Yet, some people are They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the  that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of  on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users  it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the  use for the Internet.