no, all people here are 30-40 years old communist programmers from california
this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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slightly more seriously: lots of lemmy users came from reddit, but mostly from older demographic (because of old reddit phaseout) and more FOSS-oriented, privacy-aware, tech-literate part (because of API shitshow/alternative apps blockage). there's some barrier to entry (choice of instance) that would filter off the least technical users. there are some prominent programming oriented fedi servers (programming.dev, infosec.exchange). lemmy in general seems to be more lefty than reddit, less americacentric, and i guess that over half are linux users. i suspect that because of combination of technical skill and older age (compared to reddit) lots of lemmitors have well paying technical jobs (again compared to reddit) which allows/requires them to live in nicer parts of their countries (not specifically cali)
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I'm only one of those things.
Unless you're the ontological projection of communism, you're at least two of those things.
...People? I would say that's too tautological, as the statement begins with "all people here are...", and necessarily all people here are people, otherwise they're not covered by the statement.
I'm not 30-40 years old!
But I'm not from Cali!
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Everyone is a nerd about something. That's how interests work in general: you only ever get called a nerd for being interested in something that others aren't interested in, but they're also interested in stuff you're not interested in, so..
I think you're mixing up "nerd" and "geek" here.
Eh, I see them as fairly interchangeable. There's some subtlety in the difference between them, but.
I am not a nerd
Closeted nerd reporting for duty
Define
I'm only half a nerd.
I say that about being gay.
Which half is gay, top or bottom?
The front part is gay the back part is straight
No, I'm cool. I do a good bit of nerdy/antisocial stuff but I'm actually a certified chiller
Rage bait
Is that the guy who had sex with his socks on?
Quit bullying us!
Who's asking?
a nerd. I'm just wondering because I'd like it know if any normal people are leaving Reddit to use Lemmy. doesn't look like it.
There were "normal" people on reddit?
Yes. That's why quality keeps declining there.
Ah, that makes so much sense.
yeah, there's a decent amount of people that use Reddit's popular subs that aren't terminally online.
pics or it didn't happen
My dad looks at Reddit for advice on fixing our washing machine and similar stuff. And I've got friends that use it as a slightly more text-based pinterest
Goodness, you're being very serious.
Yes, what was nerd is not nerd anymore
What was once nerd is nerd no longer, but as the wheel turns, what was nerd will be next once again.