There is teenagers on the fediverse. Most of them don't share their age, for hopefully obvious reasons. I'd say that a lot of the accounts which do a lot of posting/commenting are run by teenagers

because most adults probably wouldn't have the time for that much posting.

While the young people of this generation are generally useless when it comes to something more complicated than microsoft word, the people who are good at technology, usually are very good at it.

most of my friends (most of which don't know the difference between a laptop and a desktop) could understand the fediverse as a concept perfectly when I explained it to them irl.

So, if you're in a really stupid argument with someone, try to remember that there is a small chance they are 14.

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[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Ah yes, of course other generations are much better with technology than today's teens.

[–] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They are, teenagers (saying this as a teenager) are hopeless. Tech became so easy to use that anything requiring a tiny bit of effort is impossible for these people.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Its the same as its always been. There was always a small subset of the population interested and developing computer sciences. There was never this time where all the youngins knew computers like they did breathing. That was a fallacy.

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

At 14, me and most of my peers could navigate a file system on DOS, format floppies, install games from setup disks, and edit autoexec.bat files.

Yes, there is a huge difference between the teens of today and the teens of 25 years ago. Technological illiteracy is real thanks to the iPhone era and UIs becoming stupid simple to use.

The "iPad kids" meme didn't originate from thin air.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 2 days ago

Congrats, you lived in a social bubble. As we all do. Your sounds fun, so cherish the memories and don't pretend your experience is universal.

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[–] Angelusz@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (7 children)

You people still get into arguments online? Discussions, sure.. but arguments? o.O

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

YOU GET INTO INTERNET ARGUMENTS ALL THE TIME, YOU FUNGDARK! YOU'RE IN ONE NOW!

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[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I've long assumed that many (most?) of the tankies, and of hexbear's userbase in general, are teens.

[–] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 10 points 2 days ago

You would probably be right. Teenagers change political ideologies every other month.

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[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are* teenagers

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[–] small44@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Why do you think teens are generally stupid?

[–] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

As a teenager, I get in stupid arguments making stupid points because in my head, being right is important.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

I'd say that a lot of the accounts which do a lot of posting/commenting are run by teenagers

because most adults probably wouldn't have the time for that much posting.

Challenge accepted.

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