"...Out of the crooked timber of humanity...
It's interesting how events and changes on Gaia, as well as in the real world, contribute to feeling old or new on the site.
When I started using the site, I was in university (even in 2003, just started university)... when I started again in 2007, it was part of a social media assignment and got abandoned not long after I created the account (and adopted a Christmas orphan) wink
But, my long-winded point was, since 2007, offline, I have been in school, met someone 15 years older than I am and ended up marrying her, got a teenage step-daughter, left university to take care of them, divorced, moved in with a roommate, got a different roommate after the first one left town, then moved into a flat downstairs from my parents' flat, and now live alone with my dog and two cats. Point? My life has changed so much in 5 years that, by the time I started using the site last year, and got really into it, I really began to feel like a member of the community.
I think once you end up feeling like a member of the community, you grow with it and any lapse of time makes you have moments of feeling 'old'.
...no straight thing was ever made..."
wonderfinch
That may be a contributing factor as to why I feel relatively "young" in Gaia terms. I've been around since '04, but I'm only 21. As I'm significantly younger than a significant chunk of the users on the site, it's really hard to feel like an "oldbie."
Also, I kind of agree with all the changes... no matter how long you've been around, it's easy to feel like a newbie.