Yeah, I mean I wasn’t there for old reddit and I am only on lemmy because of the reddit protests, but I couldn’t see any of my classmates using anything that’s on the fediverse.
The young want to be near the popular crowd and the popular ones want to be where the crowd is. Classic network effect. Once you get older, that need to be in the middle of the noise and excitement goes away for many and you look for the more quiet comfortable places.
I doubt it. People don’t mention when they’re young (except in some specific cases like this). Young people can’t compare things to a time they didn’t live so only older people mention their age usually. I’m 17 rn been on the fediverse since 16 or maybe 15 I don’t really remember.
Edit: I personally feel actively discouraged from mentioning my age (even irl i look older) not cause of safety or anything but I js feel like I’ll be treated differently when people know I’m younger. Its happened quite often to me both IRL and online where I’ll notice a distinct shift in tone after they know how young I am
Why do you suppose this is? Are we just the only generation with the minimal tech skills needed to sign up?
Probably less about skill, per se, and more about interest. But the (still very low) barrier to entry probably does weed out a few kids.
Yeah, I mean I wasn’t there for old reddit and I am only on lemmy because of the reddit protests, but I couldn’t see any of my classmates using anything that’s on the fediverse.
Why would our age group be the only ones interested?
I found a torrent on the piracy com where I can download episodes of Matlock and NCIS.
A longing for the Good Old Days™ of old-style forums and pre-enshittification Reddit?
Certainly my case.
The young want to be near the popular crowd and the popular ones want to be where the crowd is. Classic network effect. Once you get older, that need to be in the middle of the noise and excitement goes away for many and you look for the more quiet comfortable places.
Because we say shit like “why do you suppose this is”
I doubt it. People don’t mention when they’re young (except in some specific cases like this). Young people can’t compare things to a time they didn’t live so only older people mention their age usually. I’m 17 rn been on the fediverse since 16 or maybe 15 I don’t really remember.
Edit: I personally feel actively discouraged from mentioning my age (even irl i look older) not cause of safety or anything but I js feel like I’ll be treated differently when people know I’m younger. Its happened quite often to me both IRL and online where I’ll notice a distinct shift in tone after they know how young I am
I’m happy there are at least some young people here.