I figured it was over 30...
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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I'm pretty sure the average Fediverse user is a 37-year-old male working in tech or IT.
37-year-old
36
male
Last time I checked
working
Yep
in tech or IT.
Ah, driving instructor. Cars are tech, though, right?
Close enough!
29 - miss Male - hit Engineer - hit
2/3 as well.
A modern car can have over a hundred different ECUs (electronic control units), all a little computer in itself, controlling the engine, brakes, seat heating and entertainment system etc.
If anything, you are working with MORE tech than a regular IT guy.
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Why yes! This ~~human~~ user here is absolutely right! There is nothing but human males here!
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There are a lot of us non-techies here, but you sure outnumber us
I love you non techies. And am happy you are on Lemmy. A lot of you are probably techie but you just don’t do it for a job.
Today I have read comments from a driving instructor and a high school teacher.
... Leave me alone.
Oh nice, I'm bringing the average down
.............just
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Mostly I wanted to emphasize that we aren't all borderline literal children here, but yes, the average age is probably higher.
I’m over forty and act like a child constantly
You and me both, brother
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Me approaching 50 in a couple of years…
I, too will be approaching 50 in a couple years...
And a couple years after that.
And a few more years after that.
And maybe several more afterwards, as well.
over forty crew, represent
Hang on, give me a second to get up
I came to lie down
I came to lie down
Get on the couch don't make a sound
Word to your mom
I like a bath bomb
If my skin gets dry
I rub in a cream balm
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Wait, you mean you're all real???
Brb, I need to apologise to my dealer.
We remember what the Internet used to be and naturally gravitate towards that.
I miss the old internet. I feel we lost so much along the way. It was wild, but it didn't feel like everything just existed just to sell you something. Or sell your data.
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Feels like the average age is 15 whenever the discussion topic is political.
No, no, there's definitely an at-least college-age level of idiocy going on in political topics.
Definite 'never progressed beyond their first year hot takes' mentality in some spaces, but I'd argue an engaged older high-schooler will often end up in similar political boats
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And your instance doesn’t even have hexbear.
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Let's be honest, Lemmy may not be the most difficult site on the internet, but the fact that it requires more thought than "sign up" is gonna drive away a lot of casual users of social media. Like the young ones.
What is the sign up process like now on something like X or TikTok, phone verification via text message? I might think selfie, but they probably assume you will post those anyway so they don’t even need to ask.
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The few times I've seen a teenager mention their age, they end up with a pack of down voters following them around. I don't know if it's the fact that they are teens or that they tend to post the type of cringe that comes with being young, but it's happened enough times for my inattentive ass to notice
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Where did you come from?
Reddit, and primarily game forums and Tumblr before that. I was but a sprout myself at the time, though.
The first sign of Reddit going to shit was around 2015 when a bunch of tweens (and then their soccer mom moms) started posting.
The soccer mom moms were first checking to make sure it was a safe site, since Anderson Cooper had recently at the time said it was a site for pedophiles. Then they liked the site more than the kids and started to become mods. And these communities were way bigger than their Facebook groups, and the mods had way more powerful buttons than on their Facebook group. And then sub banning became the preferred method of disagreement rather than downvoting (which was also originally not supposed to be used to express disagreement.) anyway I digress.
The soccer mom moms were first checking to make sure it was a safe site, since Anderson Cooper had recently at the time said it was a site for pedophiles.
I mean, it literally was at one point, considering that r/jailbait was massive.
There were a ton of creepy subs. At least from what I heard. I didn’t subscribe to those. But the good subs were good. So I felt that blanket statement from AC was kind of a dick move. Especially for someone who considers himself a responsible journalist. Lost a lot of respect for him over that.
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Yeah its weird to think everybody is old here. I am 17 and yall are about as mature as me.
One of the more disappointing things about growing up was when I realized that "adult" is an illusion and that all the adults I had looked up to as a kid, were pretty much just big babies doing their best in life while often not really knowing what the fuck they were doing. Cobble that with unresolved issues from childhood that has manifested in stunted growth in different areas and there you go.
We are all kids. The only thing that changes except out bodies, is that we gradually learn to deal with the challenges life throws at us so what is insane at 20 is not so insane at 30 and what is difficult at 30 is not that hard at 40 etc etc.
In some ways, it is a relief to know that there is no end stage. You are a kid for life and you learn for life.
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I call bullshit unless someone posts a source for this information.
[Someone polled the ages before.] (https://plush.city/@fluffy/111053815913138017)
They also made this chart.
[Source] (https://beesbuzz.biz/articles/5821-The-average-Mastodon-user-age)
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just over 20?
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