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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by read_if_gay_ on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:17AM (#24373916)
> Interesting that you feel older demographics degrade a platform. For me, it’s the opposite

Agree. More mature users means less bullshit. A corrected statement would probably be something like: if a platform is used mostly by younger demographics, then an influx of older people degrades that platform for the younger people.

Which seems pretty obvious.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by Macha on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:42AM (#24375948)
More mature users means different bullshit. The flight sim community is an example of one I'm involved in which has many forums with older users that grew out of 90s forums or even older BBSes and have a large older audience.

I wouldn't call those forums as having less bullshit than say the Reddit, which has the younger parts of the community.

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