Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Night owls: Signs you're having trouble sleeping

Gannett Blog recorded 513 visits between midnight and 4 a.m. ET today, according to a new analysis by web analytics firm Site Meter.

[Photo: Ambien sleep-aid tablet, Walgreens]
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous11/19/2008 12:06 PM

    This would be funny, but I was one of the 513. Shout out to all my stressed-out brothers out there!

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  2. Anonymous11/19/2008 12:53 PM

    These corporate execs are people who pull wings off of flies. This unnecessary tension is killing all of us. For God's sake, please get it over with.

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  3. Anonymous11/19/2008 1:03 PM

    As I am sure your usage tracking statistics tell you, you've even got international readers (It was 9am for me when I was making up one of the 513.) I'm not at Gannett - thank god! - but I've got immediate family members who are hoping to have jobs at Christmas.
    Also, although this is a bit cynical, reading about the horrors many of you seem to endure makes me feel slightly better about my own crappy job!

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  4. Anonymous11/19/2008 2:43 PM

    midnight East Coast is only 9PM on West coast. I bet that is where most of your traffic comes from. I know that is when I take a look.

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  5. Anonymous11/19/2008 4:10 PM

    Um, perhaps there are a lot of copy editors reading when they get home after their shifts ...

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  6. Jim11/19/2008 4:22 PM

    Copy editors? Maybe. I've had readers 24/7 for months now, but I've never seen early-morning traffic like this.

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  7. Anonymous11/19/2008 7:55 PM

    Are there really people posting in here to argue that these layoffs are NOT keeping people awake. Take a look around your newsrooms, friends, you will see the dark shadows and the strain on co-workers' faces. It is evident everywhere.

    Signed,
    One of the Sleepless

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  8. Anonymous11/19/2008 8:16 PM

    I am one of those. I woke up at 2:30 and went to the computer to see if you found out anything new. The tension involving this round of layoffs is worse than others I have been, perhaps because of the miserable economy. There aren't even Christmas jobs this year because people aren't buying. Two more weeks. Wow,

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  9. Anonymous11/23/2008 10:17 AM

    I know I have taken Ambien on more than one occasion and woken up in the morning to discover I had posted on Gannett Blog -- without remembering doing so!

    And some of my posts were really good, resulting in later blog posts by Jim.

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