who is on Lemmy (the sociology of Lemmy)

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.

dan , (edited )
@dan@upvote.au avatar

I'm an Aussie in my early-mid 30s. I've been living in the USA for the past 11 years. I've been a software developer, mostly focusing on web development, since the late 90s personally and since the mid 2000s professionally. I was an early Digg user, moved to Reddit during the Digg exodus, then moved to Lemmy during the Reddit exodus.

I believe that people on the internet should own their platform, for example run their own blog or e-commerce site, participate in decentralized services like Lemmy, etc. Opera Unite was something I found very interesting in terms of allowing people to easily run their own decentralized stuff, and I'm kinda sad it never took off. I self-host things like email and DNS.

I'm a big believer in open-source software and released my first piece of OSS in 2005.

I love listening to people that are passionate about something and get excited when talking about it. Doesn't really matter what it is or if it's a topic I'm interested in.

bi_tux ,
@bi_tux@lemmy.world avatar

I'm an it student from central europe

Mycatiskai ,

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.

A_Chilean_Cyborg ,
@A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl avatar

I'm a southmerican engineering student, 19.

Delusion6903 ,

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.

TheHottub ,
@TheHottub@lemmy.world avatar

41, software dev, kids, marriage, punk/metal/hiphop, center to left politically, video games, Halloween enthusiast, scale RC trucks, Rams fan, love nerdy things, comics, ninja turtles, X-Men, Legos, theme parks, a good poop.

eezeebee ,
@eezeebee@lemmy.ca avatar

Reddit without the NPCs

AllNewTypeFace ,
@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space avatar

Think of it as the cool/bad kids’ table in the special-needs school cafeteria

confuser OP ,
@confuser@lemmy.zip avatar

lmao

multifariace ,

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.

some_guy ,

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.

hanrahan ,
@hanrahan@slrpnk.net avatar

I'm a Florida native and middle school science teacher.

That getting harder ? The while anti climate science thing creeping in ? Creationism?

That aside, thank you...for being a teacher I mean.

Yerbouti ,

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

fmstrat ,

We are Reddit before it became... Reddit.

Blaze ,
@Blaze@reddthat.com avatar

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)

Snapz ,

Different per instance, but generally, it feels to me like the conscience and reason from Reddit left the body on that day and moved in here at Lemmy. It hasn't gone back since.

Trollivier ,

I'm here to have a experience similar to reddit, without the negative load on my mental health.

all-knight-party ,
@all-knight-party@kbin.run avatar

Do you feel like that's been accomplished here?

Trollivier ,

Less content than I used to follow on reddit, but much less toxic. So, partially.

confuser OP ,
@confuser@lemmy.zip avatar

I havent used Lemmy much and only made a reddit account like a year ago after reading reddit posts for many years on and off but I alresy feel like this is the case on Lemmy.

AlexWIWA ,

People that miss forums

The_Che_Banana ,
@The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org avatar

Yo!

Emperor ,
@Emperor@feddit.uk avatar

That's me.

ilovecheese ,
@ilovecheese@feddit.uk avatar

Still mainly use them!

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