I am confused by this statement:
Are you perceiving an overall tone which you think indicates a lack of kindness and attributing this to (one way) age intolerance?
I admit I have not been very present on the Forum recently ( 
This is the moooove that never eeends… 
), but I have not noticed any tone, nor would that be my first thought if I did, given the high regard in which a great many of the younger Members are held.