Reply #36: no, DU (nor are other internet forums) ever populated by "upper middle class"

[pitohui]

the upper middle class and the well-to-do are a minority on internet forums

internet forums as a rule are a home for not the very bottom of the underclass but certainly for at best the "middle" middle class and most frequently for the under-employed/under-achiever

i'm guessing average income on this board is v. close to the national average -- i've seen v. little to make we think we have v. many posters w. any high income -- in fact, it's abt the same proportion as we have posters w. v. low incomes


executives don't entertain themselves by posting on the internet, they entertain themselves with golf, poker, casino, foreign travel, mistresses, etc.

posting on internet forums is a hobby that costs absolutely NOTHING/ZERO and so it's a fallback for those of us who have to count our pennies

in my travels i meet people at all levels of income but those in the higher classes do not participate in websites or even know what you're talking abt if you refer to such and such website, i guess all they know of news is their subscription services or what they see on CNN airport loop as they're running thru the terminal -- this is prob. part of the reason why the upper class, to talk to, often seems so clueless abt what's going on (unless it involves glad handing the guy in charge of their property taxes or getting the new golf course approved on formerly public land)

i don't want to quite say "rich people are idiots" but they are largely un-informed and often converse (in person) on the most superficial level, they are not flocking to DU to talk to anybody that's for sure