Belittlement and exclusion on GTQ
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Thread Topic: Belittlement and exclusion on GTQ
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Also, I think we all tend to drift towards people in our own age groups. Older people dont want to talk to young people, and the other way around. While we try to reach out and include everyone, its really hard.
I think, when I joined, there were tons of users here my age. I also think 13-14 year olds are more likely to join the forums. Anyways, there were around 10 other users my age. Now there are only around 4. The numbers declined, because people leave as they grow up, obviously. So then the amount of older users declines. And while we get a new user every month or two, we lose users at a higher rate (I think). -
That's also super valid. I'm 19, and so being close with 13-14 year old gives me the ick. So while I'll tall to those users here and there, on the site but wouldn't include them in off site group chats, servers (( that have more adults than minors)) or anything like that.
Nor should a minor be doing that with someone my age, since it's for safety.
I thibk that's also a valid reason for exclusion -
I agree. I grew up conservative and now I'm very Pan so it's all about learning to think for yourself and develop your own opinion as time goes on. I like to be respectful of people's cultural history and not immediately condemned people for thinking differently than me because I used to think like them too so understand the different reasons people think that way regardless of if I agree or not. As long as people are not blatantly being disrespectful of LGBT people I try to treat everyone equally.
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I agree with you and Cham too! I'd love to text more but I'm at work.
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I personally do not care what age someone is as long as we are interacting in an age appropriate manner. I get along well with younger people and older people and don't see it as a big issue for me personally but for many others it's difficult because of the gap in maturity
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Ok! I have a two more points if thats alright lol.
1. There are users who are more experienced on this site, whether they are younger or older. That just means more activity, and blah blah blah. If you were here at a certain point in time, you might remember some troll attacks and arguments and stuff. I talk to people that I can relate to, and being there when a certain event or something happened on gtq- makes that person more relatable and easier to talk with. Its like when something traumatizing happens on gtq, the users who witnessed it kind of now have something in common. So, activity has a lot to do with it.
2. Like a school, there are tons of different age groups. Im not gonna go up to an 11th grader if Im in 9th, and a 12th grader isnt gonna go up to an 8th grader. Its like that in GTQ too, to some extent. -
@Mintvoyager - I don't know you that well either lol. Well, I'm 17. Turning 18 this year. You can also call me Raf if you want to.
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It's nice to formally meet you, Raif! Happy eighteenth. I'm 20 turning 21 next month. How/when did you join the site?
@ Cham I agree! There's plenty of reasons for people to or not to interact with others and it's important to respect those reasons..I just want everyone to feel like they are welcomed by everyone else even if certain users have no plans of becoming besties with them. You can agree to welcome someone without making a huge commitment to be their friend or interact with them regularly. -
At this point it’s kinda cliquey and everyone just talks to those in their groups.
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@august
While i don’t agree with lgbtq+ people, I want it to be clear that it doesn’t mean I don’t hate or dislike you! I try to stay nuetral on those topics, but I believe in the end everyone has a right to their own opinion. I am sorry if you felt discriminated, though! I did not mean to do anything disrespectful, I just feel like speaking for myself. I shouldn’t talk about it as much as I do, but I want you to know as long as people respect me then I will respect them! :) -
What about those that try and get out there and still get excluded? I see a lot of you dealing with this.
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From my own experience, I’ve tried to talk to people here that I normally never interact with.
Either we talk a bit and then never talk again, or I’ll say something and they’ll just dismiss it and continue on. -
What do you mean by that?
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I discovered this site in the May of last year.
I was googling "quiz sites" on google, and somehow this site came to my attention. I clicked on the website link, took a few quizzes, and found out that there was a forum for this site. And yea. I hesitantly made my own account and started acting like a regular Newbie. -
*March, not May
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