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who is on Lemmy (the sociology of Lemmy) (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just chiming in, I'm 28, American, immigrated to Germany. Can't speak for Lemmy but I migrated from reddit when they shut the APIs down. Just want a shelf stable Aggregate site where I can stay up to date on my favorite hobbies and periodically connect with other humans. A healthy political debate is good every now and then but I'm also in the camp that the answers for our current problems are well researched and pretty fuckin obvious so debates have gotten... Idk stale.

Generally Lemmy feels like reddit but smaller, less polluted, but also less connected with every niche major update.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In my 40s, do software development for a living.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Same

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I'm imagine people in tech are inherently over-represented on niche social platforms. Although, I do find that lemmy tends to have a political aspect to it as well that makes it attractive to people who might not care about stuff like open source.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I'm a southmerican engineering student, 19.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Reddit without the NPCs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

56, in Alabama. Pharmacist. Use Pop!_OS on a System76 Darter Pro. I've never used Reddit but I'm a regular on Mastodon and Pixelfed. Also use X. No other social media.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Gen Z weeb from FL living in CA for a couple years now, almost went the IT route and finished trade school but ended up just working a part time service job to have more free time at the cost of being poorer lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

relatable haha

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I don't want to post a small bio of myself for privacy purposes but you could read through my post history to learn some things about me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I'm on Lemmy and I'm also hyperopic. Therefore, Lemmy is a community with at least one hyperopic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I'm a 30 foot tall lumberjack from Antarctica

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Engineering student in Sweden.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I'm here!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Late 30s woman in Australia. Work in tech adjacent field. Progressive leftie.

Used Reddit for news, memes and funnies. Here for the same. Sometimes get involved in discussion but more often than not get too angry and have to put the phone down. Feel like you can have better discussions here than the old place, but I've noticed an uptick in right wing nut jobs and incels.

Absence of low effort 'this' and copypastas style responses is great. But I'm seeing a bit of that coming over too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm an early 40s guy who moved north to get away from the city and live a more relaxed life in a small town. I'm liking it so far except the country music that my new job has on the radio but I'm doing more physical work again which is better for my health than sitting on my ass all day as a manager at my last job.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm an it student from central europe

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