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.
I am probably blowing the statistics way out, but I’m 71, a podcaster on three shows, no degree, no computer experience except personal, poor, living in a trailer, in Eastern Tennessee.
https://mintCast.org https://distrohoppersdigest.com https://fullcirclemagazine.org
And you might catch me on https://hackerpublicradio.org
You still didn’t answer the most important question of Lemmy, though. (joke)
Do you use GNU+Linux?
Well it’s kind of hard to see an audio podcast. Although mintcast does broadcast its uncut show on YouTube, my others are audio only.
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.
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.
As a late gen x/“xennial” myself I’ve noticed there’s proportionally more of us here than on other social media.
Tends to be left of centre even without factoring in the communistanarchistsocialist nexus, but also wider political range.
Tends to skew STEM.
Loves cats as much as the rest of the internet but proportionally loves FOSS more.
Strong rainbow presence.
People that miss forums
Here representing the suburban moms.
