Fediverse

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!

Yes. Like you said, it's not a bad thing, but I do miss the energy younger people bring.

Joke's on you, I use Linux.

You're probably describing Nostr's userbase, not Lemmy :P

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.

Currently interning as software engineer and typing this from a Linux machine. I'm Gen Z though.

There's always a group on the forefront, it makes sense that it's tech interested people Fediverse being based on open source software and all about sharing means it's right p Linux user's alley.

The 30+ demographic not sure, maybe just people a bit grown up and now under as much peer pressure to be on the more popular corporate platforms.

● under 30

● i mean im getting there in terms of tech interests

● Yeah ok i use linux

as a young IT with friends who dont know much about IT i have to say that most around 20 use reddit, instagram, ... cause its the only thing they know. everyone they know uses them and many of them want likes, ...

if they would join the fediverse:

1. they wouldnt understand how it works. what is a server? why choose an instance? its just too complicated
2. all their friends dont use the fediverse. they would be alone and have nobody who they can share things to
3. they would mostly see tech stuff and less in categories they are interested in
4. none of the people they follow on instagram are here. the cant follow their celebrities, ... and see their content
5. the fediverse still has to less users to be successful worldwide. its growing. and just like facebook in its first years, its growing slow.

=> give it a few more years and get your friends, family & collegues on here and see the fediverse grow

I'm 65, so practically everybody online seems young to me

Lemmy keeps me from doom scrolling like what I did when I still had my Facebook and Reddit accounts, and fck me I'm 25. Some content from mainstream social medias are too noisy, too personal, too annoying, and too short for my taste, and accidentally watched and heard them from public places.

And, I don't consider myself a tech savvy.

30 years old or older
I'm 23

I don't fit that demographic whatsoever, but I am a tech nerd and a Linux user.

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!")