I don't fit that demographic whatsoever, but I am a tech nerd and a Linux user.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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Hey! I use Windows. And because I choose to. And I really dislike any unix-like systems to put it mildly.
The rest fits.
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Funny observation, but admittedly I fit 100%
I've seen people post about "understanding" Lemmy and the fediverse, and "figurring out" how it works, although it seems pretty straightforward. If this is a barrier for some people, preventing them from joining, I think that might be a benefit.
I've seen statistics saying the dominant age group on reddit is around 13 years. I don't mind teenagers participating, that's good. But they shouldn't dominate, if they do it becomes to much like a "follow me, I'm blind too." community.
It seems to me the debates here are better than on reddit. I hope we don't lose that.
dominant age group on reddit is around 13 years
That might very well be true, but it doesn't match my personal experience at all.
If this is a barrier for some people, preventing them from joining, I think that might be a benefit
Let's not pretend we're somehow better people just because we figured out how Fediverse and Lemmy works.
Joke's on you, I use Linux.
You're probably describing Nostr's userbase, not Lemmy :P
The fediverse is mostly full of FOSS enthusiasts, which happens to heavily include linux users.
That's what attracted me to the fediverse in the first place, all the linux people.
The old people are people who grew up before Facebook and corporate social media, as such have no loyalty to said platforms.
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Quite fine by me, to be honest. I was tired of all the pokemon memes and references, as well as gamespeak everywhere (like "10+ XP, hurr hurr!")
No. Not really. But I’m sure it did a month ago.
Hey, I'm not using Linux... on my desktop
Woo im glad to see so much diversity.
On a side note, I feel attacked.
Currently interning as software engineer and typing this from a Linux machine. I'm Gen Z though.
Yes. Like you said, it's not a bad thing, but I do miss the energy younger people bring.
FWIW, someone on my Mastodon TL suspected the same thing and made a poll regarding the users age. About 850 people voted and 63% turned out to be 30-50 years old.
Here's the toot in question. In Spanish tho https://mastodon.social/@batmanyyo/110668830560740847
23 y.o. Indian medicine student(somewhat reluctant). Tech enthusiast(😮💨). I hate the official reddit app.
It’s not TikTok. That is for sure (the new hotness for teens). And so in the world of Reddit and Facebook the early adopters are … the people you describe. Mastodon seems a bit more diverse - since it’s branches from Twitter but Lemmy and Kbin is Reddit refugees and those are .. 30+ nerds.
too many of you didn't have a something awful account and it shows!
A not so smart genz member here, and I believe we need a little bit more time for other genz fellas to actively post here.