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I keep seeing people comment that Lemmy is mostly men in their 20s and 30s. That's not my demo and many of the posts/comments i see don't seem to fit that.

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[–] Candelestine 69 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't forget that 98% of 14 year olds will not pipe up and go "Yeeeaahh! I'm just 14 in here!" This data has always been impossible to gather, as you simply cannot gather it objectively, it's currently impossible at the technical level.

Throughout my teen years, whenever I had to submit real info for something, my name was Bob Barker and I just made up everything else on the spot. The computer had no way to verify if I am being honest, and I knew that.

And on that note, I am a snotty-nosed 14 year old.

[–] Today 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I assumed they're all on the gaming and meme communities. Oh, and porn.

Just wondering why this seems nicer than r/ and thought maybe it was less young people.

We know you're not 14 because ..

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  2. 14 yr olds don't know they're snotty. πŸ™ƒ
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

14 year olds also don't know who Bob Barker is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The computer had no way to verify if I am being honest, and I knew that

Im sad that 14 year olds havent, at the least, seen happy gilmore.

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[–] Candelestine 15 points 1 year ago

I was very interested in learning, during my youth. Not just the things my elders wanted me to see, either. I wanted to see it all. That even included world news and politics. It's best not to stereotype teenagers, their array of diversity actually surpasses most other demographics in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I always thought reddit just picked the demographic that sounded best to advertisers, how would anyone know for sure?

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[–] KuroiKaze 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol there are many techniques used to sniff them out that are pretty reliable, you fooled noone with that approach.

[–] Candelestine 8 points 1 year ago

I am absolutely a hip and cool 14 year old. I have no idea what you are talking about.

[–] little_cow 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Female and old enough to be an avid user of IRC, AOL chatrooms, Myspace, etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then there are at least two of us!

[–] SuperSoftAbby 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Today 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Female - old enough to have adult children, but not old enough to retire.

[–] Mr_Blott 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having adult children sounds like it would rip you from arsehole to bellybutton dear

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

same, except male, and my wife and I started late so our children are nowhere near adults yet 😭

[–] Today 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Started early and thought we'd be done early. You're never done. Kids never give back the house key.

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[–] FantasticFox 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Chickenstalker 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was there when All Your Base meme was first birthed, 3000 years ago...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was there when Kraftwerk made songs about computers being in every home and it was science fiction.

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[–] JoeClu 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the majority are 40+.

Except for memes communities. They are 12.

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[–] curious_illusions 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mid 30s white man techy checking in

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in this comment! But closer to 40 haha

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Early 30s woman, married without children, and in grad school.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The community here feels like it skews a little older than reddit, probably more male than female, and more tech savvy than average.

I imagine it's a lot of the same demographic that were early adopters of reddit in the late 00s, early 10s.

[–] Tangent5280 11 points 1 year ago

Guys, remember to only reveal information about yourself that you want to remain forever on the internet, and linked to your username. Also remember that someone who wants to find you in IRL will be using multiple vectors so even if you think it's only one datapoint, people can look at datapoints from multiple sources and paint a pretty accurate picture of who you are.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a 38 year old boy.

Not a man, a boy.

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[–] ClarissaXDarjeeling 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Millennial woman in New England

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also a Millennial in New England 🫸🫷. Male though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Is this the start of a budding romance?! Maybe a friendship with roots in millennial lemmyism?!

[–] Grimr0c 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Lazylazycat 8 points 1 year ago

Mid-30s woman.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Average 20M doomer

[–] emenl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guy who is old enough to use his first computer to get on a BBS to get this type of experience

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This question is basically "a/s/l?"

And since I know that, you know at least how old I am

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

19/f/California

Internet young'ns, this is how we know it's a 40ish year old dude

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[–] Xylinna 7 points 1 year ago

Not my demo.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Woman in her 40s here.

[–] ZagamTheVile 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a dude that's old enough to drink two and a half times in the US.

[–] Jackthelad 5 points 1 year ago

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm in that demographic as a man aged 30. πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

non-binary (but in that age bracket πŸ™ƒ)

hi!

e: I'm not on my home instance, is saying you're non-binary enough to warrant getting downvoted here?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

female in early twenties

[–] KlugeMaster 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Watched the moon landing live. m

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

a/s/l

N64 was my childhood console years old/ no thanks/banjo country

[–] Bunnylux 5 points 1 year ago

F early 30s

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