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.
Reddit without the NPCs
I am a nonconformist American in my 40s. I’m a Florida native and middle school science teacher. I hate perpetually divisive culture and the corruption that drives it. I read mostly non-fiction, such as history and neuropsychology. I have little to no interest in computer tech, anime or video games. I left Reddit last year like many of you.
Teachers are some of the best people. I have a lot of respect for you for doing something so worthwhile. I long for the day when we pay you a lot of money.
Libs
I’m a 30 foot tall lumberjack from Antarctica
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
I am early 40s in the accounting industry. Married, no kids, don’t want em. Have cats. Live in the Midwest, a lefty, woman, vegetarian that hates labels (heh heh).
Came to lemmy shortly before the Reddit API fuckaroo after seeing all the posts about the fediverse. Given that I had dropped all social media except Reddit in the prior 2 years due to a combo of crazy people, algorithms and targeted advertising, I was primed for fleeing. I’m tech savvy but not a tech nerd. Open source, Linux, self-hosting, etc all interest me but without having a direct background in tech, I find it difficult to prioritize learning more about it all.
If I wasn’t so entranced by other people’s thoughts and opinions in text form (never generally been a fan of videos/photos as an information medium), I would have cut all ties. This space can honestly be a little too “damn the man” for me, as I like rules and order, but I also feel the frustration of the public and tend to feel somewhat impotent about it. Hence, I think this is about the best fit I’ll find to still be able to connect with the thoughts of people I don’t know and experiences I don’t have.
I’m not like other people on here, but here I am.
I’m here to have a experience similar to reddit, without the negative load on my mental health.
Do you feel like that’s been accomplished here?
Less content than I used to follow on reddit, but much less toxic. So, partially.
About a month or so ago I was at a gay bar and saw a guy wearing a Debian tshirt. Him. Lemmy is people like that
In my 40s, do software development for a living.
Same
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.
I’m here for shitposting, anime titties, and saying disproportionately cruel things about rich people.
anime titties
Ah, a world politics enjoyer.
No. The I dissociated with reality kind.
Would be cool to do a census.
I’m an it student from central europe
I’m here!
I don’t know, memes?
