I keep seeing people comment that Lemmy is mostly men in their 20s and 30s. That’s not my demo and many of the posts/comments i see don’t seem to fit that.
Don’t forget that 98% of 14 year olds will not pipe up and go “Yeeeaahh! I’m just 14 in here!” This data has always been impossible to gather, as you simply cannot gather it objectively, it’s currently impossible at the technical level.
Throughout my teen years, whenever I had to submit real info for something, my name was Bob Barker and I just made up everything else on the spot. The computer had no way to verify if I am being honest, and I knew that.
And on that note, I am a snotty-nosed 14 year old.
I assumed they’re all on the gaming and meme communities. Oh, and porn.
Just wondering why this seems nicer than r/ and thought maybe it was less young people.
We know you’re not 14 because …
- Punctuation
- 14 yr olds don’t know they’re snotty. 🙃
I was very interested in learning, during my youth. Not just the things my elders wanted me to see, either. I wanted to see it all. That even included world news and politics. It’s best not to stereotype teenagers, their array of diversity actually surpasses most other demographics in my experience.
I always thought reddit just picked the demographic that sounded best to advertisers, how would anyone know for sure?
My guess is that Lemmy is a new platform. The fediverse is also new to most people (myself included) and that leads to people genuinely replying to posts instead of trolling around.
Lol there are many techniques used to sniff them out that are pretty reliable, you fooled noone with that approach.
I am absolutely a hip and cool 14 year old. I have no idea what you are talking about.
Female - old enough to have adult children, but not old enough to retire.
Having adult children sounds like it would rip you from arsehole to bellybutton dear
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Female and old enough to be an avid user of IRC, AOL chatrooms, Myspace, etc.
Then there are at least two of us!
Third one checking in!
X4!
mIRC life
19/f/cali
I was there when All Your Base meme was first birthed, 3000 years ago…
I think the majority are 40+.
Except for memes communities. They are 12.
That’s kind of what i was thinking. Lot less rage here than on r/.
Nice try, FBI.
Darn. Foiled again.
Mid 30s white man techy checking in
I’m in this comment! But closer to 40 haha
Guys, remember to only reveal information about yourself that you want to remain forever on the internet, and linked to your username. Also remember that someone who wants to find you in IRL will be using multiple vectors so even if you think it’s only one datapoint, people can look at datapoints from multiple sources and paint a pretty accurate picture of who you are.
Male, Late 20s
Late 20s male gang
Millennial woman in New England
Not my demo.
Mid-30s woman.
Watched the moon landing live. m
Live?! 😉
Actually, probably a few seconds delay, but yes, live.
Guy who is old enough to use his first computer to get on a BBS to get this type of experience
I had a friend in elementary school whose family had a phone modem and did bulletin board stuff. Pre AOL old-timer.
