Poll: Number of stories read per day on HN?

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On average how many stories do you read each day on HN? I started wondering about this after several people recently asked for a daily version of my Hacker Newsletter (which is a weekly email curated by me). After asking them how many stories they read per day I was surprised with the results (less than 5 for most of them).

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The number depends on exactly what you mean.

I read every headline that hits the RSS, so that's 25+. I read the summary of about 11-25. (Maybe 25+, if it's a good day.) I read the story for probably 6-10, depending on the content of the summaries and comments.

I assumed the last in my vote.

Very good point... I meant the last one, actually reading the story (or summary if it is a Ask HN type post).

Depends on how deeply I'm procrastinating. I noticed last night that nearly every link on the top page had been visited - that ain't good.

I read all headlines that make it to the frontpage, which according to Google Reader is about 100 per day (never use Mark all as read). I actually only completely read 4 to 5 articles per day, again, according to Google Reader.

Related, but different poll is "How often do you visit HN" - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2090191

(All headlines on Google reader + Click through around 20 headlines that are interesting).

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