I'm 43.* I have friends online from age 8 - 88.* Age is only
  meaningful if you attach meaning to it. Socializing online is
  different than "in real life".* Online we're free to express
  ourselves using words, pictures, videos, opinions, all sorts of
  things unavailable when just hanging out.* It's an even playing
  field. I could be 14.* I could be 80.* I could be 8 with a good
  vocabulary.* But I'm 43.* If it wasn't for the profile pictures
  or me telling you, would you know?* And.. unless someone is
  being ... what's that word with all the drama.. ah yes,
  INAPPROPRIATE... what does it matter? I've always had friends
  that were older than me and younger than me.* I didn't like most
  people my age.* They were boring and sameish with a few
  exceptions.* But that's my ageism at play :P* I like people that
  'get me' and their birthdates happened to be before mine or
  after mine.* But then again, I have a weird perspective on the
  Universe.* The Twilight Zone has always been my home.