CurmudgeonJul 12, 2023

Been curious about the age distribution of Mastodon users.
Internet polls are known to be the most reliable method for any such estimation.*

*Trust me, I went to grad school in statistics.

Please boost to increase precision of the point estimate and to reduce confidence intervals.

< 60
83.5%
60-69
10.6%
70-79
3.1%
80 +
2.8%
Poll ended at .
Show threadJeff McNeillJul 12, 2023
@jetton missing the point
Show threadthe gripe ibis

@jeffmcneill it's so interesting how the point can differ from user to user

i found this post very much to the point

@jetton

Jul 12, 2023 at 5:50amWeb
Show threadJeff McNeillJul 12, 2023
@thegarbagebird @jetton The poll author repeated the common error of not enough precision at one end of the scale. If 82% of your respondents are in one of four options, well, that isn't a great result.
Show threadthe gripe ibisJul 12, 2023

@jeffmcneill see? we see two different things. i see a gently ironic and really quite funny demography shitpost, and so it has been very much the point.

i am not sure what you see, but whatever it is, it gave you the opportunity to correct someone on the internet. so you managed to create a point to it after all.

truly, a wonderful post. something for everyone.

@jetton