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It is WILD how Computer illiterate younger people are. And I'm not saying this is a "bahh humbug" person (I don't believe in the whole 'generational' divide b.s. it was a way to make money and make money it did. But I'm in that weird spot where I'm either a baby Millennial or a elderly Gen Z), but kids now believe everything said on the Internet even if it's easily proven false, they don't watch out for scams and such, also a lot of kids aren't given computers anymore.
Like obviously, your mileage may vary, not every kid is going to be like this, but too many are and it is just absolutely wild.
They never grew up with the paranoia that was the early internet, possibly because the modern paradigm of social media is to use it as an extension of yourself, rather than treating it as a separate thing.
You would have been beyond foolish to list your age, location, sexuality, and various psychological vulnerabilities on the internet back in the day. Even A/S/L was pushing the line some.