mcneelyNov 13, 2022
Several weeks into the #TwitterMigration it seems clear to me the value of Mastodon is not that it is a Twitter replacement, but that it is a gateway technology to decentralization. Mastodon has flaws, I'm not claiming it's perfect, but many criticisms I've seen stem from expecting centralized services from a decentralized structure. It's up to us to try and explain the differences and set expectations for what alternative services can look like.
Show threadmcneelyNov 13, 2022

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

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Age 25 or less
7.6%
Ages 26 - 40
33.6%
Ages 41 - 60
48.7%
Age 60+
10.1%
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Show threadtlsmith63Nov 13, 2022
@mcneely Most are 41-60?!! I wasn’t expecting that! Cool, that is my group (but not for long, unfortunately)!
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@tlsmith63 @mcneely Napster Generation knows what’s up https://open.substack.com/pub/paninid/p/language-norms-art-technology-generational?r=4hxgy&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Language + Norms + Art * Technology = Generational Cohort

Upstream: User Stories I studied four years of Latin in high school, am interested in lingua francas, and was blessed with a good ear and language acquisition skills. I was lucky enough to fall into a close-knit community of friends in Chitown and frequently traveled to Mexico City for family events. Later, I earned a Certificate in Spanish as an Additional Language from the Chicago campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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