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TexasDem69

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24. I've been following DU for a long time

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 08:55 PM

Mar 2024

I wonder if the lack of younger folks here now is the changing face of social media? I also post on Facebook a fair bit but not TikTok and my kids (who are in their 20s) think Facebook is outdated

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Democratic Underground: Participation by age and gender. [View all] BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 OP

K&R PatSeg Mar 2024 #1

What about non binary? Or other genders? Lunabell Mar 2024 #2

That could be a different poll. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #3

I know space was limited but in a separate poll, I am fucking curious to how the numbers would play out, as well. SoFlaBro Mar 2024 #47

Definitely older. MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #4

Many of us started Out on DU over 20years ago.. Cha Mar 2024 #5

I started lurking here in 2005. bamagal62 Mar 2024 #9

Looking Back it Cha Mar 2024 #12

Yes Cha bdamomma Mar 2024 #16

lol.. yeah, 50+ a few decades! Cha Mar 2024 #46

Damn... Ohio Joe Mar 2024 #19

Good on you.. it's still a long time. Cha Mar 2024 #25

I also left & came back. Dulcinea Mar 2024 #42

Female Many Moons older... yours is about Cha Mar 2024 #45

Old Timewas Mar 2024 #6

I'll be entering into that Cha Mar 2024 #28

Me too, in November! It's exciting. Croney Mar 2024 #59

🫶 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #34

K&R...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2024 #7

I'm one of the younger ones here ClimateHawk Mar 2024 #8

I've been around since 2001. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #10

I've been following DU for a long time TexasDem69 Mar 2024 #24

If the poll is accurate, this place is practically devoid of anyone under 50. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2024 #43

Message boards/forums have been in decline for years now DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2024 #52

We came when BushCheney were installed. We were in robust active middle age then... Hekate Mar 2024 #58

I found this site in 2003 at the age of 19. Elessar Zappa May 2024 #65

Bravo, glad you're here. It's vital to have people of diff ages and appalachiablue Mar 2024 #32

Wishing you an early Happy Birthday and a wonderful coming year. niyad Mar 2024 #60

I joined in October of 2001, the day after my thirty-third birthday. Aristus Mar 2024 #11

I started reading DU on 9/11. I signed up and started posting in December or January. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #13

I'll never leave bdamomma Mar 2024 #17

DU used to have a portrait gallery. Aristus Mar 2024 #18

They bdamomma Mar 2024 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Mar 2024 #23

Interesting 3auld6phart Mar 2024 #53

I can remember posts about DU meet-ups, either group or individuals & couples. I haven't seen any of those in a while. NBachers Mar 2024 #33

I went to many meetups. intheflow Mar 2024 #51

I left in 2010 BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #37

Honestly you should start it at 40 and up. There are a LOT of 70+. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #14

I know we skew older. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #15

I hit the big 7 0 BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #36

Just turned 45 today; male. Joined right after 9/11 (found DU via BartCop, RIP). I was 100% non-political Grown2Hate Mar 2024 #20

Happy birthday! BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #21

Thank you! :) At my age I don't make a Grown2Hate Mar 2024 #39

Clearly member of majority, elleng Mar 2024 #26

It's Saturday night and maybe the younger DUers are out for the evening Deuxcents Mar 2024 #27

Maybe they post from their desks at work through the week... BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #29

How about adding a few categories: AverageOldGuy Mar 2024 #30

Interesting breakdown: 20s, 30s, 40s, and "50s and older"? TygrBright Mar 2024 #31

I know most of us are over 50. I'm here almost every day. I read the posts. I think I have a pretty good sense... BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #38

What? limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #41

A lot of us in the senior cohort were in our 30s when we discovered DU. Earth-shine Mar 2024 #35

Probably should be an internal survey, but nothing public that oppositions firms could leverage. TheBlackAdder Mar 2024 #40

One thing is obvious. bluedigger Mar 2024 #44

I made it to the nearest open convenience store after midnight, DemocraticPatriot Mar 2024 #48

Been here since Jun 3, 2002 GoneOffShore Mar 2024 #49

Kick BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #50

IMO, there's a fatal flaw in this poll Polybius Mar 2024 #54

I didn't post the poll to find out who's here. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #55

I hear ya Polybius Mar 2024 #56

We need some young peoples 😀 malaise Mar 2024 #57

We were the young people! 🤣😂 Hope22 Mar 2024 #61

That is great news malaise Mar 2024 #62

Flaw is that Gen Z doesn't know what a message board is - TBF Apr 2024 #63

40 years old, male. Elessar Zappa May 2024 #64