Comment on AskMenOver30 - a place for supportive and friendly conversations among adults over 30
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
That might be me, but I feel like Lemmy’s general Ask communities are small/quiet enough for questions targeting a certain demographics to be asked there
mudbug@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In this case I think it is beneficial to have a dedicated community where the expectation is that young people, while not excluded, are not going to generally be the ones participating in discussions. It’s true that for now Lemmy has a relatively small user base, and that it’s skewed toward older and male users, but that won’t always be these case.
A quick search also shows at least 9 active “ask” communities besides the generic AskLemmy one. I don’t think it’s too much a stretch to have one dedicated to older men politely talking to one another and giving advice to themselves and others from an older male perspetive. I’m finding it difficult to explain myself, but the vibe is just totally different on the AskMenOver30 subreddit than general “ask” subs. It’s more mature and frank while also being curtious and free from politics, conspiracies, and toxic masculinity. I would much rather be subscribed to and participate in a narrowly focused self-selected community like that then a generic AskLemmy community.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I’m just pointing this out as I was following !askmenover30@lemm.ee , and it never got really active.
As you said, the majority of Lemmy is probably men over 30 years old.
That said, good luck!
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Ping @viking@infosec.pub btw
viking@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Thanks for that! Yeah we tried promoting the community, but it never really got traction. With lemm.ee shutting down, it was either let it die or start over elsewhere, so I don’t mind having someone else try :-)