[ExI] lists going quiet, was: RE: list test

[Adrian Tymes]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:24 AM, spike <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

> MB, are you taking into account that many of your hippest hipsters whose
> commentary ignites the biggest online discussions are migrating over to
> darknets?
>

Or just getting busy with Life.  (I hesitate to apply the "Real" tag in
this case.)

It's a common pattern.  People are outspoken and have opinions in their
teenage through college years.  It used to be that many had their first
true taste of wide-open Internet use in college; that has gradually been
progressing to earlier years over time.

But then they graduate and get a job, and slowly find they have less time
and energy to spend on things that don't pay the bills.  Many people,
sadly, use this as an excuse to withdraw from society: by the time they're
30, they don't have headspace for much more than work, things directly
relevant to their home (and any who live there), and perhaps a few
small-time things they have no chance of actually influencing.

There are exceptions, but by and large, to many of their former social
circles they just seem to disappear - essentially, they're dead.
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