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. 🙃
14 year olds also don’t know who Bob Barker is.
The computer had no way to verify if I am being honest, and I knew that
Im sad that 14 year olds havent, at the least, seen happy gilmore.
Happy Gilmore is almost twice as old as a 14 year old.
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A former TV game show host, but a well liked one.
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The price is wrong, bitch!
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 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
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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Phrasing! Are we still doing that?
Do we have ol’ lemmy stuff now?
19/f/cali
I was there when All Your Base meme was first birthed, 3000 years ago…
I was there when Kraftwerk made songs about computers being in every home and it was science fiction.
Where were you when video killed the radio star?
I was installing microwave ovens
Custom kitchen delivery
I was moving refrigerators
I was moving color TVsI was at house, eating dorito
I thought music videos were the coolest thing ever.
I had an all your base t shirt in high school. 2 people got the joke lol
Nice try, FBI.
Darn. Foiled again.
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/.
Mid 30s white man techy checking in
I’m in this comment! But closer to 40 haha
Early 30s woman, married without children, and in grad school.
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.
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.
I’m a 38 year old boy.
Not a man, a boy.
Haha, reminds me of that meme. Guy, age 25, former child. It was explaining when you have no life experience.
Edit: link
How do you get to be 25 without life experience? You’ve experienced life for 25 years!
Male, Late 20s
Late 20s male gang
Millennial woman in New England
Also a Millennial in New England 🫸🫷. Male though.
Is this the start of a budding romance?! Maybe a friendship with roots in millennial lemmyism?!
Mid-30s woman.
