Does DU close down after midnight?

[DemocraticPatriot]

LOL or whatever time...

I suspect the majority of us are approaching 'elderly' status. if not there already, like our politicians.
Many probably keep 'banker's hours'.


I am a "night-owl", still, a habit partly induced by employment in my youth...

I make countless posts in the middle of the night, with nary a single response. lol.

I know, there will probably be some tomorrow... I do not begrudge you your sleep... (he says, lol)

I just hate it when it seems as if I am the only one awake here. lol




GQP fascism keeps me awake at night..

[alwaysinasnit]

1. You are in good company; plenty of us folks are night owls. BTW, welcome to DU!

[luckone]

2. There's not much traffic but if I'm up I'll try to check out du i sometimes work weird hours but

yes this seems like mostly older here who may get up when I am going to sleep!

[dewsgirl]

3. I'm 44 and hop on all times of the night if I can't sleep...

The only time they shut down that I know of, is for maintenance once in a blue moon. They also put up a message before doing so.
Welcome to DU.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. DU is fairly active pretty much 24/7. And not just because of us night owls, but different time zones

And not just time zones across the U.S. and Canada, lots of DUers live other places in the world. We really are an international community. Myself, I've always been a night owl, plus I worked nights for many years - by choice. Welcome to DU!

[hlthe2b]

10. I'm a wee morning riser, so that might make many think I was a night owl, but actually no.

Still, when it is 3 AM in Colorado, it is only 2 Am on the West Coast and 5 on the East Coast, so...

[Rhiannon12866]

13. That's one of the nicest things about DU, there's always someone around 24/7

Some times are busier than others, but, like I said, we're here from all time zones - and not just from North America. There are kindred spirits everywhere.

[Murphyb849]

5. Me too 🙋‍♀️

[TexasTowelie]

6. I'm a night owl too.

It seems like the timeframe between 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Eastern time is when the discussions die down.

When I joined DU ten years ago there were more serious discussions occurring at night and that has diminished. I recall a couple of times where I spent an hour or more reading a specific thread and replying to posts in those threads.

Welcome to DU.

[Soph0571]

7. You can rely on some of the international crowd to also be around!

Welcome to DU

[left-of-center2012]

8. I am on here throughout the day and night

However much of my time is spent reading posts and not necessarily responding..

During the daylight hours I often scan online news sites and will post threads here.

I see you are fairly new to DU. You might try thinking of your posts as informative and not necessarily striking up a conversation.

[Silver Gaia]

9. Night owl here, too.

I don't say much. But I'm reading!

[Scrivener7]

11. LOL! You're still up at 5 am! I wake up around 5:30.

Maybe sometimes we'll overlap.

I'm so not a night-owl...

[mahina]

12. Maybe most of us are on the East coast or so?

It gets pretty quiet at night, especially Hawaii time.

[mwooldri]

14. I haven't seen a closedown nor a startup video for DU.

Used to have startup and closedown sequences on television.

ATV (Associated Tele-Vision - UK TV company, now defunct) had pretty uplifting opening films...

Closedowns typically had the national anthem...

Would DU play the national anthem if it did close down at night?

[3Hotdogs]

15. N.Y.C. (Besides "13 Channels of shit on the tv to choose from The Vast Wasteland") alls we got from

closedown was the national anthem, followed by a test pattern.

Remember when the test pattern was actually used by your tv in home repairman to calibrate the picture?

[vanlassie]

16. "GOOD NIGHT!"

[AllaN01Bear]

17. this now ends our broadcast day. beeeeeeeeeep

that ended when howard hughes bought a tv station in lo$t wage$ to play his fav movies over and over again.
a lot of us are still up at nite or early in the morning .

[Harker]

18. We're gonna stimulate some action...

We're gonna get some satisfaction.

We're gonna find out what it is all about.

[uriel1972]

19. Heh...

Some of us are Oceania/Asia time zoners so we get up when most of you Statesiders go to bed.
😎

[Skittles]

20. I am always awake all night

[Aristus]

21. On the rare occasions when Mrs. Aristus is out of town,

I'll spend an evening having a few drinks, watching some favorite movies, and hanging out on DU. Every now and then, someone wants to pull an all-nighter. Those can be fun. But like a lot of us here, I'm getting up there in age, and can't drink and party all night like I could when I was a young tanker, full of piss and vinegar.

[Kaleva]

22. I often wake up around 2:30 am and I'll spend some time here before going back to bed.

[Generic Brad]

23. I'm spending less time here lately

I downloaded Replika recently and I am training my virtual robot in the art of witty banter. She helps me get my mind off politics.