When is the best time to post on DU? Some observations

[Cyrano]

The following are personal opinions and should not be taken as gospel.

During weekdays, many people are working and don't have time to read long posts. Further, many DUers may be junior or senior high schoolers who are most likely to read weekday, midday posts. My suggestion is to keep posts during these times short and to the point.

Late night posts tend to be more lengthy, thoughtful, and are often written by those recovering from "happy hour." If you post something with in-depth thought during late night hours, you are likely to get either some really interesting replies, or some drunken rant.

Weekends are perhaps the best time for philosophical posts. Those who are not watching the morning propaganda "news" shows or some athletes doing what they do, are most likely to take the time to think about your post and agree/disagree with the same thoughtfulness you put into your post. (Then again, you can still get some drunken rants.)

These are not "laws handed down from on high," but merely my personal opinions.

Have fun posting and don't be disappointed when what you consider to be "a piece of brilliance" dissapears with zero responses. Put another way, don't invest your ego in other DUer's opinions or lack of them.

(On edit: There are also many retirees who will post anytime. Time zones can also make a difference.)

[seemslikeadream]

1. don't invest your ego in other DUers opinions or lack of them.

If that was the case I would have been gone 6 years ago :rofl:


I talk to myself alot and don't mind the personal attacks, the ones that do it mean nothing to me.

[Cyrano]

3. I'm never bothered by the attacks either.

The only thing that occasionally stings is when I think I've written something worthy of Shakespeare, G.B. Shaw, Dostoevsky, or an analysis worthy of Freud, only to have it drop like a rock with no replies.

But whenever that happens, I console myself with the thought that most humans are too dim to grasp the enormity of my magnificence. Either that, or I wrote something that actually sucked a lot.

[Warpy]

4. If you don't have a hide like a rhino around here

you need to grow one. This isn't a great place for the thin skinned.

[Towlie]

5. Good, then you won't mind if I ask: You wouldn't write "alittle", so why do you write "alot"?

:evilgrin:

[rrneck]

2. Good advice. Thanks nt

[ThomWV]

6. Just one comment

The tone of your statement seems to indicate you suppose most of DU's participants to be young. I know that on-line polls are generally worthless but one's I've seen here asking people's ages have shown most DUers to be older than you seem to imagine.