Gen Z’s New Age Detector: Your Email Address Is Giving You Away

Some people go to GREAT LENGTHS to appear younger than they are . . . but they’re missing ONE BIG TELL:  Their email address.

According to a report, Gen Z professionals are using EMAIL to guess a coworker’s age.  Not the body of the message . . . and not even the decision to use email in the first place.  The actual address, assuming it’s a personal account.

One young person says that if someone has a Gmail handle with JUST their name, and no additional letters or numbers, they probably claimed that address early on . . . meaning that they’re likely over the hill a bit.

But not TOO old.  There are also REAL old-schoolers who FINALLY caved at some point over the past few years and got an email account.  And they’re in the same boat as the younger workers.

Except, instead of Gmail, their domain is EarthLink.net or their cable company.  Which they still have. 

(Vice)