So you guys just do, what, exactly?

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So you guys just do, what, exactly?

Post by retrolinkx »

I see people online on CI, but what do you do?

For me it's the same routine.

Refresh Page
Check GD
Go back to Board Index
Check FG&C
Go back to Board Index
Check OG
Go back to Board Index
Check another random board for potential discussion
Go back to Board Index
Refresh Page
Tab out of CI

That's pretty much all I do, posting topics and posts in general are outliers that happen somewhere between going back to the Board Index and Refreshing the page.

So, what about you guys. Apart from just lurking, what's the daily routine for you on CI?
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Post by Pumpkinium »

occasional refreshing, and reading new posts in gd/fg&c/og/a&m, rarely post unless it's something i feel like posting about (like now :D)
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I have "view active topics" bookmarked

I press it once in a while and post in topics I care about
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Post by Enzo03 »

retrolinkx wrote: Refresh Page
Check GD
Go back to Board Index
Check FG&C
Go back to Board Index
Check OG
Go back to Board Index
Check another random board for potential discussion
Go back to Board Index
Refresh Page
Tab out of CI
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Post by Mamkute »

My lurking routines are even more sparse. I open CI up, check New Posts, check for reports, and then keep it open for a while, doing something else. Then I refresh, and then probably close CI tab. Only to come back in 10-15 minutes.

I don't even check Forum Games and Chat...
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Apparently nothing. Personal stuff has been restricting my want to get on this site. When I do get on its

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View your posts.
View active topics.
Board index.
Scroll down to online users and chatbox users.
View your posts.
Leave it on until I shut down the PC or repeat the above process when I'm bored.
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Post by Jeffery Mewtamer »

A typical visit to CI for me goes as follows:
Press 4 until the Header on the Chao Category is in focus.
Scroll through the Chao section to see which boards have new posts.
Upon reaching the Sonic sections's header, shift+tab in burst of 3 back to any Chao forums with new posts and open in a new tab(but I never go further than Chao Hacking in this).
On a thread list for individual forums, press 2 until the forum name is in focus and then scroll through the thread list, alt+shift+entering on the go to first unred link for threads I want to read.
If I visited a Chao forum, press 4 to bring the cursor to the Sonic Section's header.
Scroll through the Sonic section of the forum index, back tab to forums with new posts, continue to Users groups.
When I get to the Off Topic section, things change a bit.
If Other Games has new posts, I open it in a new tab immediately.
After scrolling through the the thread list in other games, I shift+2 to the Other Games header, shift+tab to the link to the Pokemon board, and then press up arrow followed by down arrow to see if Pokemon has new posts.
After exiting other games, I scroll down until my screen reader reads either the new posts or no new posts alt text on Forum Games's indicator.
I press up to put focus between General Discussion and Forum Games. If General Discussion has new posts, I shift+tab to it and open in a new tab, if Forum Games has new posts, I tab to it and open it in a new tab after reading general.
Once done, I shift+2 to the main forum header, press 4 to jump to the Announcements header and shift+tab to the mark all as read link.
After that, I load the next website to be visited in my main working tab(Usually The Origami Forum following my morning visit to CI, usually the Twisty Puzzles Forum after my evening visit).

I have my display settings set to only displays threads that have been posted to in the last 24 hours, so I try to visit at least twice a day to avoid new posts falling outside the viewing window.
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View Other Games, General Discussion, and Forum Games & Chat.
Post in the occasional new topic that catches my interest.
Enter chatbox if others are there.
Close tab.
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Come onto CI
Look at a few topics that got posts since I last checked
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Click bookmark
check online users
view new posts
post in topics that interest me
leave
come back
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Post by NachoThePikachu »

Chao island is sorta just always open on my devices. I usually check "new posts" and "view your posts" throughout the day when I get the chance. I try to read topics that I think I could contribute to and the like. If nothing's happening, I read old RPs. It's a nice way to dwelve on how much I've changed since those 2/3 years. :3
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-Log in (it never remembers to keep me logged in despite always clicking the "stay online" or whatever button)
-click view new posts
-scroll down
-come back in 1-2 days

This is pretty much how I go through Youtube, Tumblr, and Reddit, though I tend to visit those sites more often
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I don't really check here much anymore (or any social sites for that matter), but usually I go to GD, FG&C. and OG. If nothing interests me there, I leave and check back in a few days to a week.
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*poor coffee*
*sit at machine*
*ci tab is probibly open or I'm on new tab that links to CI*
*click ci*
*sip coffee*
*look at other games* /may make a post or read a thread while I sip coffee
*sip coffee*
*look at general Discussion* /may make a post or read a thread while I sip coffee
*sip coffee*
*go to reddit*
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Post by Flame »

I use scroll click to simultaneously open Other Games, General Discussion, Forum Games and Chat and on occasion I try Suggestions and General Usergroups/Clubs Area. Clicking into one area and then going back to the Index to go to another area would frustrate me because of how much time it'd take.

I'm an impatient person when it comes down to it. =~=
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Coty wrote:*poor coffee*
*sit at machine*
*ci tab is probibly open or I'm on new tab that links to CI*
*click ci*
*sip coffee*
*look at other games* /may make a post or read a thread while I sip coffee
*sip coffee*
*look at general Discussion* /may make a post or read a thread while I sip coffee
*sip coffee*
*go to reddit*
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Post by Yukki 2.0 »

View my posts
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Post by MarkeySpirit »

*Gets on after month*
*Feels guilty about not getting on in a month*
*Read topics, but don't post because of guilt*
*Leave for another month*
It's a cycle...
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Post by Crazo3077 »

When I visit the forum, I see if there are any updates on the Chao boards, rarely finding anything new, then check GD and Chat, but normally don't find anything I want to get involved in.
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-checks the forums hoping to get involved in discussion with old acquaintances
-clicks reply and starts typing
-about a paragraph or so in starts feeling an overwhelming sense of dread and guilt
-thinks about the old days on chao island
-abandons the post
-makes ice cream and proceeds to cry in it
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I check GD, respond to a few posts, leave for 2 months to practice Project M, and repeat.
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never visit
it was nice to find my own little place on the internet
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^I think you're missing a almost in there.
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