I dont know if this has been asked before or if this may be a little goofy of a question but I didn’t see anything relating to it and I’m kinda curious what the culture of Lemmy is like and what sort of common things people see. ive been paying attention to interactions but nothing is as good as just asking everyone.

  • bardmoss@linux.communityEnglish
    80·
    6 months ago

    I am probably blowing the statistics way out, but I’m 71, a podcaster on three shows, no degree, no computer experience except personal, poor, living in a trailer, in Eastern Tennessee.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    62·
    6 months ago

    The median age seems to be much higher than other platforms if i had to guess its around 30-35. There are a good deal of tech people, Foss people and activists. There seems to be a balance of gender( based on nothing but vibes). Lots of lgbt people and communities.

    There is a culture of creating art, technology and building spaces. There is a culture of inclusiveness and working together. Calling out bad behaviors in people, companies and governments.

    Also cats and coffee.

    I am only including the lemmy that is within my own federation. I am aware there is fringe communities of extremists and vile people but I’ve had very little interaction with them so I can’t say how much of an impact they have on lemmy as a whole.

  • livus@kbin.social
    571·
    6 months ago

    As a late gen x/“xennial” myself I’ve noticed there’s proportionally more of us here than on other social media.

    Tends to be left of centre even without factoring in the communistanarchistsocialist nexus, but also wider political range.

    Tends to skew STEM.

    Loves cats as much as the rest of the internet but proportionally loves FOSS more.

    Strong rainbow presence.

    • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      The instance of choice has a surprisingly large impact on experience here. I’ve tried several.

      • confuser@lemmy.zipOP
        3·
        6 months ago

        huh thats interesting I guess that makes enough sense since you have your subscribed section, your home server section, and then the everything section. so you are seeing more of what you choose to see unless you explore things that aren’t your interests so much or check out the everything section a lot.

  • Blaze@reddthat.com
    30·
    6 months ago

    More language diverse than Reddit, especially on language based instances. Shout out to the Germans who seem much more active than other languages (such as French or Spanish)

  • Sabata11792@kbin.social
    281·
    6 months ago

    I’m here for shitposting, anime titties, and saying disproportionately cruel things about rich people.

  • loopy@lemm.ee
    24·
    6 months ago

    That’s a good question. From what I gather, Lemmy (and most of the Fediverse) is an alternative to something, with less focus on the money/advertising. So I would guess most people are looking for an alternative way to connect about common interests. And because it’s not the easiest path for social media, I would guess most people have a desire for agency/self-reliance.

    And because the whole Fediverse seems to be a different way of approaching social connecting, it takes a little more understanding of computer technology, so I would also guess most people have a least a higher than average affinity for computer technology. Linux and Programming Humor are larger communities.

    That said, I have enjoyed a somewhat active participation about woodworking, gardening, jokes, news, medical updates, etc. Like mentioned in another comment, the different instances will have somewhat different norms and practices.

    • Ziglin@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      There’d better not be any ads.

      Lemmy is free and open source (AGPL), the ad money would only go to the person offering your client not the people hosting your instance. If your client has any ads I’d recommend switching. I use Jerboa (Android, play store) and the official web app hosted by my instance.

      • confuser@lemmy.zipOP
        2·
        6 months ago

        I’m pretty new to fediverse stuff and hadn’t use many clients but I heard about boost for reddit as I was trying out Lemmy the first time and found out there is boost for Lemmy too, it has ads but I think there is also a pay version? I may be wrong about that though. so far boost has been nice

  • Today@lemmy.world
    23·
    6 months ago

    Female, old, non-techie but in the one fourth of people in my office who can set up a printer.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    20·
    6 months ago

    Lemmy has an abnormally tech literate and FOSS “aware” (there’s got to be a better term but I’m blanking) user base. The community is small enough that recognizing people isn’t unheard of so we tend to be more polite overall - with a smaller community there’s less of a sense of anonymity and more social accountability. Oh, we tend to be rather left leaning but, to be honest, “The universe has a well known liberal bias”.

    Other than those factors we’re a mix of folks.

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      Tech literate and Foss aware

      Lawl. Speak for yourself: I’m a luddite - I just asked someone ‘what is a foss’

      Is this is what happened to my parents when the internet came along and computers started being a thing? I swore to God that would never happen to me

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        6 months ago

        Abnormally tech literate and FOSS aware - we’ve got lots of people who aren’t and I didn’t mean to imply we’re all in that camp.

        This isn’t a tech forum so self-identified luddites are welcome!

      • SupraMario@lemmy.world
        7·
        6 months ago

        You shouldn’t feel to bad gen x and millennials created the web and how most tech is today. The generation after these are damn near tech illiterate. If it’s not an app or buttons to click they’re lost.

          • SupraMario@lemmy.world
            6·
            6 months ago

            Some boomers definitely helped in it, but do remember even the youngest boomers are 60+ now. While they did help, it wasn’t anywhere near what gen x and then millennials did. Not discounting them at all. Also while yes the younger era of the net with darpa is from boomers and the silent gen, I’m more talking about what the web and tech is today. They %100 laid the foundation, we just built the rest.

        • confuser@lemmy.zipOP
          2·
          6 months ago

          wowee is it really that bad for them? I wouldve thought since they grew up with tech that it would just be intuitive to them.

          • SupraMario@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 months ago

            It’s on par or worse than boomers. Do remember these kids grew up with mainly cell phones, very few had to actually learn how to type and use a computer. Go to r/teachers and you will see countless stores of how far behind they are compared to each previous year. I feel like millennials and Gen X strived for the easiest and best user experience, which means less having to figure things out like we did.

      • Cubes@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I’m curious, how did you find out about and start using Lemmy? Most folks on Reddit when the API fiasco was happening acted like you needed to be a tech god to even sign up, so I’m curious if you felt intimidated at all?

        • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          I was following what was happening on Reddit and someone mentioned it. It was a little tricky to sign up and understand how it all worked once I did, but I got there, obviously (to the chagrin of the shitpost communities)