# Doper Demographics **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834 "2022-09-02T19:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834/39 "2022-09-04T20:38:25Z")
The same argument can be made for most people over 50 though. We’re a self-selecting group and I think with message boards being functionally extinct platforms and that most of us found the Straight Dope between 1990 and 2010 younger people are far less likely to self-select for it. Add to that, that the Straight Dope is not even published any more and as a Free Press column belongs to another time. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834)._