Is the "everyone" tab that useful? I was rarely able to use it for anything purposeful so far, tho it is sometimes interesting to watch to see how fast the system updates. - Philipp Lenssen

When I first started out, it was useful to see how people were using FF, as well as to see if there were any random conversations or feed postings I could crash in on. I think once you build up your network, there's not much value to it, but the initial value is still there. - Mark Trapp

I rarely use it. But it's one of those things that I'm glad to know it's there. - Chris Rossini

There is too many conversations in other languages for me to understand a lot of the stuff in the "everyone" tab. I'm not really complaining about it. People should be able to converse in whatever language they want, but I think that this is a big reason why the "everyone" tab isn't used that much by most people. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I use it in conjunction with filtering to restrict it to one service - say, Googlereader shares or blog posts. Turns up some interesting stuff, sometimes. - Tom Landini

"Everyone" tab is like "stumble upon", when you are idle, keep looking and might find something interesting :) - Rohit Srivastwa

I'd say 2 to 3 times a day. First I filter by service, browse a few pages, then switch services. Takes about 20 - 30 minutes. - Bwana ☠

with a http://twitturly.com/ -like buzz-detection for urls, friendfeed-comments and google-reader-shares it would be a lot more useful, - Max Friedrich Hartmann

I rarely use the Everyone tab, I would say probably a couple of times a week to see if anthing I have missed is going on! - Joe Dawson

seldom. too many languages I do not understand and not filtering for it. - Nicole Simon

every now and again. It's like the urge to open a door on a moving train, and then slam it shut again... - Iain Baker

Rarely - April Buchheit

I am going there to find someone who speaks the same language with me, we may become friends, English is not my native language. - K.D.

Never used it... not even once.... not even when I first joined and followed no one. - Paula Hawk

When I'm testing to see if FF is refreshing. - EricaJoy

I have never used it. Proud to say so. - Baard @ Pixum

Every now and then, if I find something interesting. - Josh Jenkins

Very, very, rarely. - Fraser Smith

When I want to find something local, I'll search for "Denver" or "Denver + mac-n-cheese" - Ginger Makela Riker

never - Ashton

actually, quite often. it helps me to plug into the noosphere. - Benedikt Koehler

often, but it makes the missing language filter pretty important. - Steve Isaacs

Never. I just do searches with "who:everyone" - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Never. My friends tab is noisy enough as is. - Tsega Dinka

Sometimes, when I need a five-minute-break and something to distract me. - Andrea Sturm

Everyday. - Robert Scoble

Everyday. - Mitchell Tsai

I use it, or actually I use the same thing on NoiseRiver to track questions and problems people are having with NoiseRiver, so that I can help better :) Sometimes, when it's the same news that cycle in my friends page, I go there to discover new ones :) - directeur from NoiseRiver

A lot (+with search) - Peter Stuifzand

Occasionally. I would use it every day if it had the "best of" filter that surfaces the most interesting posts from all of FF. Same with search. - Joe Lazarus

+1 for I would use it every day if it had the "best of" filter but however i like it and i use it for search - Alessandro

Not so often. I usually search for a term that interests me and find people to add that way. - Colby Olson

It's interesting to watch occasionally, sometimes I actually find things to comment on or like. - xero