Hope a two part question is allowed but after mostly lurking a lot, I’m noticing that there do seem to be quite a lot of Xennials. But on the other hand, also plenty of rebellious youth.
In my mind I’m thinking that Lemmy userbase is (very broadly generalizing) dividing into people who saw internet’s early days and as such, aren’t scared of the slight technical hurdles to enter. They tend to be a bit worldweary but Lemmy does feel a bit more like OG internet, which they like (this is me). But also, there’s younger people who are techy enough to deal with the hurdles too but see using Lemmy as a sort of an act of rebellion against the mainstream internet (which I appreciate).
That said I feel like the two clash a lot since the former tends to have fewer shits to give than the latter. As often is the case in the whole history of humanity.
Obviously there’s plenty of people who don’t fall into either camps, which is why I’m curious. Lemmy is small enough to have a sense that there are actual, real, individual people here, as opposed to Reddit’s amorphous blob of a massive userbase most of whom seem like bots.
early 40s. Reddit API scandal in 2023.
This is me
Me too
Same.
Same!
Same. Tried to go back late last year and it was a sloppy disappointment. Partner kept talking about Lemmy and after checking it out I joined. It sorta reminds me of old Reddit (joined in 2013) yet very different.
It’s a bit less clean cut for me. I started using Reddit in 2012, at first just the Minecraft sub and later mostly IT related stuff. I joined the threadiverse via a small niche Lemmy instance after the API scandal in summer 2023 but didn’t delete my reddit account until that November. I lurked on Lemmy for about a year before I started posting in earnest on the Worldbuilding community on .world. Now I’m bouncing around various fediverse platforms.
I wish NodeBB would take off as a platform. I want a home for more permanent discussion and personal connection.
In my 70s. In response to the U.S. aggression, I switched to Lemmy.ca, a Canadian owned media. Not many other Canadian owned social media sites out there.
RIP Nexopia
This is one of the questions we asked on our census this year. We are still working on cleaning the data, and we may exclude additional responses if we identify more duplicates / errors, but here is a preview of those results:
A lot of people are way older than I thought. Interesting. Thank you!
You know this is a chart of the ages most likely to participate in a survey not necessarily a representation of the avg age of users, right? Especially depending on how many days the survey ran for because Lemmy is far less likely to see daily user activity than a facebook/reddit/twitter. Its just not big enough to generate enough content to fill daily use needs. Not talking shit just reflecting on what ive seen thru daily active user reports and content volume.
I’m in my 40’s and by golly do I like charts.
I mean I realize that my whole topic might specifically attract only my age group to respond. But it’s not like I’m making an academic study 😅
Impressive
Mid 30s. Got here the same way as everyone else - evacuated from reddit.
Late 60s. Came here on the heels of the death of Apollo and the Reddit API fiasco.
I am 41. I found out about Lemmy because of Reddit’s API bullshit, and ended up staying here ever since the actual API shutdown that killed all the 3rd party apps which were the only usable way to browse the site on mobile. Was already getting sick of the place, since it was becoming more and more obvious that the admin staff had a nazi problem, and probably would have come sooner if I was aware of it 4 or 5 years ago. Or maybe I would have only seen Lemmy.ML and got turned off by the tankies. IDK…
- Old
- LONG time redditor that got fed up during the original API bullshit. Ive been here for a bit. Feels like home. 2.a. I feel like I am in both camps. I don’t mind the technical hurdles (it really wasn’t THAT bad, folks). I also do it for rebellious purposes.
24 (approximately)
Doesn’t take much knowledge to find Lemmy, I like a topic-based forum, not some influencer-follower twitter like shit… I don’t like “following” “people”… I want to talk about stuff not people… was on Reddit… and just have a burning hatered for authoritiarians and bullshit like: “AUTOMODERATOR: OPPSIES YOUR KARMA ISN’T ENOUGH…” or “YOUR POST HAVE BEEN AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED”… and a desire for freedom.
Techical Knowledge? Idek how to do coding lmao…
Never knew what internet was like in the “Good Ol’ Days” or whatever y’all are talking about, my first glance at the internet was in 2010
Late 40s, reason was I don’t like when social media agrees to work with fascists, so I looked for an alternative and was happy to find this place where it feels a lot more like earlier days internet.
less than 20, reddit pissed me off by killing the API so i could no longer use Infinity for Reddit.
Gen X but I came to use (and host) lemmy as an act of rebellion against corporate controlled internet
how old are you
Nearing my 60s.
and how did you come to be on Lemmy?
Left Reddit because of their bullshit policy changes. Knew what the Fediverse was, tried Lemmy (then moved to Piefed) and decided I may as well stay for a little while ;)
Mid 30s, 3rd party Reddit app migration ~3y ago
Stuck around because it reminded me of a lot of the good parts of Reddit that increasingly seem to be gone from the actual site. Though not that I’d really know because I probably only go to Reddit once every few months now via a search for something, and every time I do, it seems even worse than the last time.
I’m just hoping the growth continues such that the less busy communities start to pick up a bit, we’re getting close to the point where there’s a community to cover most interests I’ve thought looked for, but many of them are ghost towns. But we’re making progress, month on month it does feel like there are more people knocking around
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Older Gen Z, Reddit API issues.
Peak Gen X, same
