# Minimum age for posters?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-age-for-posters/59471>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 26, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-age-for-posters/59471 "2001-03-26T01:31:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-age-for-posters/59471/21 "2001-04-09T20:54:13Z")

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Although I’m not quite comfortable with the label idea, I think DDG does have a valid point. The age (among other things, like gender) of the poster can have a strong influence on the tone of the post. Content is important, but so is the intent behind it.

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