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.

loopy ,
@loopy@lemm.ee avatar

That’s a good question. From what I gather, Lemmy (and most of the Fediverse) is an alternative to something, with less focus on the money/advertising. So I would guess most people are looking for an alternative way to connect about common interests. And because it’s not the easiest path for social media, I would guess most people have a desire for agency/self-reliance.

And because the whole Fediverse seems to be a different way of approaching social connecting, it takes a little more understanding of computer technology, so I would also guess most people have a least a higher than average affinity for computer technology. Linux and Programming Humor are larger communities.

That said, I have enjoyed a somewhat active participation about woodworking, gardening, jokes, news, medical updates, etc. Like mentioned in another comment, the different instances will have somewhat different norms and practices.

Ziglin ,

There'd better not be any ads.

Lemmy is free and open source (AGPL), the ad money would only go to the person offering your client not the people hosting your instance. If your client has any ads I'd recommend switching. I use Jerboa (Android, play store) and the official web app hosted by my instance.

confuser OP ,
@confuser@lemmy.zip avatar

I'm pretty new to fediverse stuff and hadn't use many clients but I heard about boost for reddit as I was trying out Lemmy the first time and found out there is boost for Lemmy too, it has ads but I think there is also a pay version? I may be wrong about that though.
so far boost has been nice

087008001234 , (edited )

I am new, and I am sure that the culture has changed a lot like with Mastodon in the last few years, but what I perceive is lots of FOSS and Linux people, which is unsurprising. There's tech/infosec people like on Mastodon, and people that have what I consider a very healthy skepticism about big data, corporations, and corporate surveillance. I also notice that political attitudes have a much healthier range than any other social media I've been on in the last decade - and I don't just mean that there are more people like me. There is a good number of people I disagree with, too.

There are definitely people interested in games and niche interests/hobbies, but it feels to me like the community is still very FOSS-centric. Which is nice. :)

e: obviously influenced by my instance of choice

j4k3 ,
@j4k3@lemmy.world avatar

The instance of choice has a surprisingly large impact on experience here. I've tried several.

confuser OP ,
@confuser@lemmy.zip avatar

huh thats interesting
I guess that makes enough sense since you have your subscribed section, your home server section, and then the everything section.
so you are seeing more of what you choose to see unless you explore things that aren't your interests so much or check out the everything section a lot.

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.

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

Sabata11792 ,

I'm here for shitposting, anime titties, and saying disproportionately cruel things about rich people.

grue , (edited )

anime titties

Ah, a world politics enjoyer.

Sabata11792 ,

No. The I dissociated with reality kind.

Yerbouti ,

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

Fizz ,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

The median age seems to be much higher than other platforms if i had to guess its around 30-35. There are a good deal of tech people, Foss people and activists. There seems to be a balance of gender( based on nothing but vibes). Lots of lgbt people and communities.

There is a culture of creating art, technology and building spaces. There is a culture of inclusiveness and working together. Calling out bad behaviors in people, companies and governments.

Also cats and coffee.

I am only including the lemmy that is within my own federation. I am aware there is fringe communities of extremists and vile people but I've had very little interaction with them so I can't say how much of an impact they have on lemmy as a whole.

Track_Shovel ,

What's a foss?

DigitalDruid ,

thin string you use to clean between your teeth

Track_Shovel ,

The one they named the dance after?

Rivalarrival ,

You're thinking of "floss".

Foss is loose debris on an airfield or flight deck that can get sucked into an engine or blown into something important.

skeptomatic ,

You're thinking of "floose".

FOSS is an acronym for, "fellatio of sideways sucking". Popular since 1954 and even made reference to by Jim Carrey in the Academy Award winning motion picture, Dumb and Dumber.

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Free Open Source Software

LanternEverywhere ,

Free open source software

The_Che_Banana ,
@The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org avatar

For example: you want more choice than store named brand Downloader you get the F-DROID app which allows you to look at free and open software apps developed independently

Another example is instead of Spotify you download Spotube to listen to music.

fmstrat ,

Ahem.

Also cats, coffee, and trek.

There is definitely a federation.

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!

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.

sunbrrnslapper ,
@sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world avatar

Here representing the suburban moms.

Threadsdeadbaby ,

Fellow mom, working class.

Today ,

Female, old, non-techie but in the one fourth of people in my office who can set up a printer.

doeknius_gloek ,

One of us! One of us! One of us!

AsherahTheEnd ,

I'm here because I got permabanned on Reddit haha. Chuds mass reported me multiple times and Reddit got sick of it, I guess. Probably for the best, the website is a true shithole nowadays and absolutely overrun with literal children.

grue , (edited )

I was planning to leave with the mass-migration a year ago anyway, but Reddit conveniently suspended my account for "mod abuse" because the snowflake r/conservative mods were butthurt that I was reporting the misinformation they were trying to spread.

(In other words, it proved to me that Reddit is run by fascists.)

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