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So I was watching the show "MacHeads" on TV last night (CNBC). Part of the show featured members of the old "Mac User Groups" or "MUGs" (They highlighted the Berkly Ca and Virginia MUGs as they were HUGE in their prime). They pointed out that the MUG members were aging and that newer, younger members were not joining and they all blamed, as old people are want to do, the internet. They complained that the internet was "stealing" their members because info was readily available and you could find it and leave and never be a part of anything.
Now, on the face of it I can see where they are comming from, but then I though about this place. Seems to me that the people who stick around here are probably the same folks who would have hung out at MUG meetings 10 or 15 years ago and that the demographic had simply shifted to online forums and groups as opposed to those who meet in person. What makes it better is you can be in the group daily vice only when the meetings are held. You do get to know people if you hang out here long enough and you learn who the good guys are who the not so good guys are and so on. Even better, you get a much more diversified group here than you ever could have in a local group. Downside is you don't meet your neighbors who may be MacHeads too.
I'm sure others here have watched this show and taken notice of this as well. No real point here, I just thought I would share my observation. That's 45 to 60 seconds of your life you'll never get back, carry on.
Now, on the face of it I can see where they are comming from, but then I though about this place. Seems to me that the people who stick around here are probably the same folks who would have hung out at MUG meetings 10 or 15 years ago and that the demographic had simply shifted to online forums and groups as opposed to those who meet in person. What makes it better is you can be in the group daily vice only when the meetings are held. You do get to know people if you hang out here long enough and you learn who the good guys are who the not so good guys are and so on. Even better, you get a much more diversified group here than you ever could have in a local group. Downside is you don't meet your neighbors who may be MacHeads too.
I'm sure others here have watched this show and taken notice of this as well. No real point here, I just thought I would share my observation. That's 45 to 60 seconds of your life you'll never get back, carry on.