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A HERETIC I AM

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23. Yup. I've been a member here so long ...

Reply to Sympthsical (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 03:08 AM

Dec 16

that I was a completely different physical specimen when I first joined! 2 decades will do that to ya.

But yes, the demographic for this message board has always skewed older, mostly white and middle class, with all the other groups sprinkled around the edges.

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Does anyone know the rough demographic breakdown of DU members? [View all] JMCKUSICK Dec 15 OP

Female, born in 1949 The Blue Flower Dec 15 #1

Same here, hi ya sista Walleye Dec 16 #29

No Sneederbunk Dec 15 #2

Male, born in 1962 Meadowoak Dec 15 #3

Only as much as we self-identify... Hekate Dec 15 #4

Of course not JMCKUSICK Dec 15 #5

Again, it's a matter of self-identification. I don't know the proportions, but I know some are ... Hekate Dec 16 #18

They are probably better represented here than most other places because... W_HAMILTON Dec 16 #27

Everyone who posts here is over 127 years old,... magicarpet Dec 15 #6

It has changed over time undoubtedly. But, race/ethnicity would have to be inferred from hlthe2b Dec 15 #7

Why? n/t leftstreet Dec 15 #8

It's a open question JMCKUSICK Dec 15 #10

You're right. Callie1979 Dec 16 #32

Check out Music Appreciation may give some idea NowsTheTime Dec 15 #9

People who post and include something about personal experience dgauss Dec 15 #11

Mainly white middle class senior citizens Sympthsical Dec 15 #12

Yup. I've been a member here so long ... A HERETIC I AM Dec 16 #23

That's what I figure as well. Looking at posts, I get that most of us are older, long-time liberal. mucholderthandirt Dec 16 #30

We did this a few years back and I think I remember we skewed toward the senior ages. Iggo Dec 15 #13

I am pleased to see a lot of younger posters joining in recent years. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 16 #15

Yeah, we always see new names right before and after elections, and I assume a chunk of those are younger people. Iggo Dec 16 #17

I joined when I was 49. I'm 66 now Kaleva Dec 16 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 15 #14

I looked up my zip code (40878) DFW Dec 16 #24

Older and white hardluck Dec 16 #16

Trend toward older, white, and female. Elessar Zappa Dec 16 #19

Overwhelmingly white, late middle ages and seniors Kaleva Dec 16 #20

Older then dirt. 🥴 nt Raine Dec 16 #22

Hey! LOL I still win. mucholderthandirt Dec 16 #31

LOL, you sure do! 😄👍 nt Raine Dec 17 #39

It's a boomer retirement club. Voltaire2 Dec 16 #25

Female 1948 wryter2000 Dec 16 #26

Me, too. nt leftyladyfrommo Dec 16 #35

Me too! Mossfern Dec 16 #37

You might also be interestd in who READS DU, but is not a member... Think. Again. Dec 16 #28

Dyspeptic kairos12 Dec 16 #33

I was born in 1875 in Ireland. JanMichael Dec 16 #34

Male, white.... MiHale Dec 16 #36

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Over time, there have been any number of Poll posts here that MineralMan Dec 17 #40