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[–] virku@lemmy.world 86 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thats above 20, so you're key demographic and not at all an outlier

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 37 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Give them a break. Grandpa doesn't understand memes.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 17 points 3 weeks ago

CAN YOU YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS WRITE A LITTLE BIGGER?

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, this doesn’t make me feel like the Fediverse is full of olds at all. Im old enough to be the average user’s parent.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Are you winning, son?

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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 75 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Week 1 feels like a ghost town. Week 2 feels like old old Reddit. Week 3 feels like old Reddit. I'm content and there is content.

[–] isar@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Watch out! At this rate it’ll feel like enshttfied Reddit by week 5

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago

^do these obvious human accounts think we can't spot them?

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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 50 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Me as Gen Z trying to get all my Gen Z friends to join Lemmy, not very successfully. Though to be fair, I’m basically as old as you can be and still be Gen Z.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

My introduction is subtle. I text content to people. When they ask me where I get it (it's happened twice so far), I say Lemmy. They say, "what's that." Gives me an opportunity to explain the similarities and differences with (advantages over) Reddit. No takers yet, but it's coming.

[–] isar@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

On Reddit there’s a lot of “lemmy’s too complicated to be adopted by the general public”. Ik we don’t all have the same tech literacy but it doesn’t seem that complicated, like, do you understand emailing? Then you understand most of what lemmy is… (also you don’t even have to understand the intricacies to enjoy your experience there)

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Frankly I think it's simply that the public doesn't particularly care to figure it out. As an analogy, people use Windows because that's just what their computer came with, and therefore saying that Linux is free (as in price) is a meaningless selling point to them. You don't convince Windows users to switch by saying that Linux is free, you convince them by saying that Linux is more convenient, stable, and less annoying.

In the same way, you don't convince the public into using Lemmy by arguing about why open protocols are better. You convince people by saying that Lemmy is basically like Reddit but not overrun by bots and spammers

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I don't think its just complexity, its a semi-ghost town if you venture out of the political topics.

I mean, there was never a GoT community, The Expanse Community, Rick and Morty, Squid Game, or like even a GTA community. Inactive communities with 1 post every 3 month doesn't count.

Like this is really just a place to vent about life, and for general everyday discussions, not for topic-specific discussions.

[–] dehyzer@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe part of why Lemmy skews older is because this is basically what "old" Reddit felt like.

Before Reddit became the Walmart of internet forums that put all the little guys out of business and gained enough critical mass to have a niche community for every topic under the sun, it was just a quirky place that catered towards tech, politics, and this exact sort of "general everyday discussion" you're talking about.

I loved that era of Reddit, and I love that Lemmy is providing something that's close to that experience.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Average here feels like 40+

Even me being 20+, I feel like a kid interrupting adults talking lolz

I read a lot of "back in my day, there weren't smartphones" comments whenever the post talks about technology and smartphones, and I feel so left out. I mean, Smartphones have been a part of most of the life I remember. Can't really remember the world without smartphones.

Idk what I'm doing here, but reddit banned Tor, so I have no where else to anonymously ask weird questions and rant about life.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's okay--we old folks can benefit from having a few younguns around.

[–] oppy1984 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Eh, don't sweat it. I'm 41, and I still find myself feeling the same way when my manager is talking.... and he's younger than me. I've been told you reach a point where you just don't care anymore but my supervisor is 52 with two grown children and says she still gets that feeling from time to time, so who knows how true it is.

Now for the "get off my lawn" portion of the reply. I can remember in 1991 my aunt was working for a legal firm and running documents around for them, they needed instant contact so they paid big bucks to have a mobile phone installed in her car. It cost a ridiculous amount per minute to talk on. One day she was talking me to McDonald's and I asked why she had a phone in her car since she couldn't plug it in, after she explained it to me I asked if I could call my dad, she said yes but make it quick. She dialed his number at work and handed me the phone. When he answered I blurted out "hi dad I'm calling from Aunt Juanita's car! Have to be quick, bye" and before she could stop me I hung up the phone.

She called him back to apologize and let him know everything was ok, then handed the phone to me so my dad could lecture me about phone etiquette and tell me to be good for Aunt Juanita.

Also I remember being excited to get to go to the school library to play Oregon trail on the green screen computer and having to swap out 5 inch floppy disks throughout the game to move to the next part.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to take some ibuprofen as all this typing is aggravating my joints. LoL.

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[–] bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

age: 21 hairline:31 physical age:101

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 15 points 3 weeks ago

mental age: 5

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 25 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Why do you suppose this is? Are we just the only generation with the minimal tech skills needed to sign up?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Probably less about skill, per se, and more about interest. But the (still very low) barrier to entry probably does weed out a few kids.

[–] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I mean I wasn't there for old reddit and I am only on lemmy because of the reddit protests, but I couldn't see any of my classmates using anything that's on the fediverse.

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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because we say shit like "why do you suppose this is"

[–] gladflag@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago
[–] dontfearthereaper123@ani.social 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I doubt it. People don't mention when they're young (except in some specific cases like this). Young people can't compare things to a time they didn't live so only older people mention their age usually. I'm 17 rn been on the fediverse since 16 or maybe 15 I don't really remember.

Edit: I personally feel actively discouraged from mentioning my age (even irl i look older) not cause of safety or anything but I js feel like I'll be treated differently when people know I'm younger. Its happened quite often to me both IRL and online where I'll notice a distinct shift in tone after they know how young I am

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'm happy there are at least some young people here.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 23 points 3 weeks ago

Mastodon is the German nudist beach of social media. There’s a strong sense of camaraderie, but the average age is somewhere north of 50, and people under 40 instinctively cringe when they hear about it.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago

Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch, I was there when it was written.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As a 1,000 year old vampire, I apologise for my kind skewing the average.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm nearly 50, not really sure how it all works. Just glad that I found something other than reddit.

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[–] dingus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

20 is old? Rip me then I must be a skeleton.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago
[–] zeca@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

How would we know the average? I dont remember putting my age when signing up

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[–] StatisticMaple@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm 18, feeling like a fetus in comparison XD

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[–] TheBannedLemming@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Is the average age of a social media user really that young? Are very young adults and legally speaking children the driving force behind the base of social media? Are even modestly older individuals not willing to try and engage with this developing type of medium?

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I'm just happy there aren't any, or at least many, teens and kids here. Reading the comments on Reddit, YouTube and anywhere else where they are is a fucking fever dream of stupidity, ignorance and weirdness. It's mostly fine here, and it's a nice break.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

above 50 here.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

There are either a ton of 12 year olds on here or an ever larger number of 18 year olds.

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If we're picking characters, I wanna be Uncle Iroh!

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Ffs, I'm 60 this year

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought I should feel old because everyone else is 20, but here the 20 year old is old and the meme was made by someone below 20????

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, I'm 30. It's just a relief to be on a community where the majority of the commenters aren't literal children.

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