You guys are old. And I say that as someone above 20
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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That might be average age across the user population, but I would guess the average age across the population of posts and comments is significantly lower.
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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Where did you come from?
Reddit, and primarily game forums and Tumblr before that. I was but a sprout myself at the time, though.
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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)
Lmao all that shows is that particular person is mostly followed by older people(who filled out the survey). It says nothing about mastodon or the fediverse as a whole. If I make a survey and only ask my cats, I can't say that everyone on Lemmy has a tail.
Everyone on lemmy has a tail :3
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just over 20?
My number is > that, but I wouldn't describe myself as "not a kid"