Do older people use the internet?
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My parents are in their mid sixties and they use it all the time.  I also have some older relatives who use it frequently.  Don't really know anyone in their 80's who use it.  But, I am sure there are some out there.
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680432
Certainly.  Some internet abbreviations have entered daily spoken language.  People are doing much more writing and much less speaking.  A new level of langauge (e-mail speak) seems to be developing.  Even amoung educated, careful speakers, a certain number of appreviations, symbols and careless spellings seems to have become accepted.  While some younger users are taking this to the point of incomprehensibility (if you are not in the know), this will probably level off.  The number of international users will change some English used on the Internet as new norms develop.  The Internet is a new community of speakers/writers, and as it develops, it will change.
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Absolutely not. The internet is controlled by humans, it doesn't expand on its own. It doesn't have the ability to expand on its own and it never will have the ability to learn anything. It doesn't learn. Thats like filling a pitcher with jello and saying, "Look it's a living being. It has a structure, it holds what i put into it and it wiggles when i touch it!!"
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There are personal websites for seniors, I know that AOL has them, and have seen the various age groups in newspapers.  I'm not looking up the specifics because I'm not quite there yet.  If you are, check it out yourself--type in personals, then go from there to the desired age.
19790
Does it matter? The Internet is everywhere...
671632
i live and breathe the internet......sniff..sniff....can you smell that
117537
You can still access the internet with that thing?
708519
You can't be too old.  The internet is for everyone's learning opportunities and enjoyment. Its for making new freinds, and maintaining contact with old friends.
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because kids are younger and they've learned less, as we get older we know certain ways to do things and its harder to re-learn to do them new ways than to keep doing them our old way, even if the new one is faster. kids are learning these things for the first time so they pick it up faster because they've got more space to put it and no previous experiences. thats why you must walk grandmothers thru even the easiest web-forms even tho they're designed for idiots. in short: adults dont usually like bothering learning new ways to do old things. besides, they know more stuff anyway, and have their lives in places besides home, who needs the internet?
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I'm inclined to agree with ☺MrS. FrAnK☺, though I don't necessarily think it's that the teens have more problems.  (If I only could wish. ^-^; )  It's just that the teens are more likely to be avid online visitors vs the older generations.
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Yes. Contrary to popular belief, the age of phone lines impacts the speed of broadband and dial up connections. Older phone lines have less efficient insulation, and are more prone to interference. The short version is that this interference can cause errors...which must be corrected....which slows down the data rate. This was less of a problem at slow rates ( like 9600 baud..SNAIL !! ) ....but dial up speeds are much faster now, and also there are special coding techniques that are employed to increase the throughput via compression of data, ect. Higher speed --> Higher frequency --> Greater sensitivity to interference.
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No. We're gaining new ones. I have felt at times a tangible difference in the way we socialise since the advent of the net. If you're stuck for information, e.g. you can't find a place in town, you can ask someone, or you can use the net. But there's somewhere in between. The net can fill in some of the gaps in your knowledge and people in town can complete your knowledge. They themselves might have acquired some of their knowledge from the net. So the feeling you get is "we're all better connected. I wonder if I SHOULD know something BECAUSE it's probably on the net." Do you get what I mean? It's like we don't need to ask around as much for information with our voice because it's there for all to see on the network. I.e. it's a social tool that makes socialising more efficient.
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Am I in the old people part of this page?
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Nope I can assure of that. Even though a lot of people are immature and say stupid things in response to questions like they were on myspace or AIM or something. Just check out Marilyn Vos Savant's featured question, thats where all the older people are hanging out.
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That's the nature of the Internet. It's been that way for decades.