I feel as if most of the people here are genXers.

David :SetouchiExplorer:

@SeaFury I think most of us are Indeed Gen Xers here because it's true that there is a certain degree of computer-literacy needed to easily understand the Fediverse, and it's mostly our generation that is computer-literate. Also, we do remember that the internet wasn't always owned by big companies. Younger generations don't, so they also have trouble understanding the Fediverse.

SeaFury 🦜🍉

@David Mastodon reminds me of irc, usenet, Napster, torrents, bbs’s… Online services weren’t served to you. We had to cobble things together to make things work. The only thing convenient about my life back then was maccas. #genX

David :SetouchiExplorer:

@SeaFury Exactly. I'm always baffled when I hear some people say that Mastodon/Fediverse is "too difficult" and then I notice that it's often Millennials saying that. Maybe it is difficult when your idea of computing is turning on a Mac. (I'll die on the hill that Apple share a big share of responsibility in the fact that computer literacy is dying down) And Gen Z grew up with a phone in their hand, so...

David :SetouchiExplorer:

@SeaFury With that being said, I think it's important to "recruit" the younger generations (Z and alpha) into the Fediverse so that they can learn that the internet doesn't have to be the enshittified thing that it has become. (Millennials are, I'm afraid, a lost cause)

SeaFury 🦜🍉

@David I need to infect my son. But he has zero interest 🤯

David :SetouchiExplorer:

@SeaFury I just bought a computer to my daughter (it arrived today, it's still in the box) I'll see what I can do. But so far she only cares about Youtube and Line and Instagram (I'll see if I can motivate her and her friends to go to Pixelfed?)

SeaFury 🦜🍉

@David Uphill battle

Ruben Schade :runbsd:🇦🇺🇸🇬

@David @SeaFury Many millennials are approaching their forties. We do remember what the open web was like (or at least, some of us do, get off my lawn!)

And who were the parents of Gen Z and younger Millennials, me wonders?

David :SetouchiExplorer:

@SeaFury Yes. It's depressing how the older they get the less they're willing to learn from me and instead just want to learn from their (as clueless as them) friends. I guess it's part of growing up.

David :SetouchiExplorer:

@rubenerd Let's not fall into the trap of generalizations and "not all." Of course when we talk about generational things, "not all." We're talking about general trends. Not all Gen Xers are computer-literate, and not all younger or older generations are not, it's about fractions of these populations and how large these fractions are.

@SeaFury

David Somers

@David @SeaFury Eventually, and hopefully not too late, the kids finally work out that their parents know stuff worth knowing... my first victory was getting my kids into listening to Toyah and Pink Floyd... still working on their computer skills (to them its just a YouTube delivery mechanism FFS, but at least they watch some mildly educational stuff on it)

David Somers

@David @rubenerd @SeaFury I'm going to ponder: to different generations (and even whether people within the cohort are early, mid, or late members), the term computer-literate (and internet) means different things. Just being able to turn on a smart phone and use FB, IG, X, etc., does not mean you are computer-literate to some people, but to others it does. #GenX #GrayBeard #RetroComputing

:collar_pink: mademoiselle ♡ 🌸💖

@SeaFury i knew i picked the correct website for dating older women

Lord Hurkle-Durkle :bc:

@vmstan @SeaFury What age are we considered “elder” millennials? I’m 44… I consider myself Xennial.

Scott Williams 🐧

@GuyDudeman @vmstan @SeaFury I'm 41 and consider myself X or Xennial but not Millennial. The original Harvard standard cut it off at 1984 and I can't be in the same gen as people who don't remember 9/11 and the Gulf War.