Boomers' reputation on the Internet

[sbarrera]

(10-11-2019, 09:13 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-11-2019, 07:11 AM)sbarrera Wrote: ...

This stereotyping, of course, is unfair to the legions of Boomers who are on the political left. Not to mention those who are very savvy to the ways of the Internet. Perhaps these Boomers are not on Facebook so much; my guess is they are on Twitter instead. But this association, by a younger generation, between the Baby Boomers and the reactionary politics of Trump supporters (who are not all Baby Boomers, is my point) clearly marks the Boomer outlook as a fading thing of the past. The Internet - and thank you for it, Mr. Gore - belongs to a new generation.

I'm a cohort-47 Boomer, and have been on the Internet since '93.  I am not, however, on social media on any kind.  I find the platforms -- all of them -- insidious if a bit banal.  No, I don't need an algorithm up my butt 24/7, trying to anticipate my every move and feeding me what it thinks I need.  I was raised in an era that put that on me to decide, and 'push' tech is anathema to that model.  Give my 'pull' tech, and I'm in.

I like that idea; the old Boomer Internet was "pull" tech - you take what you want from it and make up your own mind. The new Millennial Internet is "push" tech - you tell it what's on your mind and it gives you what it decides you want.