DCUM, the average age of respondents.

[Anonymous]

I am over 50, but I often post on other threads because of the topic.
I get one or two reasonable responses, then I leave the thread because of silliness. My husband warns me over and over that the posters are likely in their 20s and 30s, and since I would be reluctant to take advice from anyone that young face to face, then why would I do so anonymously.
Funny enough, the age of the respondent matters more to me than gender, ethnicity, education.
Anyone else have these concerns?

[Anonymous]

There are silly posters of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and education levels.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

[Anonymous]

There should be asl checks on here.

[Anonymous]

If the response is wacko, I ignore. I don't really think too much about the characteristics of who posted it. If the response is reasonable or thoughtful, I consider it. Again, I don't think too much about the person behind the words. There's no way to know, so why speculate. Fwiw, I'm 45 but I think people in their 20s and 30s can certainly give good advice. Are they here on dcum? Who knows.

[Anonymous]

34

And here too much

[Anonymous]

Average age is 40 and trending downward.

[Anonymous]

I think there was an off topic "How old are you?" thread a while back and it seemed like everyone was under 40. Many in their twenties.

[Anonymous]

Probably under 40 posting here. You can tell because they have no manners and are rude mixed in with being very disrespectful. Comes with being bottle fed the internet from birth. They don't know how to be nice.

I'll be long gone when their kids take over but damn, I sure would love to see how the current ones react.

[Anonymous]

close to 53.

Used to be here very often, now only come here from time to time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably under 40 posting here. You can tell because they have no manners and are rude mixed in with being very disrespectful. Comes with being bottle fed the internet from birth. They don't know how to be nice.

I'll be long gone when their kids take over but damn, I sure would love to see how the current ones react.

I have to agree.

no manners, no ability to socialize beyond their phones

truly frightening

- 50

[Anonymous]

59...you don't need to be young to be on here, plus there are plenty of millennials who ask advice.

[Anonymous]

I am 59, but can tell by the questions and answers on this thread that most are sub-50.

[Anonymous]

No, and I find your age hang-up quite immature. I am 36 and have been on DCUM for a decade, married early and have middle and elementary schoolers. I've experienced quite a bit of life's difficulties and my friends are in the 40-50 years old range.
I have met some extraordinarily mature and thoughtful young adults, and some very naive and off-the-cuff middle-aged people.
Posting anonymously on the internet has more to do with how thoughtful and reasoned your answer is than your physical age.

[Anonymous]

I feel it's important to both read and contribute. We don't live in a vacuum and things do change. How else are we to understand the subtle shifts in generations if we don't listen to them and understand their points of view? Sure I speak my mind if I think it will help but there are many posts where I just lurk to gain knowledge. There are often times I shake my head at someone bemoaning a mistake I've already made and survived, but then I remember I did survive and they will too. Not everyone needs wisdom from the last millinium. If you are offended by a younger point of view then maybe it's an opportunity to examine your beliefs not theirs.

[Anonymous]

The posts in Fifty and Over are rarely obnoxious.