I won’t lie, I feel like an outcast and I imagine majority of Lemmy are Millennials and Gen-X. The r/GenZ subreddit is mostly garbage but still want find an online community that is for Gen-Z by Gen-Z so I can use less of Reddit if possible. I know, I commited biggest sin on Lemmy for using Reddit.
I’m not sure if I would have the time and energy to make a community from scratch. Mainly just trying to sell the idea of Lemmy to people without sounding pretentious. Also, I did suggested Mastodon to my friends and was disinterested. Not going to lie, it did a hurt a bit as I do feel bit passionate about the Fediverse and I feel weird for being interested which most people in their 20s won’t care and using Instagram or TikTok instead.
Forget about Gen-Whatever the fuck, just join in with communities and post and comment about things you’re interested in.
This whole concept of named “generations” is just to divide us so we forget who is really causing the problems in society.
Based.
Am I doing it right?
Yeah this shit is wild I don’t remember ever wanting to join a millennial community and I’ve never really heard anyone talk about it.
Or maybe I just want to chat with people about my age
Jesus, calm down. I was just wanting to talk to more people around my age, not trying to wanting any elitism. No need to be snarky
Is it possible English isn’t your first language, and you interpreted “whatever the fuck” as offensive or snarky? I can assure you that wasn’t the intended tone.
Millenials and GenX started using the internet when we were basically the only ones online. Everyone was a handle, there was no gender, race, or age, just another person. Introducing a generational divide between users is a new concept introduced by deanonymization through social media. But it’s not necessary here. I honestly never know if I’m talking to a 50yo boomer or a kid with an iPad, and I don’t care. Just contribute to the discussion.
I don’t think they were intending to be snarky. At least, not towards you. Perhaps towards society brainwashing us all into thinking that generations are useful in any meaningful way.
If anything, they are encouraging you. Go find stuff you like, it doesn’t matter how old/young the other people who like it are. If you can’t find those communities, make one! That’s one of the beautiful things about Lemmy; it is what you make of it.
You have no idea if they weren’t calm. It didn’t sound snarky to me either.
That’s sorta the thing though. Once you’re working age the age divisions mostly become working age, retirees, and young folks.
The day to day we’re all suffering through is pretty fucking similar. Even Gen-X isn’t swimming in money or anything - our experience is shared.
I don’t want to say that doesn’t happen at all but what I mean was just asking a community that primarily is Gen-Z can talk about whatever they feel nostalgic (like whatever TV-Show or games I used to played).
But instead, Lemmy users had to be unhinged and spin it into something that apparently I want some kind of generation war or support a “divide”. I might just go back to Reddit if they are this passive aggressive and take anything in bad faith
Why do you feel like an outcast?
I’m asking because you never know how old someone you’re interacting with online is. You could have been talking to people your age all the time. No one knew you were gen z before you said it here. I just feel like age is not really relevant towards feeling like an outcast.
My experince of the Fediverse in general is that I notice there isn’t as much Gen-Z users and mostly more millennials and Gen-X sorts. Because of it, it feels little awkward talking about stuff I’m interested in as they hadn’t grow up with it and vice versa.
Then it also majority of them (and to be fair, so is other generation as well) used corporate social media and I have ditched at least most of them so I feel like the black sheep which feels little isolating I won’t lie when trying to not use places like Facebook or Instagram which majority of them use.
You wanna talk about furry stuff don’t you? (s/ before you kill me)
Ironically, I know so much furries that is on the Fediverse lol
What are you interested in that no one in the fediverse is interested in?
I’m older GenZ “Zillennial”?
What in particular makes you think there’s not many of us on here? Not like Lemmy makes you state your age on your account.
To paraphrase an aphorism, create the communities you wish to see in the fediverse.
[email protected] is a nice meme community
Which one is Gen-Z again?
The yuppies
I’m a zillenial (26 yo) here and I’d like to know too.
I might also be up for making such communities from scratch, what sort of stuff would you be interested in?
I should say though I don’t feel like an outcast. But then again I’ve literally never used Facebook, Twitter/X/Bluesky/Mastodon or TikTok, only used insta a bit. I grew up on 4chan before the chuds fully took over so my background is a bit different.
For what it’s worth, there are a good number of younger users here but I don’t think people go around advertising it.
As for your question, you could try the more specific meme communities? For example
I think reddit skews older and therefore so does Lemmy, but the more younger people who join the more likely we are to get a bit of a snowball effect going! Hopefully some others in your age demographic see this post and suggest something. What are some things you feel sets gen z apart? My younger sister would be considered on the older end of gen z but I don’t think her interests are particularly standard.
I do think forum style communities like reddit and lemmy/kbin are more focused on particular hobbies which span generations more easily. For example I have a background in audio and spend a lot of time on the Gearspace forums which skew much older than me, but that doesn’t make me feel particularly out of place except for the clear class divide (like people recommending really expensive gear to newbies or talking about how they write from their mountain retreat).
What kind of community would that be?
I don’t remember bumping into r/GenZ before I left reddit, so I don’t know what kind of community you mean but we could make or suggest a community that would fit.
Just more a hangout place online for Gen-Z to talk about our nostalgia and what’s going on in our life. Then bit of a dazzle of question from older generation related to us (in good faith of course).
I’d say post this sort of thing to any of the chat/discussion communities across instances.
[email protected] is open for it.
[email protected] is open for it too.
[email protected] is likely open for it.
There’s plenty more but those are a few to start with. You may not get many responses due to fewer people and fewer among those in the same age range, but you may also be pleasantly surprised. Regardless, that’s an easier route than trying to start up a community from scratch.
Btw instead of inviting people over, you may also try sharing stuff from around here with links you think your friends might enjoy. Once they see there’s stuff of interest, that may be more of a draw than an invite to Yet Another App alone.
Ahh okay, thanks for the clarification!
Yeah you are right I don’t think there are such communities yet on fedi.
Setting up such community would truly help fediverse grow, but it does take effort until you have a sizable community.
