Trends: Who is Producing on the Web

I came across an interesting trend observation in Karl Kapp’s blog:

According to an interesting Business Week graphic called What are People Doing? only 12% of young boomers (41 to 50) and only 7% of older boomers (51 to 61) and only 5% of 62+ people are creating content on the web.

Meanwhile, 34% of young teens (12 to 17) and 37% of youth (18 to 21) and 30% of Gen Y (22 to 26) are creating content (check out the chart). There is a trend showing a difference in how the web is used among different ages.

While some wonder what is lost with the introduction of technology, I wonder what is gained that we just don’t yet understand.