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Tell Us How You Act Online And We'll Tell You What Kind Of Internet Person You Are!

In her book, she devotes a chapter to discussing the five groups of "Internet People" we all fall into:Old Internet PeopleSemi-Internet PeopleFull Internet PeoplePre Internet PeoplePost Internet PeopleWhich group are you in?

When did you first have the internet in your house?

Your friend says something funny.

How did you first hang out online?

How do you flirt with someone?

How do you appologize?

What do you get in the mail?

Your friend wants to talk to you. They should:

What do you call your best male friend?

Which of these did you have first?

How do you tell someone you're not happy with them?

This awesome song ______?

You need to step away from a convo.

Which are you more likely to send?

Your friend says something you don't understand.

Seriously?

What do you call your sweetheart?

This quiz was ______?

You're a real OG. You know how loud modems used to be and what "smurfing" is. You may not be actually OLD old, but you came online in the mid 90s or before, so you're at least a LITTLE old. You're comfortable using the internet as a tool as way to socialize, and probably help others with their computer problems.

Gretchen writes, "Old Internet People may object to being called "internet" people at all, because they remember the days when we had multiple Nets, and would like to point out that I'm actually talking about the World Wide Web, thank you very much."

Old Internet Person

You came online during the late 90s-early 2000s era, when socializing on the internet was began to really pick up steam but before smartphones were a thing. You've never really known a time when you couldn't easily find your friends online. You're pretty good at the internet!

Gretchen writes, "IM, or instant messaging, like AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MSN Messenger, and ICQ (I seek you), was new and at the core of (your) first internet social experience, as were personalized homepages and profile pages where you could add neon-colored backgrounds and small, blinky gifs, such as GeoCities, Angelfire, Xanga, Neopets, LiveJournal, and MySpace."

Full Internet Person

You started surfing the web in the late 90s through the early 2000s, but you were more interested in finding how-to articles, shopping, or booking travel than making friends or a blog. You probably socialize a lot more online now, but at first, the internet was more like a book than a social gathering. The odds are good you're currently in your 50s or 60s and enjoy being online, even if there are parts that are still mystifying.

As Gretchen writes, "At any rate, [you] have vivid memories of what it is like to maintain relationships via letters and phone calls."

Semi-Internet Person

The odds of you actually being a Pre Internet Person are slim! If you came online in the 2010s only after a young person helped you set up The Facebook, you're probably not taking Buzzfeed quizes in your spare time. You likely are over the age of 65. You probably use email or one another platform to keep in touch but are unlikely to have a deep social network of other internet users.

Gretchen writes, "While not all Pre Internet People are over sixty-five, and not all those over sixty-five are pre-internet (a 65-year-old in 2015 was a spry 30 in 1980, and could well have been an early adopter), the oldest demographic offers the clearest examples of delayed rates of internet and social media adoption."

Pre Internet Person

You are a babychild! 

As Gretchen writes, "Practically speaking, the bright line question that divides Full and Post Internet People is often, did you get Facebook before or after your parents?"

As a Post Internet Person, you have had the internet in its current state for your entire life. The first photo of you online was probably an ultrasound posted by your parents! Everyone else adopted the internet, but you were born into it, molded by it.

Post Internet Person

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Tell Us How You Act Online And We'll Tell You What Kind Of Internet Person You Are!

Wired's resident linguist, Gretchen McCulloch, has a new book out, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, about how the internet has shaped our language both online and off!

Tell Us How You Act Online And We'll Tell You What Kind Of Internet Person You Are!

Wired's resident linguist, Gretchen McCulloch, has a new book out, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, about how the internet has shaped our language both online and off!

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