I started in March last year and things have changed not only in the price of Steem but the obvious one is the number of users floating around. This has become obvious when we have been looking for Redfish to assist trying to entice them to become Minnows.
I was thinking the other day about the age group of users on here right now and not being rude, but the more mature people are what is constant on here right now.If we had to think back to March and April then I would stab at a guess there were a lot more younger people around. The younger ones have left and will return when the loud music and drinks are flowing when Steem climbs the charts again.
The younger generation wants instant success and haven't learnt the art of patience yet. The younger users here right now maybe more mature in their thoughts and are ahead of their generation. Some of the young generation did very well as early adopters and have hung around and grown more. I know my sons and his friends wouldn't do what I am doing right now. They couldn't do it and that is fact.
I may be wrong and it may be just the users I engage with but I would say the majority are over 25 and would go further saying that they are 99% over 30 and maybe even half over 40. This wasn't the case 6 months ago though. I felt like a duck out of water engaging with all the youngsters that were around when I first signed up.
Either I am stuck in the middle aged older generation section and there is a kiddie younger section somewhere else and I have missed something. I am running through users names through my head and the majority are older and this has never dawned on me before. I haven't noticed this change as you are here everyday and don't notice things until you take a step back and think. It is a bit like watching yourself get older, you don't notice it. You only know when you see old mates from school days and think my god they are looking old.
Have any of you noticed this or is it just me? I think a more mature person wont power down as quickly as a young user would as this was hard and wasn't an easy come easy go scenario. Whoever is here now has worked their butt off at some point to get to where they were and most of you still are.
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