Does that mean the Eternal September[1] is almost over?
We're about at what, September 20th or so? Maybe later in the month if we account for people too young to use the internet, or unable to do so for some reason.
Or maybe it has already ended, if we define it as a ratio of new internet users joining per month compared to the existing user base [2].
Question: What will be the effect of the majority of internet users being EXPERIENCED internet users, increasingly so over time, compared to the last 10-20 years where a higher proportion has been new, inexperienced users?
[2] "Whereas the regular September student influx would quickly settle down, the influx of new users from AOL did not end and Usenet's existing culture did not have the capacity to integrate the sheer number of new users" (from [1])
We're about at what, September 20th or so? Maybe later in the month if we account for people too young to use the internet, or unable to do so for some reason.
Or maybe it has already ended, if we define it as a ratio of new internet users joining per month compared to the existing user base [2].
Question: What will be the effect of the majority of internet users being EXPERIENCED internet users, increasingly so over time, compared to the last 10-20 years where a higher proportion has been new, inexperienced users?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
[2] "Whereas the regular September student influx would quickly settle down, the influx of new users from AOL did not end and Usenet's existing culture did not have the capacity to integrate the sheer number of new users" (from [1])