Huh interesting. Searched out of curiosity, and I found 1 article saying you should close it as it will lower the temp throughout the night to allow for a more peaceful sleep and also for fire safety. Then right below was a link to another article stating you should leave it open as it will lower the temp via circulation. Fun, don't think I've seen such mixed results.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks to the power of AI you can have whatever answer you want these days.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure but I think people disagreed long before AI became a thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The garbage goes into the AI, the garbage goes out of the AI.

You can't explain that

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

I guess it's a matter of priorities. Some experts will deal a lot with air quality in their field, so they go kinda tunnel vision on that. And others (like firefighters) will be very focused on the fire safety aspect so to them that seems most important.

Personally I usually close all doors for fire safety except for my bedroom door because the air quality improvement is just too large. I can open a window, but it usually blows open further due to the wind. Then it becomes too noisy and cold. So I tend to keep it closed when it's cold outside.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have a bunch of servers in my room that turn it into a jungle if I leave my door closed overnight, but even without that I feel like just a person's own body heat would cause the temp to go up with the door closed. No?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Depends on the ventilation setup, size of the room, and how well insulated the room/house is. My old house, the room would definitely get hot if we closed the door at night. But in my current house, it gets a lot colder if we do. It's just one of those things where all those variables above will likely be very different place to place, so there will never be a universal consensus that fits for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Whatever the positives are. This are my reasons to keep it closed.

Noise. It gets quite loud when my door isn't closed.
Temperature. I don't wanna heat the whole hallway.
Security. I don't feel safe when the door is open.
Mosquitoes. I don't like having those in my room.