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To me, it seems like most of Lemmy consists of users who are older millennials (born at some point in the 80s), male, and about 50/50 split between living in North America or the EU.

Do you fit this demographic?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

I'm a 19-year-old female corvid that migrated to North Africa for better mate selection. I still managed to get a social security number in the US by showing up to the government offices piled on top of other crows in a trench coat and it is "315 34 5262". My bank account is filled with thousands of dollars in change stolen from people and can be accessed with the username "blackwings" and the password "neverdie111". Please don't use this information for any nefarious purposes. I need to feed my crow family.

[–] Trollivier 1 points 4 days ago

45 / male/ Montreal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I am female, so I guess I don't. As for my age and location, that's classified

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Nah. I'm an 18-year-old male from Pakistan

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I'm wondering what exactly people raising privacy concerns are worried about?

Even if I tell you my ASL, what can you do with that info?

I'm usually very privacy aware.

The big tech firms already have the information, it can also likely be brought on the dark web.

44/M/NZ BTW. Even if I tell you which small town I'm from, it doesn't get you to my doorstep.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Nope. I am reluctant in sharing the info. But i am not from 80s and i am neither from north america nor from eu .

I am a male though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you but I was born in the 70s. Did you want to see a picture of the burnt orange shag rug in my childhood bedroom?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Most maybe, but every other demographic is just valid a contributer to the conversation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I'm a woman and I was born in the 1990s. I do live in North America though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Beep/boop/bap

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 year olds are NOT welcome!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

99/zyxw/ABC

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

No, no, and yes.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like an anonymous survey would be much more privacy respecting than everyone commenting with their demographics…

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

"Nice try... FBI"

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be careful giving away personal information on Lemmy. It’s wildly difficult to ensure stuff is deleted or removed in the Fediverse across multiple servers.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

18/F/Cali

How has nobody memed this yet? You guys seem waaay too comfortable sharing personal information for the fact that this is the website of linux nerds, don't you care about online privacy?

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[–] Cracks_InTheWalls 22 points 1 week ago

420/Yes please/Your mother's bedroom

(I understand the curiosity, but come on now)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

16 / M / Ireland

I always feel like a small child in the lemmy user base haha

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

13 here, I feel like a baby in the Lemmy userbase

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

They're a lot younger than me too... but I was on the Internet, including in some mostly-adult communities, at 16 too (not so much at 13). Many of my formative experiences took place there and so I see absolutely nothing wrong with what they're doing.

[–] xmunk 16 points 1 week ago

38 / M / Canada/Spain

So I am a male, born in the eighties, split about 75/25 NA/EU.

Do I fit the demographic? You misunderstand...

I AM the demographic.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Sad / trans girl / looking for laugh-out-louds

Anonymous polling would be nice

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

25 / F / Germany

I feel like there's a really good amount of Europeans around, but I might just imagine that because I browse new at the times when Europeans would be awake haha

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Omg this is getting silly. Asklemmy really is just a user profiling feed.

[–] captain_aggravated 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lemmings of Lemmy: What's your blood type and eyeglass prescription?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

AB positive. 20/20. Don't abuse that info pls.

[–] captain_aggravated 1 points 4 days ago

Damn it actually works for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

80's, female, born in the US and now (thankfully) an AU citizen.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Too old to understand why you’re asking about American Sign Language

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Doncha know

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

13 / M / Slovenia

I somewhat fit this demographic, but my age is not at all comparable to the average Lemmy user.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

50s / M / North America and I lived "Ye Old Days" when A/S/L was created.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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