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.

  • Candelestine
    701·
    2 年前

    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.

    • TodayOP
      354·
      2 年前

      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 …

      1. Punctuation
      2. 14 yr olds don’t know they’re snotty. 🙃
      • Candelestine
        15·
        2 年前

        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.

      • berkat
        3·
        2 年前

        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.

    • KuroiKaze
      4·
      2 年前

      Lol there are many techniques used to sniff them out that are pretty reliable, you fooled noone with that approach.

      • Candelestine
        8·
        2 年前

        I am absolutely a hip and cool 14 year old. I have no idea what you are talking about.

  • 🌱 🐄🌱 English
    38·
    2 年前

    Female and old enough to be an avid user of IRC, AOL chatrooms, Myspace, etc.

  • TodayOP
    392·
    2 年前

    Female - old enough to have adult children, but not old enough to retire.

  • Chickenstalker
    21·
    2 年前

    I was there when All Your Base meme was first birthed, 3000 years ago…

  • Alien Surfer
    18·
    2 年前

    I think the majority are 40+.

    Except for memes communities. They are 12.

    • TodayOP
      3·
      2 年前

      That’s kind of what i was thinking. Lot less rage here than on r/.

  • Tangent5280
    11·
    2 年前

    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.

  • Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee
    11·
    2 年前

    The community here feels like it skews a little older than reddit, probably more male than female, and more tech savvy than average.

    I imagine it’s a lot of the same demographic that were early adopters of reddit in the late 00s, early 10s.