Comment on Over-70s are UK’s most online adults after twentysomethings, survey shows

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We ran a census on lemmy.ca recently.

  We’re still working on the full graphs/summaries/results, but I can confirm that we had responses in that age range :)

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not currently, he’s asleep. My dad uses lemmy casually. So does my mom. Mind you, my mom is only in it for the gifs. My dad doesn’t comment at all, but he scrolls some music C/s and the occasional cat/cute animal C/. He’s actually closer to 80 than 70 tbh.

  They never actually used reddit at all, but my dad noticed me checking my usual music C/s, which includes the classic rock one, and we started talking music. He wanted to check things out himself, so I set him up.

  My mom just asked if I knew anywhere other than tiktok after I was complaining about how shitty it is, thinking it would be a dunk. She didn’t stop using tiktok, but now she’s on lemmy too.

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  • Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What does the “C/s” stand for

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lemmy uses the c/insert community name format, similar to r/ on reddit.

      A C/ is, therefore, a community, and C/s are communities.

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      • Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh lol. Thanks

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• yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bet almost all are just on Whatsapp sending images with Christian quotes to each other.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That and nude selfies

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  • TawdryPorker@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    UKs 70 year olds are far less likely than their American counterparts to share Christian memes. They share different kinds of reactionary memes suggesting that ‘woke’ and what they think is hilarious to call ‘elf and safety’ are the causes of why things are so shit now rather than looking somewhat closer to home.

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    • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Minions memes and cartoons about The Wife. That’s the stereotype here.

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  • jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    More likely forwarding a mix of funny cat videos, gardening tips, home remedies, and paid-for conspiracy theories to all their friends and family, while convincing themselves that they are successfully doing research.

    Don’t worry - it’s for a good cause of saving the youth from a dystopian future of carbon-neutral transportation and fifteen-minute cities. Sigh.

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• FelipeFelop@discuss.online ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think the problem with every survey I’ve seen is that it does something like

  <20 20-30 30-45 45+

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• odium@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  crickets chirping

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