(OT) How old are you?

[BostonRoss]

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[BostonRoss]

There were a few references in the minor league deal thread to posters' ages. I thought it might be interesting to do a poll to get some idea of how old our fellow posters are. If I did it correctly (always a question because everyone knows that we boomers are technology-challenged ), it is anonymous. But of course you can post your age in the comments if you like.

I know this is unscientific (as all of our polls are), and of course the sample may not be representative. I use survey data in my job all the time, and I know better.

I don't mind saying that I'm 64. I'm still working and am the oldest regular employee at my company. I know I'm not the oldest person on this forum!

[BostonRoss]

Apparently there was a poll on this topic 20 years ago, and a few of you who are still here responded! The median age of those respondents was in their 30s. I'm guessing it might be different now...

[julio]

Apparently there was a poll on this topic 20 years ago, and a few of you who are still here responded! The median age of those respondents was in their 30s. I'm guessing it might be different now...

Well, it would be different if the same people responded, 20 years later. I guess it will be interesting if the median age now is something other than "in our 50s," because that might indicate something about people who have joined this community in the interim, and those who have departed.

And yeah, I'm older than you, bostonross. Turned 69 a month ago. One of these days, I may figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

[BostonRoss]

…and the tech-savviness of different age cohorts.

[zambonir]

We have also lost our share of members (IRL, I mean), some more advanced than others I imagine.

The average age of an MLB fan was said to be 57 in 2017, up from 52 in 2000.I wonder if it would be another tick up at this point. Either way I imagine this list reflects that pretty cleanly.

I'm 55 and still feel like one of the younger people here given how many seem to have seen a game at Connie Mack, or were scarred by '63

[julio]

…and the tech-savviness of different age cohorts.

I can't speak reliably about the tech-savviness of cohorts I don't interact with regularly, but...

My wife and I have a relatively large group of...similarly-aged?...people we interact with regularly, and their tech-savviness is all over the map. We have friends who don't have their own email accounts (or who share one); on the other hand, one senior-citizen member of our local artists' group built a new web site (Google sites) in literally a couple of hours. (Note: No actual coding involved, but considerable understanding of how things work together.) The photographers in the group tend to be considerably more tech-savvy than the painters (not surprising, given where photography is these days).

My offspring? Three of 'em, 28 to 39, plus significant others, all very knowledgeable. I don't know if there are many tech-clueless people in their cohorts.

I suspect that's the difference - there are people in my cohort who are very knowledgeable (heck, there are older people; when I was with the NJ Commission on Science and Technology, we dealt regularly with people older than us, at places like Bell Labs...calling these people "tech-savvy" would be an absurd understatement!), but the variance is very high. My impression is that there's considerably less variance in younger cohorts, at least in the use of modern tech devices and platforms; not so sure about understanding what's "under the hood," as it were. I know that even in my very small sample (the kids), only one of them is comfortable with discussion of quantum mechanics and the implications thereof for the devices they all use and take for granted. So I"m thinking there's still considerable variance in younger cohorts with regard to deep understanding of their hi-tech world, while there's general "savviness" about living and using things in that world.

[bkeich]

Realize it is anonymous, but figured if others want to connect person to age.

56

Would really like to retire, but just not able. My health is pretty bad (Cancer survivor x 6, Heart Attavk 5 years ago, Diabetic from all the chemo). We have people on this board in worse health I know from comments over the years, but boy do I feel old.

[miker]

64 here. Still working full time in the same field for 43 years with no plans to retire (I like what I do). I think I am mostly tech-savvy, certainly more-so than many of my contemporaries. I am old enough to say that I saw more than a few games at Connie Mack in my youth.

[Patchmk88]

Man I’m a young guy compared to you all. Love you old souls though!

[donaldorc]

I am 74 and consider myself to be above average tech-wise, although I am not as savvy with all the new baseball statistics that have emerged and pontificated on on this site. However, I have followed the Phillies since my dad took me and my brother to Connie Mack stadium on August 13, 1957. Final score: Pirates 6 Phillies 0
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=195708130PHI. I was nine years old.

[Lucky_Beagle]

58 and retiring from my full time teaching job in June! I am sure I will continue to work part time at my side business and may even look for other part time work to help occupy time and make up for income loss

[phillychuck]

The membership of this board has aged since it was created. I'd expect the median is in the upper 50s now. A lot of our younger posters left in the "Schism" many years ago and are now at the third incarnation of the other board, but they are probably median age 40+ now.

People in their 20s and low 30s don't seem to have any interest in message boards now (b/c social media? Does Twitter or instagram fill that need?).

I'm older than Julio, but not very much...about a month.

[rkeden]

Today is my birthday--Born 4/1/41. 82 today. And Kingery's 2nd home run in 2 games is a gift! My first heroes were Eddie Joost, Sam Chapman, Del Ennis and Robin Roberts!

[zambonir]

People in their 20s and low 30s don't seem to have any interest in message boards now (b/c social media? Does Twitter or instagram fill that need?).

For sure. Or TikTok. That's also how they watch the games (i.e. not in full, or on TV, or even MLB.TV, must clips and highlights along the way). And I belong to a couple of Facebook groups for bands that are basically the same as this experience (except not as good, logistically or ethically).

I wasn't here for the schism but I am still one of the very few left (especially when it comes to active posting) on the old Listserv. A few of you (julio, schillingfan I believe) I certainly knew from there.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

How old am I? Old enough to know better.

[bkox]

People in their 20s and low 30s don't seem to have any interest in message boards now (b/c social media? Does Twitter or instagram fill that need?).

r/phillies on reddit has 86K members

[bkeich]

Because ours is a heavily moderated site (what I like about it, not complaining) I think we scare away the WIP crowd of trash talking, oh the world is collapsing, cut Soto today because he had one bad game crowd. That tends to be a younger crowd (obviously a generalization).
Just what I see, we cater to a calmer, more "experienced" fan base.

[andyb]

One has to think that message boards in general skew a bit older as younger people have migrated more towards social media (and groups created within those social media platforms). A post in a private group with messages serves as their message board.

I think I am in the solid middle of this board age-wise, dreading dropping into the next group (60) next week.

[gmwannabe]

Hope you had a Happy birthday RK. I am still a young boy (at heart). but I can still remember the excitement I had, when my dad sent me a letter along with a sports section. I was at a two week summer camp, when I was 10 ( in '64) and Dad wrote in his letter, maybe he should start thinking about World Series tickets. We all know that he didn't purchase them.
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