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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by throwaway@lemmy.cafe to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

First of all, I don't mean this post as a complaint, maybe more of a warning?

There is teenagers on the fediverse. Most of them don't share their age, for hopefully obvious reasons. I'd say that a lot of the accounts which do a lot of posting/commenting are run by teenagers


because most adults probably wouldn't have the time for that much posting.

While the young people of this generation are generally useless when it comes to something more complicated than microsoft word, the people who are good at technology, usually are very good at it.

most of my friends (most of which don't know the difference between a laptop and a desktop) could understand the fediverse as a concept perfectly when I explained it to them irl.

So, if you're in a really stupid argument with someone, try to remember that there is a small chance they are 14.

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[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 23 points 1 day ago

Pretty much yeah, most people assume that no one under 30 is on fedi because its "hard" to use.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 26 points 1 day ago

I'm 19 and assumed that there are at least a few. And with that I'm correct.

[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago
[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Is this the popular assumption?

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm 24 and I'm using it just fine. I'd say that after signing up somewhere and getting an app to login into, the rest is pretty simple and much similar to reddit

[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 day ago

With lemmy? definitely! On the mastodon side of things? no. Mastodon seems to be for german middle aged bikers now.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Oh boy, I should get on Mastodon!

[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 day ago

You should also check sharkey! calckey.world

[-] Emmie@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Invite only instances are even worse because of constant fear of banhammer treatment for wrongthink and then making second account is kinda hard

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Well, I don't know. Mastodon seems fine to me too

[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago
[-] dpflug@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

How is Mastodon harder? (Legit question, not snark)

[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 day ago

There is more missing replies/reactions, and picking an instance is a bit harder imo. Also search is completely broken.

18 here started when I was 17

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

The assumptions that people make about age boggle my mind. You know that the people who made the internet are all "old" now, right?

[-] throwaway@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, though most people severely underestimate, or overestimate the internets age.

this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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