According to this poll, fediverse definitely skews older. There's some sample bias for whoever is in this guy's circles, but I think it's relatively valid.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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Yeah….. :/
Completely agree, and I fit all three on the list. While a lot of new users have come in recently, the fediverse isn't as mainstream as the centralized services that everyone knows about. Also, young people will sign up for services they're friends are on.
Who else would know about a new type of social media tech that hasn't existed before?
Teenagers somehow.
who else would use decentralized threaded forums
"Only" the first two apply to me as I blasphemously love Windows, but I somewhat agree with your observation.
No. (Yes)
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
Yes. Like you said, it's not a bad thing, but I do miss the energy younger people bring.
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!