AnnaSalamon comments on Poll results: LW probably doesn't cause akrasia - Less Wrong
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I would have suggested, and still do suggest if another poll will happen, the question,
to see if that correlates with e.g. procrastination. Large any-given-moment tab count, I hypothesize, correlates negatively with focus, and maybe slightly negatively with conscientiousness.
I open lots of tabs, then close them. I am pretty sure I have an internet addiction.
A survey could also ask how many hours you spend online each day.
I never know how to respond to this question. Do I count device-hours? Only time when information is transferring via the Internet to some device I own? Only when I ask it to? Do I need to be looking at a screen? If so, then printouts of ffdn don't count? What about programs I've downloaded and then are running offline? (&c.)
Except you'd have to exclude IT workers (especially web developers). :)