Despite being an RSS and Twitter junkie, I nearly always visit HN directly (ditto for Reddit) and end up visiting nearly all of the front page items in the course of a day except those I know I won't find interesting from the title alone (right now, for example, the Django release news). I typically visit between 1 and 10 times a day. More if I'm involved in an ongoing discussion.
A few times a week I'll visit /new. This isn't enough but I find it too fast and furious, especially with showdead on. I'd be more likely to visit /new all the time if it only showed posts from users with >100 karma, say.
A few times a week I'll visit /new. This isn't enough but I find it too fast and furious, especially with showdead on. I'd be more likely to visit /new all the time if it only showed posts from users with >100 karma, say.