Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Denhardt is proud of her new social network. While some folks become misanthropic as they age, most of us still crave human contact--especially at a time in our lives when it's harder to achieve. Children move away, spouses die and infirmities limit mobility. The Internet widens the reach of those with the resources and the gumption to get online...
...Internet is a tool that is especially appealing to many people because it's the great equalizer, making age, gender and appearance irrelevant. Betty Kamen, 72, says many seniors like the Web for that reason. "No one knows that it may have taken you longer to type an answer," says Kamen, a nutrition writer. "If there are minor disabilities, no one knows about...
...onto the WELL, a Sausalito-based online community that predates AOL's chat rooms. Most of the users were men in their 30s and 40s. Says Kamen: "I was female, and I was by far the oldest. The value was being able to log on without being identified by age or anything else. It was really liberating...
When she revealed her age, it was well received. "I enjoyed the fact that I was the oldest woman on the WELL," Kamen says. "I found myself serving as a role model when someone came on saying they had just had their 40th birthday and were feeling over the hill. I could respond to that...
...acquainted with computers years ago. But when he sold his weekly Ohio newspaper, the Coshocton Free Enterpriser, he was looking for a new sense of community. He had taken up residence in an RV and loved the freedom but felt rootless. His solution: to build communities online. Through Third Age, an online site for seniors, Firman founded a chat room called Butt Out, which offers support for seniors trying to stop smoking. He joined another called the Novel Approach, where 16 regulars critique one another's manuscripts...