Is anyone else surprised by how many older people are on this website?

@Fungirlmmm I was on ep, how long was ep on for?

@LeopoldBloom [quote]You don't think it's a problem when actual Nazis are given a public platform? This allows them to reach more people who are susceptible to these ideas but otherwise wouldn't have encountered them.[/quote]

I don't, no. Why are they targeted as being so dangerous but we allow all kinds of other bad influences all over social media? What about the Scientologists? The incels? Gangster rappers promoting a life of crime? Anti-fa? MLMs and cults sucking in good, hard working people trying to make a living?

You think whatever "Nazis" that exist in this country have a chance against the NSA, the FBI, the MSM, and the entire intelligence community? It's overblown and is being used to frighten and divide people.

[quote]If I owned Twitter, I wouldn't ban people who made fun of me. But as I said, Musk is entitled to ban anyone he wants for any reason. Under the old management, people were banned for hate speech (and that doesn't mean "saying mean things about liberals") calling for violence, and spreading false medical information.[/quote]

If you dived into the media that was released in the "Twitter Files" you would see that the old regime was just as capricious when it came to throttling and banning thoughts, and individuals that did not promote the narrative around Trump or the mRNA vaccines.

[quote]Facebook was great when I joined in 2008. I connected with people I hadn't seen in years. The feed was mostly things people were doing, along with a forum for discussing current events. It started to deteriorate around 2015 when it became more focused on ad revenue, and the feed changed from chronological to curated based on your interests and engagement. So now, it's just a few people I know who are on it 24/7, ads, and clickbait. It's unfortunate because the early Facebook will never be replaced. It's not like everyone I know will magically decide to migrate to MeWe or Mastodon or Tribel or any other platform. It's like an anthill that's destroyed in a rainstorm - all of the ants are still there, but the organization and connections are gone.
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Do you remember the internet before all these stupid social media companies took over? It was a patch work of individuals promoting their interests and hobbies. It was very interesting, cool and fun. You had a laundry list of sites to go to, that you visited on a regular basis.

Now everyone is congregated into these large social media sites. Very convenient if you wanted to control the information being disseminated to the masses.

@SumKindaMunster Yes, everyone's congregated into the large social media sites, and Republicans want to do away with net neutrality to make sure those are the only sites you can access easily.

You should listen to the "Behind the Bastards" series on Andrew Tate. I don't know any teenage boys, so I had no idea of the influence he had on that demographic. Listen to that and then tell me that he "didn't have a chance" against the MSM.

We shouldn’t tolerate the intolerant. I don’t put Nazis or people like Tate in the same category as MLM or Scientology. It’s absurd to equate them just because you don’t agree with them.

@Fairydust you are not alone Hun. I'm always here

@SW-User

thank you 😊

@LordShadowfire As a child I wouldn't have recognized it. All I saw were to old men who were grumpy [u]and[/u] funny at the same time.

@helenS Jim's humor was subtle enough to go over the heads of the young ones, but if you go back and watch the show now, you'll wonder how you could possibly have missed it. He was that good.

@Degbeme

@LilPrincess *gets a boner*

@Degbeme

@Mountainlady16 Definitely. I joined EP when I was 13 and there were a ton of creeps.

@Chaoshead how old are you

@Mountainlady16 I'm 23 now.

@Ynotisay Good points. Context & nuance are important to us old fogies, and what originally drew me to social media was the opportunity to be anonymous yet open about sexual issues. Ironically, young uns here lecture you for being verbose when you add a little context and nuance -- but at least you are allowed to.

@dancingtongue You make a good point about context meeting brevity. I think older people appreciate how the sausage gets made. Younger people tend to want the sausage right now.

@Ynotisay Unfortunately that applies to history, how cultural opinions formed, or anything else as well, so they are doomed to relive it when it becomes "trendy" again.

@CestManan There are plenty of people here with expertise or experience in various fields. Anyone can learn from them just by asking. But I think people are here mostly to socialise, and perhaps argue. A bit like 'real' life.

@spjennifer Tumblr has tried that too

@zonavar68 Tumblr didn't have much choice but to remove all so-called "adult content" as they are part of their Frankenstein parent "Verizon Oath" and by banning it, have lost probably 80% of their users and become irrelevant in the process, apparently there was a lot of child porn on Tumblr though I never saw any...

@Tracos Older is anyone older than the person saying it. 68 in my case.

@SW-User It does have some subject matter experts on it. I've just noticed a change over the past few years. It used to be more of a community.

@SW-User Does anyone remember Misterpoll? It reminded me of EP.

@softie Don’t think I’ve heard of it.

@Mardrae I'm sorry if my words were misinterpreted. I have absolutely zero problem with older people being on this (or any) platform. I'm legitimately curious why this site might be more welcoming than others.

@Chaoshead I’m “older” and I’m on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Snapchat, Quora, Simterest, TikTok, , Pinterest, and anywhere else I feel like joining. I have no clue why you would think that a site or people would kick someone off after a certain age. Why on earth wouldn’t they not welcome us?

@Starcrossed Can you remember what year EP closed? Or for that matter, what year it opened? I have a feeling that between EP and here, I have been here for longer than I realize! 😂

@DrWatson erhm I think 2007-2016.

@Eklipse I think the world done forgot about FB. 😄

@CestManan Is it still going? I thought it was TikTok now.

@SW-User In fact SW is the only "social" site which I visit. I don't even know the difference between "facebook" and "twitter".

@Wiseacre Reddit is fully of Randy rooters chasing redhead unicorns apparently

@atlantic59 stop denigrating urself

@Wiseacre you are right. The pendulum swings between acceptance and loathing

@acpguy aww....thanks for understanding so easily🙂