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7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?

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Post by meowkit »

Lammy wrote: post #34
xkeysc0re wrote: post #20

Honestly, I wish I could stop using the internet. I make a lot of things and enjoy sharing them because other people might find them useful. It has often led to wonderful and inspiring conversations. Yet it's obvious there's something very very wrong happening with American culture that began around the time of social media platform consolidation. "Being online" entails a distinct mindset and attitude that is incompa…

I've lost a few very good friends due to this. In-person and online interactions with the same person would vary wildly in tone and emotional intensity, like speaking to two entirely different people. The online interactions always pushed us apart, and the in-person interactions never failed to mend things, but of course those stopped happening over the previous year. I have to assume it's the same way with me toward…

There is a shocking amount of "non-human" activity. I think there are definitely bots, but also people that are paid to promote one narrative or another (paid with money or social validation).

I've trolled through many a twitter/reddit account when I sniff something off about a post. They are often hyper focused on a single topic, pushing a specific point of view. Rarely is this mentioned. Its "hail corporate" vibes but in a guerilla fashion.

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Post by gremlinsinc »

_rpd wrote: post #38

tl;dr: Internet non-adoption is linked to a number of demographic variables, but is strongly connected to age – with older Americans continuing to be one of the least likely groups to use the internet. Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online.

Do they have a smart phone and realize that every app is online?

That face time is online?

This study seems flawed if it didn't get very specific because there's not a small number of tech illiterate ppl who don't even realize they're online when they are....

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Post by boring_twenties »

fallingknife wrote: post #25
boring_twenties wrote: post #2

I've been using the Internet since 1992-3. Lately I'm feeling more and more like these 7% have the right idea.

Yeah, it got me thinking about this blog post I read a long time ago. https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/netslum/

That was amusing, but the linked "25,000 word screed sketching the transformation of the Internet from an open network of peers to a locked-down medium for delivering commercial content to passive consumers" [1] was even more interesting. From 2003, no less!

[1] https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/

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Post by behringer »

betwixthewires wrote: post #54
ipaddr wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Computers without the internet were better in someways. Leaving the internet behind doesn't mean living without technology.

I'm curious to know in what ways you mean.

Before the internet, If you wanted to use computers it was to be crafting, not memeing.

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Post by ipaddr »

betwixthewires wrote: post #54
ipaddr wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Computers without the internet were better in someways. Leaving the internet behind doesn't mean living without technology.

I'm curious to know in what ways you mean.

Before the internet bbs boards existed. Calling a board was a different experience.

Playing games on computers didn't require an internet connection. Often you traded disks.

Having no internet opens up the possibilities the computer can do. You start exploring and using more of it.

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Post by JamesAdir »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #62
_rpd wrote: post #38

tl;dr: Internet non-adoption is linked to a number of demographic variables, but is strongly connected to age – with older Americans continuing to be one of the least likely groups to use the internet. Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online.

Do they have a smart phone and realize that every app is online? That face time is online? This study seems flawed if it didn't get very specific because there's not a small number of tech illiterate ppl who don't even realize they're online when they are....

This was also my thought. I find it hard to believe that 65+ years old don't use navigation on their phone when driving, or googling even basic information.
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