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Online Social Networking for Mature People

Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 12/05/2009 - 17:21
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All our silver surfers, our baby boomers, indeed all mature men and mature women need a mature site, free of the angst associated with teenagers and twenty-somethings

Retired but Active: Maturity on the Internet

...whatever your resources, whatever your interests.

Are you a 'Silver Surfer' one of us mature folks and baby boomers who've worked hard and long to earn the right to happiness and leisure, now we want to help you enjoy it.

Make Retired but Active the online social networking site of choice for silver surfers, baby boomers and mature men and mature women

Make Retired but Active your own

We're what you call a Wiki site so we rely on silver surfers people like you to provide material for us

We're not that big but

Our visitor figures are growing but still minor compared with the big fish in our pond and

  • Between 1,000 and 1,200 silver surfers, baby boomers and other mature people come on the sites every day.
  • Between them the visit between 2,500 and 4,000 pages every day.
  • Since we started enrolling 'members' we now have nearly 100

Of course these fall far short of our targets in all areas but we progress.

So, here's your chance to get involved

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Or once you've become a member and logged in

A process that costs you nothing and keeps your identity safe

You can start your own blog
or offer your existing blogging material to a whole new readership

Take part in our forums
Adding your own comments, ideas and knowledge to those of others

Or post your pictures
in our galleries

Keeping in Touch with our Generation

“RbASocial Networks Are:-

You in Conversation with the World

150+ pages and counting

Retired and Active and its sister site Life's 3rd Phase offers more than 200 pages of material for silver surfers and mature internet users.

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In excess of 150 here on our community site and 60+ on our sister site Life's 3rd Phase for those who want or need to stay in work.

“ABaby Boomers are:-

That special generation that changed the world

We're here to help you
..to use the internet to build a world wide network of mature friends who share your interests, issues, and joys for yourself.
Whether you want to delay retirement or just enjoy it get the very best out of your mature years
Learn more about Retired and Active.

“sensibleHobbies and Pass Times
Now we're retired we have the leisure to pursue our interests and take up new ones.
“ASilver Surfers are:-

That august group who defied the stereotype to become computer literate

RaA has specialist pages especially for you and if you can't find the section that interests you then set one up for yourself.
Link to Hobbies and Pastimes on the Internet

The whole thing about retirement
..is that it's meant to be enjoyed!
So let us help you get the best out of every moment.
Visit our 'Lifestyle' pages

Not good with computers?
Not every Baby Boomer understands all this’ computerspeak’.
The Grumpy Boffin can help, or if you know your way round the subject, you could help us to help others.


Disappointed - didn't find what you were looking for.
Then start an 'Interest Group' of your own. If you have a few hours you can devote to a group, if you have an enthusiasm for your topic, then why not?
  • It puts you in contact with people all over the world who share your interest.
  • You don't need computer skills
  • It costs you nothing
Learn more about Interest Groups and why you might want to set up one of your own.

Existing topics include

an online social networking site is the ideal place for silver surfers, baby boomers  and mature visitors to let off steamGrowing Older - moans and groans

A place to moan and groan - then do something about it

internet safety for silver surfers, baby boomers and all our mature visitorsInternet Safety for mature users

With sensible precautions, the internet is as safe as anywhere else

Retired but Active, the online social networking site for silver surfers, baby boomers, and all mature users of the webAbout Retired and Active

Discussions about the past and future of RaA: your chance to shape the site.

Visit our interest areas for mature men and women of all kinds - silver surfers, baby boomers the lot - and see for yourself.

It's easy to get lost in our 300 pages So we've provided a map page to see you through

    Learn more about our

    Wiki Sites

  • Retired and Active and Retired but Active
  • and L3P, For those unwilling to retire just yet

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