/siberia/ - Off-topic

i use twitter and discord a lot and i don't regularly come cross anyone younger than 18

you're probably just in the wrong places man idk

>>779868
I forget what tumblr post or tweet I saw this from but basically, the internet used to be a lot more separated. Kids, teens, and adults would all have their own websites, and there were lots of different sites to choose from and form your own communities. But now in the age of social media where everyone uses a handful of sites, every age group is squeezed into the same box.

>>779873
In practice this isn't really true. Sure, "everyone" is on Twitter, but Twitter allows you to follow and block whoever you want, so in practice it turns into distinct communities. Reddit is even more segregated because everything happens within a single subreddit that's generally dedicated to a single subject with a specific vibe in mind, and in practice that selects for age too.
Typically in old forums you'd have a board dedicated to whatever the thing attached to the forum was – a game, a webcomic, a special interest, whatever – but then you'd have within the same forum a music board, a shoot-the-shit board, etc. and you'd get to mingle with the same people without the requirement of strict topicality. So it didn't really feel separated. And most old forums that I used had people as young as 13 (that was the legal age requirement) mixing with people as old as 60. Discord servers are the closest thing but in practice they're still more segregated because most of them aren't public.

complaining about "kids" means you're either old and grump or still a little kid yourself

I'm the same age and I agree. No disrespect to teenagers but almost every teenager I've bumped into on the internet just says the dumbest things. They're less likely to be well read, they have no experience in the workforce, they can't talk about adult shit like serious relationships and money and jobs and politics and science. But I'd extend that to manchildren as well, like those fandombrained NEETs in 4chan /a/ and Twitter. I guess my main gripe is with rude, uneducated people and teenagers are much more likely to fit this criteria.

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This is funny. Everyone likes to think all faux pas on the Internet is caused by kids when a lot of it is usually adults more than you’d think

>>779928
I could say that about a lot of adults as well whom are not NEETs.
Also I think society has exaggerated age stereotypes way too much.

>>779868
Methinks that generational gaps are becoming more exaggerated

You’re getting butthurt about profiles having Roblox videos?
When we had flash vids and YTMND?

>>779912
Most people who complain the most about kids tend to be dysfunctional hedonic adults

>>779877
This.
People always like to say that the Internet was more diverse and had more subcultures but from what I see, it’s the current era sites with sub communities that allow for more filtering and personalization.
And from what I see, all subcommittees all share the same grievances.
They all complain about monoculture and alleged underaged ruining everything.

And yet most Internet drama is caused by adults. But because society is becoming more age sensitive, any faux pas caused by kid is given more vitriolic attention.

And kids are the only demographic that society deems ok of not necessary to stereotype/generalize.

Newgene why are you posting like five times in a row