Hypothesis: The Fediverse consists almost entirely of adults.

I expect most youths are drawn to the large corporate social networks; but those of us who took the effort to come here have likely experienced the Internet before most of those existed.

Of course, the only way to test this is by collecting data using the most scientifically rigorous method available to me: a Mastodon poll, lol

(I expect this will only reach English-speaking Fedi, but do boost if you're able)

⬇️ What is your age? ⬇️

Less than 18 years old
2.2%
18 to 27 years old
17.3%
28 to 39 years old
35.1%
40 or more years old
45.4%
Poll ended at .

@jsstaedtler I think the technical skills and financial ability needed to set up an instance is also a hurdle for them. It's not as easy as setting up a discord server for your friends.

There aren't any kid friendly spaces on the fediverse where you can avoid adults and do stupid teenager stuff.

@murid @jsstaedtler “stupid teenager stuff” for me is like, coding
maybe i just never had a childhood