why am I told that I'm a child on the internet?? I'm 20!!
whenever I post or talk to people on an online forum or something like that, they think that I’m a child or “chid-llike” q.q That is fake!! I’m not a child because I am 20 years old ok!! But it’s ok if they think that, I think it’s something disrespectful >.<
no!! I really apologize for this but this isn’t my first time on the internet, if it was, I would not be interested in technology or software, and I wouldn’t be using Lemmy, I would be using X or Instagram, but those are complex social media!!
I’m 22, 23 next month. The reason you’re being labeled as a child is the way you type. The vibes people are getting from your messages/posts do convey a pre-teen person. Tone down the exclamation points and capitalize the beginning of sentences. Emotion Faces should probably be reserved for chats with friends or family as on the internet they are tied to younger people. Here’s a re-written version of your post as an example:
“Whenever I post or talk to people on an online forum or something, they think that I’m a child or child-like. But I’m not, I am a 20 y/o. It’s fine if they think that, but I think it’s disrespectful.”
Your biological age doesn’t matter on the Internet. Your only currency is how you communicate. If you communicate like a child, as far as the Internet is concerned, you are a child. If you want to be treated like an adult you need to act/communicate like an adult.
I mean, twenty is just a couple of years short of still being a child, depending on definition. When people tell you that on the internet it’s usally not an actual guess of your age range, they are telling you that you’re acting childish.
it’s not passive aggresive, I just said that I like typing like this because it shows happiness and it’s ok for me, so I’m very sorry if it sounded like that, I didn’t mean it to look like that! I apologize to erusuoyera, they are a good person and I hope they have very good holidays.
So, in conclusion “I like typing cute like a child, but why do people think I’m a child when they see how I type and have no other information about me to go on?”. Is that basically your question?
The way you type is a bit funny, to me any how, so that likely ties in to why you are perceived as, “a child” But you said it was your age, so … Guess people online are geriatrics.
Your typing and mannerisms are very child-like, and your responses show a naivety indicative of immaturity. Not an insult, just an observation, but I did see your post a few days ago, and the statement “Xenia wouldn’t say that,” struck me as… Prepubescent.
Sorry, but that’s a naive perspective itself. Knowledge of advanced topics and maturity don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. For instance, my first plunge into such topics was in 2007 at age 11.
There's something about the way you type that comes across as juvenile. I think it's the lack of capitalization and grammatical errors. Are you not a native English speaker? That would definitely explain it.
If you want to appear more mature, start capitalizing your sentences and using less exclamation points. Some are fine, but never more than one to a sentence.
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