UK»
Seen April 12th, 2023
Posted January 27th, 2022
2,096 posts
14.5 Years
When I wake up the first thing I do on my laptop/ipod/phone/whatever is check PC for anything interesting or to see if I have any messages. That usually takes about five to ten minutes as I usually don't reply to messages as soon as I've woken up. After that I'll look through my emails and then have a look through Reddit to see if I've missed out on anything whilst I've been sleeping.
After that I usually just repeat myself. Going on PC, looking through Reddit, occasionally checking emails.
A bit later on I'll tend to sit on youtube or one of the anime streaming websites and watch a few episodes of something and then log off for the night.

Oh, and if it counts I'm on IRC and MSN and such through out the day so I'll be talking to other people whilst doing what I listed above.

Sheep

She/Her
Australia
Seen 12 Hours Ago
Posted 15 Hours Ago
39,266 posts
16.6 Years
/breathes life into thread

PC is usually the first thing I check when I get online. I'd spend a good half hour or so responding to new members' intro threads (who would've thought it'd be so addicting ffs) and then dig around other sections I visit, like Art Gallery and OVP. I'm on PC for a good few hours a day at the very least.

But yeah, PC aside (since this is a general internet thread), afterwards I'd check Youtube for any new subscription videos and watch 'em if they're ones I'm interested in. That could take anywhere from ten minutes to an hour. |D;;

I'd also dig around EGC (another forum) and browse through the new posts there at random intervals, but it's also one of the things I check as soon as I get online. Like PC, I probably spend a good few hours a day here altogether.

Checking my e-mail is something I forget to do but still try to at least once a day. Takes less than a minute.

All-in-all, my daily order of checking things seems to be:
PC -> EGC -> Youtube -> PC/EGC -> Youtube -> repeat until I remember to check my e-mail. Those are really the only sites I visit daily; anything else I visit once in a while so I didn't include them.

And.. yeah, that's all, really. >: My internet life is pretty boring tbh haha.

Pyrax

Midnight Guest

Age 27
he/him
UK
Seen 2 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
1,522 posts
14.1 Years
The first thing I usually do is check tumblr for any new replies (I have a couple of rp blogs). Once I've sent any new replies to my drafts, I work on existing ones. The time it takes me to do this depends on the size of the reply in question (ranging from a couple of minutes to an hour or so).
If I'm swamped with replies, I more or less spend the entire online day on tumblr working on replies.
Once that's done, I usually check myanimelist to update my list.

The rest of the day is usually spent browsing random sites. Apart from a handful of forums (Pokécommunity, Bulbagarden, Serebii and Zelda Universe are the main forums I go to), I usually go on sites like Youtube, Tvtropes, Facebook, etc.
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Shiny Celebi

Seen August 25th, 2015
Posted October 17th, 2013
2,377 posts
12 Years
The first thing I do on the Internet is sign on to Skype and Bulbagarden Forums. I will check my messages and all Skype chats I am, then do some posting and chat if I feel like. I also check PC. I look at OVP and Other Chat and respond to any threads that interest me. Sometimes I visit youtube and watch a Lets Play of a game I'm playing though not very often. Every so often I check my MSN and Gmail. That's about it really. Im online a lot for several hours at a time.

countryemo

Kicking against the earth!

Age 29
Male
Littleroot Town
Seen February 9th, 2021
Posted September 10th, 2018
2,367 posts
13.5 Years
Well after I wake up, I open up Facebook to check for any Messages/Notifications but nothing really. Than I check on the latest Technology/Phone news on DroidDog and TechnoBuffalo and game news on ZeldaInformer. I use Youtube allot. I might check whats new on the Minecraft Forums and PokeCommunity/The Pokemon Plaza. Than I go back to check Facebook and Youtube.
(Really, I only use Facebook as a "RSS?" feed of DroidDog/TechnoBuffalo/ZeldaInformer news articles)

Mr Cat Dog

Frasier says it best

Age 32
Male
London, UK
Seen September 29th, 2017
Posted July 12th, 2017
11,344 posts
19.1 Years
For the most part, I'm online as soon as I get up in the morning. Weirdly, although I don't actively use it much any more, Facebook will always been the first site I check. I don't even get that many notifications, but it's just become a force of habit over the years to do so. This is closely followed by my Gmail and then Twitter. All three of these tabs will be kept open throughout the day so I can quickly be alerted to any changes.

Sometimes I'll go on PC straight away, sometimes I'll wait a few hours. It all depends on if I've got anything big on in my morning and what mood I'm in, to be honest. Usual moddy-stuff happens first, then a bit of a posting binge, then a general lurk for the rest of the day (in case I need to do more moddy stuff later on/a spambot comes etc.)

After that - or, sometimes, concurrently - I'll go on my entertainment websites. HitFix, The AV Club etc. And maybe the BBC website to check some news and current affairs and whatnot. At this point, I'll probably watch some TV; I watch most of my TV online and there's rarely a day where there's nothing to catch-up on.

The rest of the day is mainly made up of checking back on the websites I've mentioned earlier, as well as general browsing. As the day goes on, my activity becomes more sporadic, as real life interrupts the flow of the internet. Which is a good thing, of course, as too much internet is definitely a bad thing for me! :D

Firox

eepz, come help pwease!

Age 37
Male
Seattle, WA
Seen September 15th, 2021
Posted July 17th, 2020
2,585 posts
11 Years
As soon as I get online, I always check all my emails, delete all of the ones I don't need, or interested on reading. From there its onto Facebook. Recently, not much has changed. All of that usually takes me about 2 hours or less.

After email and fb, I go to all forums I'm on. on the PokeCommunity, and two others one about the video game Grand Turismo, and the other forum is about learning languages and other cultures.

After that I go to my city's local news website, check out what happened during the day, and see what the weather will be like the next day, and to see what events will happen the next day (mainly for street/freeway closures, find out where to avoid driving)

After that I just search the net for whatever pops in my head. Before heading to sleep (that means to me turning off the computer for the night) I go back to the forums and see the latest replys.
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Age 30
Male
Seen June 28th, 2019
Posted December 13th, 2015
3,801 posts
13.4 Years
I'm online whenever I get the chance nowadays but my routine is something like this.

Check emails.
Talk to friends over Skype and MSN.
Listen to music on Youtube.
Stumble upon bile so sick it would make Charles Manson jump back in horror just to kill the time.
Try my field at random online dating sites only to discover that they require a credit card.
Watch Nostalgia Critic.

Not in any particular order but yeah that's my routine in a nutshell. Gruesome ain't it.

Pokemon Trainer UV

Attractively foolish

Female
Equestria
Seen February 10th, 2013
Posted December 10th, 2012
160 posts
10.8 Years
This is what I do:
1. Log on Xfire to see if mah bud is on.
2. Check Facebook
3. Check IGN
4. Check PokeCommunity
5. Go on a google excursion for random stuff (Usually Pokemon stuff) or check out 4Chan
6. Youtube for a while
7. Check out Facebook, IGN, Pokecommunity, and Dorkly again
8. Leave for a while, then come back to check Memebase and Cracked for nightly readings.

Tsutarja

Age 28
he / him
Florida
Seen 4 Hours Ago
Posted 13 Hours Ago
27,327 posts
13.2 Years
My internet routine is soo variable that I cannot list them in any particular order XD but first things I always do (in the morning) is say hello on any IRC channel I visit and set my away status to back (not verbal in channels, btw), check any forums I commonly visit (including PC) and then my email. Once all of that is complete, I usually find a video to watch on Youtube or I listen to music via iTunes and then chat some on IRC. Once I get bored after all that, I go on drawception and on rare occasions, Facebook and or twitter.

Also, I usually stay logged onto IMs/Skype 24-7, so sometimes I answer IMs I get overnight for those (who usually stay on all the time as well) for them to see later or right away.

Squirrel

Age 28
Male
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted July 10th, 2021
9,551 posts
11.7 Years
For the most part, I'm online as soon as I get up in the morning. Weirdly, although I don't actively use it much any more, Facebook will always been the first site I check. I don't even get that many notifications, but it's just become a force of habit over the years to do so. This is closely followed by my Gmail and then Twitter. All three of these tabs will be kept open throughout the day so I can quickly be alerted to any changes.
I do exactly this when I wake up. I have no idea why though, I never get notifications any more haha. But yeah, my internet day usually goes something like this:
  1. Check Facebook & Twitter
  2. Check PC
  3. Log into IRC and waste countless hours chatting whilst listening to music/concerts on YouTube
  4. Post around on PC and a Zelda forum
  5. Spend the night on IRC/MSN
  6. Play Minecraft and watch anime until ridiculous hours in the morning
  7. Head back to IRC and fall asleep around 5:30am
  8. Rinse & repeat
I wouldn't say it's the perfect lifestyle by any means, but it's alright. c:

Honest

Hi!

Age 27
Male
New York City
Seen March 19th, 2023
Posted November 7th, 2022
11,676 posts
14.7 Years
First, I check PC, look to see if I have any notifications. Regardless of if I do or don't, I check my Facebook next and respond to anything over there that needs responding. After that, it can go two ways. Either I'll respond to any VMs, or I'll put them to the side and check out OVP and other subforums for threads to answer. I'd do the other option after that. Then I'll probably go on Youtube and check to see if there are any new videos up. Occasionally, if I remember, I check my email, too. After that, the whole cycle repeats itself.
he did it, not me.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™

On that 'Non stop road'

Age 97
Shimoda City
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted January 25th, 2022
9,705 posts
15.5 Years
I pop online for short bursts at various times of the day, mostly checking PC, Facebook, Yahoo Mail, and deviantArt, and I'll do these in any order. On all of these, I'll check for new notifications first. With PC, I'll go check the areas of the site I'm a regular on (OVP, DCC). Once a week I'll log onto Safebooru and Pixiv to get my weekly dosage of anime fan art (how do you think I accumulated all those pics of Leaf as well as various Pretty Cures xD), and visit various anime subbing sites to get the torrents for the current series I'm keeping up with. Other sites, I'll visit as I need to.

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Cosmotone8

silhouette of the past

Male
Boston, MA, USA, Earth, Sun Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe
Seen July 22nd, 2016
Posted March 20th, 2013
1,758 posts
11.4 Years
I normally wake up and check PC, go through all my subscribed threads and venture around the forums searching for threads that look interesting. After that I normally take a break for a bit until coming back to either go on PC or watch some Starcraft streams or something. If I'm still around after that I'll check out some stuff on Youtube and check my email if I remember. I'll also very occasionally check out Serebii just in case they have some news I like.
I'm a silhouette, asking every now and then
Is it over yet? Will I ever feel again?
I'm a silhouette, chasing rainbows on my own
But the more I try to move on, the more I feel alone
So I watch the summer stars to lead me home.

xelarator

Gentlemen.

Age 25
Male
In Las Vegas waiting for it to snow.
Seen September 5th, 2016
Posted August 27th, 2012
131 posts
11.9 Years
I usually go online around noon-ish. I go chat with my PC friends on Mibbit for about an hour or so while i go stalk around OT. When I get shot by my friends bored, I exit the chat and go play online games (Maplestory, Lost Saga, TF2 etc.) for about two to four hours before getting told to stop and eat.

After I eat dinner, I go check things on Facebook, Twitter, and PC. After THAT is one, I just go play some games before its time to go to sleep.

Dreg

Done after the GT.

Seen July 11th, 2016
Posted July 11th, 2016
1,496 posts
11.2 Years
I go online at about 1pm, and I usually look up themetapicture, to see what new pics have come in, it's quite similar to reddit.

I then go on PC and check the new posts and stuff, and I might post in the process, or I might not.

I then visit youtube and check my account for any new notifications, or check the new videos that have been released.

I also check romhacking.net to see what hacks have been released, or any new tools which might be close to the games that I am romhacking. Sometimes I may log in to see what the posts are and stuff.

Lord Varion

Guess who's back?

Age 28
Non-binary
Seen January 6th, 2015
Posted January 6th, 2015
2,642 posts
14.2 Years
Get online.
Go to Facebook [human account]
Get bored and go to furry account.
Go to Pokécommunity and check the two links that are in my sig.
Go to Youtube and Deviantart and check for updates.
Upload stuff to those two sites if I feel it's worth uploading.
Go to ... urr ... .///. Not for your eyes.
Log out.
Go outside.
gone.

Kurui

Kageroza's Waifu

Female
In Kageroza's Arms
Seen January 28th, 2013
Posted January 23rd, 2013
285 posts
11 Years
I don't have a schedule. I usually check some of the forums I visit and all of the forums I own.

Then I spent most of the day chatting to my friends on messengers (Skyyype), Failbook, and etc. while working on game design things and doing chores/exercise, etc.
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Male
Canada
Seen September 18th, 2012
Posted September 14th, 2012
128 posts
10.7 Years
Facebook, creep friends, talk to them. Go on a few forums, post, chat, roleplay. Browse through youtube and wikipedia to research random things of interest.
Roleplays I'm in;
Pokémon: Rise of the Titans
Marcus Jones Hayden, 18, demigod son of Hades (w. Brutus [GOLURK])

Hoenn RéBURST
Geoff Bates, 17 (w. Scarlett [Slugma] and Bandit [Poochyena])
Female
Seen February 24th, 2013
Posted January 26th, 2013
459 posts
10.8 Years
I don't normally have this much spare time (I couldn't estimate the hours, some days I'm not able to get online at all, some days I'm on the computer for hours on end), and since PC is the only social place I frequent online, my time on the computer is usually just spent lighting up and reading articles/ebooks. And a little pirate adventure here and there, if you're picking up what I'm laying down.

Alexander Nicholi

work hard, play hard

Age 25
Male
Research Triangle / Jakarta
Seen February 15th, 2023
Posted March 5th, 2021
5,498 posts
13.5 Years
So, because I have school, I usually don't get on in the morning. But I do have a school netbook with school-available internet, and I visit PC on there sometimes. But way back in North Carolina (living in Colorado now), it would be computer for weeks on end. Day and night, with a see-saw sleeping schedule.

As for my live within, I watch YouTube a lot - especially YouTubers like nigahiga, Smosh, RayWilliamJohnson, MunchingOrange/ErielR, and the occasional upload myself. I (used to) be ever-so-active on Bulbagarden until they attempted to trash my reputation on some bullcrap cause. I moved here after that, and hope to get a positive cashflow so I can continuously donate to this place <3. I visit Kat.ph a lot (because I'm a freeloader), and 4chan a lot for the occasional game of Risk I'll be The People's Republic of Anon, usually gray, if you see me ;D. I used to be on Facebook, but went on and off for a while. I went on the Microsoft Developer's Network back when I coded VB and C#. I also own a dead website or two that I'm trying to put its hosting to some use for (30G space, 300G bandwidth, cPanel). I read Wikipedia for things that no normal human being can answer, and did I mention Encyclopedia Dramatica? I love that site so much. I'm a user on there, and helped out with the articles on Bulbagarden, Shipping (ironic because I'm a shipper somewhat), and others.
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Thomas

HAIL HYDRA!

Age 35
Male
Lafayette, LA
Seen February 11th, 2022
Posted November 22nd, 2018
5,984 posts
19.2 Years
Here is my list of internet todo's:

1) Check Twitter and Facebook for any mentions/notifications.
2) Check Reddit for any replies/votes to my comments/submitted links.
3) Go back to Twitter and Facebook and look at my timelines for stuff that happened while I was asleep.
4) Back to Reddit to browse the front page a bit.
5) Check out The Verge for any new/interesting tech articles.
6) Check Tumblr, and reblog some random stuff.
7) Check other blogs I've bookmarked.
8) PokeCommunity is usually last on my list because I'm not really an consistently active member, but when I am active it's usually higher on the list.